Texas Piper Navajo Crash: Video

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No_Jellyfish_1309@reddit

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/12/plane-crash-highway-victoria-texas-video/76940690007/

I used to live in Victoria, that's crazy! Definitely fortunate that there were no serious injuries or fatalities!

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horst-graben@reddit

Outside of no flaps, that's an excellent "crash"

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That’s criminally terrible airmanship. Rule #1 is you don’t endanger people on the ground. There’s also no excuse for running out of gas, but if you do you land in a field or the woods, especially if you don’t have any passengers, you don’t get to kill others to try and save your dumb &SS. Flaps would have reduced the speed, and landing distance, feather the props would have i creased the glide ratio and made the plane less dangerous to people on the ground. Take his license and charge him with attempted murder.

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Damn_Carls@reddit (OP)

Actually, no. https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/crime/plane-crashes-in-victoria-at-zac-lentz-parkway-and-mockingbird/article_2f2fb894-b805-11ef-8ff5-fb83ecd1b6f3.html

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Milked_Cows@reddit

Only 1 of the 5 injuries was considered serious, one person was release at the scene and 3 are at the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. I would still consider that a win. Much better than everyone dying

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ExplorerAA@reddit

Pretty sure all drivers involved would have preferred the plane to stay in the air until it reached a proper runway.

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cAR15tel@reddit

Especially when there’s pasture on the other side of the road…

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Steve_the_Stevedore@reddit

I'd wager that the pilot would have like that as well. The plane didn't have enough fuel though. Under that premise this is a pretty good crash.

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ExplorerAA@reddit

Agree to disagree, seems to be a lot of increasing aviation complacency, I think pilots need increased liability for incidents like this. All the injury, damage, suffering..... because an idiot did something he probably shouldn't have. (will take the idiot comment back if we find out this wasnt his fault.... but it probably was, and may he please get sued beyond the limits of his insurance)

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Steve_the_Stevedore@reddit

I don't disagree with you. I just didn't say what you claim that I said.

Even if he ran out of fuel on purpose and wanted to crash: The part where he put the plane down on that road and nobody died is still pretty alright.

You can say that without absolving the pilot of any wrongdoing you know? You can call his behaviour reckless, call him an idiot and call for his license to be revoked and still recognise that the landing was pretty good and a comparibly midl outcome to a dire situation.

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ExplorerAA@reddit

thats fair, wasnt trying to speak for you, perhaps I misinterpreted. cheers.

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ExplorerAA@reddit

I'm wagering that we will learn this plane should have never left the ground to begin with.

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Guadalajara3@reddit

Injured is better than dead. This is a good outcome in the circumstance, could definitely have been worse

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ExplorerAA@reddit

could have been an even better outcome, had they not run out of fuel ?!?!? everyone making excuses for the negligent pilot.

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MangoShadeTree@reddit

Hope that SUV that was turned over has Farmer's insurance.

"and what was the make and model of the vehicle that hit you?"

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necrogeisha@reddit

Hopefully not or they'll spend years litigating at this may not be within the defined limits of their policy.

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Americanski7@reddit

Comprehensive: missile or falling object

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ExplorerAA@reddit

'Member, yall... everything in Texas is an act of God!

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AppalachianEnvy@reddit

Really any of the insurance companies can use this in ads. Mayhem.

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OkBubbyBaka@reddit

“I’ve never heard of that model, can you describe it?”

“Well… it has 2 wings”

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Babna_123@reddit

It’s more of a fast landing than a crash

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kj_gamer2614@reddit

Any other link, won’t let me open it cause EU laws

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hay-gfkys@reddit

😂. Stfu.

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Mercy_Rule_34@reddit

fucking yikes, OP.

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LockPickingPilot@reddit

Defend your stance

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ExplorerAA@reddit

hard to call any flying aircraft without fuel "perfect"

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ExplorerAA@reddit

It appears this is professional malpractice on the part of a highly experienced airline pilot. Hope he has good insurance.

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ZealousidealBit5560@reddit

I got bad eyes. I thought he was landing on the apron next to the hangars. What were cars doing there.

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PDXGuy33333@reddit

Plane is registered to an aircraft services company called MARC, Inc. located at a small airport

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3002588,-90.4088719,3a,75y,47.51h,78.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOdYJsPyOW8j-J3fudIyqoQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D11.767968283653914%26panoid%3DOdYJsPyOW8j-J3fudIyqoQ%26yaw%3D47.51328591888604!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3Din Bolton, Mississippi.

