Saw my first plane crash today. Pilot and passenger made it out safe.

Posted by Bondage_Jack@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 30 comments

Seeing this really makes me question flying. If you made it out of this alive would you fly again? Experiment plane made it 20 out of 25 miles before the propeller came off. Landed about 100 yards from an elementary school in an empty field. No casualties and no serious injuries.

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MotiveEurope@reddit

Glad they made it out safe. The same thing could be said about driving if you see a car crash would that put you off driving?

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Kaffe-Mumriken@reddit

Not comparable as I don’t take my kids to school every day in an experimental airplane.

I don’t think I would never fly airliners again if I saw a GA or even airline crash.

Maybe a better comparison is a motorcycle as I have explicitly decided never to ride motorcycles again after seeing some biker accidents

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CaptainDudley@reddit

The AOPA attempted to quantify this question several years ago and found that statistically, GA safety was roughly on par with motorcycle safety (in the USA). So you're basically correct. The difference is that private pilots are trained, certified, and part of an intense, ongoing safety-oriented culture. Motorcyclists? Just a license from the DMV, a mostly macho-oriented culture, and far too many wackadoos out there with no sense of mortality.

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Zrkkr@reddit

Airline crashes are particularly fatal but exceedingly rare. Private and general aviation is a different story but too my knowledge are still less common by most metrics

Car crashes are common but generally survivable.

Motorcycle happen more often per mile driven than cars AND have a higher fatality rate than car accidents.

Never ride motorcycles is my main take away.

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EagleEyezzzzz@reddit

I think we can add “never fly in experimental aircraft” to that list!

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Zrkkr@reddit

tbf, test pilots are some of the most insane people with a real profession

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apocalypse910@reddit

I mean... I love flying but GA is significantly more dangerous than driving, unlike commercial aviation. It isn't unreasonable for that to be more visceral after seeing/experiencing a crash.

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G-III-@reddit

Seeing a particularly violent one, I mean yeah? Maybe not forever but yeesh

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Ziegler517@reddit

Can’t park here pal!

To answer your question, my old man ejected out of an A7 in ‘82. Was in another A7 36 hours later, going about life. If you love it, you will know what happened and continue to fly with greater wisdom. Only negligence will scare you away.

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mountainaviator1@reddit

Well look at the causes of the accident. If u can prevent it, more on you to be aware and learn more, so you don't become a victim of the same type incident.

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readyspace@reddit

Goodness. thankful that they are all out

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EagleEyezzzzz@reddit

I mean, I definitely wouldn’t fly in an experimental plane 🤷🏻‍♀️

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currymonsterCA@reddit

Yikes...glad to hear both made it out safely. That looks horrendous.

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Aggravating_Fix_9965@reddit

80% of all aviation accidents are pilot induced. The other 20% is from the machine itself.

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StuckinSuFu@reddit

Glad they didnt hurt anyone else.

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Distinct_Ordinary_71@reddit

Lived long enough in the Southern Hemisphere back in the day to know that for boats and planes you get the ones where the front doesn't fall off.

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Ok_Mathematician6075@reddit

Is that a glider? If so, I'm glad the pilot and passenger made it out safe.

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Bondage_Jack@reddit (OP)

No an article said the propeller came off! So crazy.

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turpentinedreamer@reddit

So it WAS a glider. Just didnt take off as one.

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Ok_Mathematician6075@reddit

so sad.

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Bondage_Jack@reddit (OP)

Ya looks like it has floats on it with the wheels out. I wonder if it would have not flipped if they tried landing on the floats.

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Sea_Perspective6891@reddit

It looks like they're amphibious floats since they have wheels on them but terrain looks pretty rough.

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Ok_Mathematician6075@reddit

Too late to play the never know game.

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Sea_Perspective6891@reddit

It is extremely rare for something like this to happen especially on a non experimental normal aircraft. In all my years as an aviation enthusiast this is the first time hearing about a propeller literally falling off mid flight. This is like winning the aviation maintenance mishap lottery. Glad they made it out of there Ok though.

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jumpy_finale@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

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enwza9hfoeg@reddit

I've seen this before though

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QAevulKpyKQ

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Bondage_Jack@reddit (OP)

Here is a video!

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