Comments on: Those who live in Grass Houses…. http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=469 A place to discuss safety-of-flight issues, procedures, techniques, and judgment. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bruce Landsberg http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=469&cpage=1#comment-26936 Bruce Landsberg Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:04:47 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=469#comment-26936 Jim…

Thanks much for the comment. One way strips do pose a hazard to the unwary or unprepared. It’s one of those areas where there usually isn’t much training and some try to learn by doing. That’s fine but picking more favorable conditions is essential.

]]> By: Jim Pearce http://blog.aopa.org/leadingedge/?p=469&cpage=1#comment-26913 Jim Pearce Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:17:51 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/asfblog/?p=469#comment-26913 Bruce: Although it has been several years since I flew there, I learned to fly at the field where this accident happened and was once a member of the flying club. Some background on the field: It is treated as a one-way airport because of the rising terrain to the north of the field. The primary landing is on runway 15 so if the wind was 36012G17 that would have a major impact on landing distance.

It is an excellent grass strip, as smooth as any I have flown on. It has been the site of two previous fatal accidents. One in 1982 and another several years before that.

Oak Ridge has looked at building a public airport off and on for 30 years. There is a current attempt to restart the talk. One can only hope that this accident doesn’t hurt that attempt and possibly even helps it.

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