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contrail_25@reddit

I routinely flew in their planes back in 2005-2006 when I worked for a survey company. Navajos, 310s, and a clapped out aztec at the time. Got lots of interesting stories…

One of my favorite planes ended up wrecked:

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/188611

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73Ncommando850@reddit

Lol. I was a mechanic for them for a little while. Me and a few marc inc expats work on war birds now. What an experience that place was. Sadly i arrived after the old man was gone. My first ride in private a plane was in one of their chieftains that went down in mexico a week after I started.

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captain_beefheart14@reddit

Do you work on that DC-3 in… Brandon? Forgot where it’s based

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73Ncommando850@reddit

There’s not an airport in Brandon. There was a c47 at raymond but i had nothing to do with. There was a dc3 on the ramp at tvr for about 2 months recently but they brought their own guys. Hankins over in jackson ran dc3’s but that was wayyy before my time

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captain_beefheart14@reddit

Yeah couldn’t remember where it was located. There’s some guy in that area that owns one though.

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mischanix@reddit

I'm relegated to flightsim only but in the sim my favorite plane is by far the 310... That accident, geez, running the auxes dry at nearly the worst possible time. At least it was a "good" landing.

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PDXGuy33333@reddit

Company has been around since '87. One day I'd like to sit down with an old FBO operator who's been in the business for about 50 years and just listen to stories. There have to be some good ones.

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Donut_eater32@reddit

The crash happened about 3mm away from the airport

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The737flyer@reddit

The question is, how is a guy just walking casually on a high way?

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Impossible_Cycle9460@reddit

That looks like a frontage road with the highway behind it.

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ViciousNakedMoleRat@reddit

Yep, it is, but it also shows you the state of pedestrian infrastructure in many parts of the US.

Wanna walk to your neighbor? Sure, take this 21 walk along this unprotected shoulder.

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atbths@reddit

My man, yards are made for walking on.

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10tonheadofwetsand@reddit

What if that’s not your yard?

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zevonyumaxray@reddit

In the US, it's probably safer on the highway. In some places, I'm not even joking.

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bigfoot_done_hiding@reddit

It's Texas. You are definitely not joking. You are already raising some hackles by walkin' on the side of the road when you should be drivin' like a red-blooded 'murican!

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VayVay42@reddit

Yeah, I am absolutely not walking through a random stranger's back yard in Texas. That's a good way to get yourself an terminal case of lead poisoning.

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10tonheadofwetsand@reddit

100%. I would never cross through a stranger’s fenced in backyard unless I wanted to die.

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SovereignAxe@reddit

There's a very real possibility that there is a fence or impassable shrubbery between those two neighborhoods.

And that is by design.

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Srirachachacha@reddit

Who would ever take the route in your screenshot

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10tonheadofwetsand@reddit

What route would you take? Through a stranger’s backyard?

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Srirachachacha@reddit

Yeah, I'm no chicken

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VayVay42@reddit

Yeah... I'm not just randomly strolling through anyone's backyard in Texas. That's a much more likely way to get dead than a plane landing on your head on a public road.

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Vaerktoejskasse@reddit

Excellent answer, thanks :)

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10tonheadofwetsand@reddit

Maybe not chicken, but incredibly stupid.

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Srirachachacha@reddit

Yes why not

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monsantobreath@reddit

Nobody, that's the point.

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Srirachachacha@reddit

How is that the point of their comment? They're trying to imply that the only feasible route is on the highway

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Steve_the_Stevedore@reddit

They are implying that there is no feasible route.

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monsantobreath@reddit

Yes, that America is so hostile to non car owners that there was never any planned way to connect communities outside of vehicle transport despite being so close.

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Porkyrogue@reddit

It's longer if you follow the sidewalks

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Afitz93@reddit

Not only that, he just casually continues walking forward as a plane lands on said highway? Like it’s a normal occurrence?

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The737flyer@reddit

I doubt he had time to react whether his life was in danger, its like he went through something similar before

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Ok_Presentation_4971@reddit

In Texas there are no sidewalks

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M3ATWAG0N@reddit

We die like men!

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imsadyoubitch@reddit

And if there are, they're bigger than any sidewalk in any other part of the country because Texas.

