Comments on: A Road Runs through It?

By: Herman

Herman — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:19:55 +0000

Oh and by the way,Bruce you got it right ! ” Runways are dangerous places…”
” It’s hard to know if a driver will understand or even be aware of an aircrafts prescence.”

So who does that leave?? We as PIC are ultimately charged with the safe operation of each flight.Can we please all remember this…..BE the PIC and stop the carnage.

By: Herman

Herman — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:07:37 +0000

OK….I’ll be the bad guy on this. FYI….the DT is still in effect and it is 400′. The student flew a crappy/too low landing approach and hit the SUV.PERIOD. Been flying since 1988 and quite tired of the excuses we in general aviation make for ourselves.

You disagree,fine.Go read the NTSB monthly reports.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:13:10 +0000

We do ourselves and GA a disservice when we do not properly phrase news stories, which leads the public and the news media misunderstanding GA. To wit:

The aircraft did not collide with the automobile.

The AUTOMOBILE collided with the aircraft, as evidenced by the statement, “an SUV failed to yield the right of way “.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:33:34 +0000

It appears that the displaced threshhold was removed at the airfield in Texas, which led directly to this mishap. Displaced threshholds are there for a reason, indeed.

By: William Fritzsche

William Fritzsche — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:48:37 +0000

Several years ago I was driving past the runway at Lake in the Hills airport in Illinois. A landing 172 passed in front of me, about 20 feet in front of my step van and the wheels even with my eyes. My coworker, following behind me told me he could only see the wing of the plane above the box of my van. It was a matter of seconds that separated a close call from disaster.

About two months later another plane and another vehicle weren’t quite so lucky. Fortunately, the damage was limited to a damaged aircraft and a damaged vehicle. Watch for shallow approaches and remember, displaced threshholds are there for a reason.

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:42:39 +0000

Just out of curiosity, I zoomed in on the Google map image of this area (33.056779,-97.232363). The image could be a year or two old, but there is an extremely faded “STOP” signage painted on the West end of the road. Noting is visible at the East end. (I suspect both ends may be freshly marked by now, however.) Some sort of warning signage for pilots might be advisable also.