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LilSebastian_482@reddit

Small town Texas.

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ShakataGaNai@reddit

Why are they recording? And not turning around to head towards the plane crash that happen RIGHT in front of them?

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Porky5CO@reddit

Most people wouldn't choose to do that or know what to do.

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papa_zach15@reddit

high school is near by and he was walking home

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durrow@reddit

Fuel exhaustion would be my first guess

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Ecopilot@reddit

Lots of engine noises. One tank?

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durrow@reddit

Not enough noise. Props are spinning because the engine hasn’t seized. Lack of oil would lock it up and they should be feathered. Just my guess. That’s not enough noise for a twin with 540 engines.

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papa_zach15@reddit

i made a post with the flight path. no clue what it was doing but it did circles for about 5hours

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papa_zach15@reddit

its was survey plane for oil and gas so maybe it surveying

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ProudlyWearingThe8@reddit

Ironic.

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Steve_the_Stevedore@reddit

"Plane ran out of fuel looking for gas"

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73Ncommando850@reddit

I am not gonna say anything to put myself in a bind, but i would say fuel exhaustion…

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MissMary_86@reddit

How !

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ExplorerAA@reddit

Too early to tell, but my personal guess is the pilot did something irresponsible (like run out of fuel), putting innocent people on the ground in unnecessary risk.

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te_anau@reddit

Pilot desperately doing everything they can to avoid decapitating the pedestrian, and the pedestrian is all "well, I've got the right of way, so I'm not taking a single step off this asphalt."

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Only_Progress6207@reddit

He knows the camera man never dies

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FirstDivision@reddit

“Hey, I’m walkin’ here!”

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RobertWilliamBarker@reddit

In a new York accent preferably

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Vegemite_Boast@reddit

I can’t remember which movie.

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Vegemite_Boast@reddit

Oh shit. Midnight Cowboy.

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Gatt__@reddit

“Fuck you im to the right”

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chessplayer41597@reddit

Dude the person taking that video seems like they didn't even out the way .

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Impossible_Agency992@reddit

It’s a survey aircraft, I’m familiar with this company. Rumor is no fuel.

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pullbang@reddit

How the crap do you crash a Navajo?

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flightist@reddit

Like dozens of other pilots, I’m guessing

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pullbang@reddit

I thought these were the last of the indestructible…

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flightist@reddit

A Ho in 2024 has seen some shit, you aren’t wrong.

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pullbang@reddit

Neither are you haha

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hoppertn@reddit

How did this guy not start walking back to the plane landing?

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Atomkraft-Ja-Bitte@reddit

He lives in Bermuda. It's a common occurrence

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Affectionate_Fee3292@reddit

Bro seams so nonchalant about

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danit0ba94@reddit

Looks like they swerved to avoid you.
And you just kept walking.

Bruh.

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XDog_Dick_AfternoonX@reddit

The pilot was clearly giving him a wing tip salute because of his massive balls!

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saml01@reddit

No flaps :(

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Ok_Needleworker2438@reddit

Flaps sometimes no operational :(

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soiknowwhentoduck@reddit

Sometimes flappies no flappy :(

Sometimes flappies too flappy :(

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Charlie2343@reddit

Cameraman did his job but almost got sliced in half in the process

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CH-47AV8R@reddit

I thought for sure they were going to clip that sign overhead trying to avoid this numb nuts in the road.

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KG_advantage@reddit

I’d be a little nervous standing this close to plane trying to make a landing.

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Whipitreelgud@reddit

Navajo 453 Lima, cleared to land I-635 or frontage road, your discretion.

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Far_Top_7663@reddit

It would not be "cleared land" tough, more like "landing at your own risk" [I know, very nerd comment]

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Whipitreelgud@reddit

Not my downvotes - I didn’t think a /s was needed because it’s a bit preposterous on the whole. I was glad they had an otherwise uneventful landing.

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Far_Top_7663@reddit

I know, I was just just splitting hairs for fun. I collect some karma with comments that I only make to collect some karma, so I can then waste it saying want I want. In any case, sorry for being nitpicking again, but the landing was not otherwise uneventful. 4 out of 5 occupants were hospitalized, one in serious condition. Still a good outcome given the circumstances, I would say, so I am happy too. I wish that all ends well especially for the seriously injured.

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Police said five people were involved in the incident, three people have non-life threatening injuries and one person is being treated for serious injuries.

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