Plane Crash- Pomona

[Leebone]

Yes they stopped racing for a few hours

Well then, that pilot sure wasn't Captain Sully.

 

[XPilot]

here is flightpath into brackett. looks like plane was making gradual right hand turn into runway 26R. i'm surprised the plane wasn't
lined up a little straighter on his decent (vectored into brackett differently) maybe on a sunny day like yesterday the pilot has authority to
visually line up and land? this guy was descending, turning, and scrubbing speed all at same time.

N617ET Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track N617ET flight from Apple Valley to Brackett Fld

www.flightaware.com

Putting the picture together from FlightAware, ATC comms and Juan Brown’s video, the pilot was following instructions. He was flying under Visual Flight Rules and at that point in the flight wasn’t receiving vectors. The tower controller instructed them to enter a “right base”, which would be a ninety degree track off the runway centerline, then you would make a 90-ish right turn to line up with the runway. The distance from the runway that pattern would be flown is at pilot discretion unless otherwise directed. I HATE speculating anything in an aircraft accident, but it looks to me from the video taken from the stands and ADS-B data the pilot experienced a loss of power two minutes or less from the time of impact. Low altitude and low energy but close to the airport. When it hits the fan in an airplane, you aviate, navigate, communicate in that order. The pilot did the important two out of the three. No mayday call, but ATC can’t fix your engine.

 

[mick]

dan van leeuwen, i agree with your analysis. juan brown video very informative. i looked for his video yesterday and must not have been posted yet.
i'm glad mike richards posted it.

 

[65 Goatboy]

Juan Browne is excellent, I subscribe to his channel on Patreon. Very reasonable and more content than youtube, sometimes they demonitize his videos because their to graphic.
Juan is a AA 777 international first officer, he never wanted to be a captain and he's getting close to retirement. When he's flying he posts videos of his trips to Europe and Australia, also he's got some cool vintage aircraft. His home airport is in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Check him out if you like flying and airplanes.

 

[Mike]

I'm no means a pilot but just asking, shouldnt the have the flaps down more?

 

[chop]

dan van leeuwen, i agree with your analysis. juan brown video very informative. i looked for his video yesterday and must not have been posted yet.
i'm glad mike richards posted it.

His youtube channel pops up on my feed because I have watched some of his videos on plane crashes. I just happened to see it.

 

[Litefoot]

I'm no means a pilot but just asking, shouldnt the have the flaps down more?

Flaps can act like air brakes, you have to have power to stop from stalling, the video posted explained he flew as slow as possible while trying to stretch distance, more flap and he would stalled and lost all control sooner

 

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Juan Browne has one of the best aviation channels on the internet. I'm a longtime subscriber of his.

A short tidbit about Juan's Aviat A-1 Husky..... The original owner of that plane (who Juan was friends with) would often loan that plane to General Chuck Yeager to fly. So, now Juan owns and flies a plane that was often flown by Chuck Yeager himself. How cool is that!

Click here to he the story from Juan himself. Video should start at 31:52

 

[DragFan2]

Is this why the broadcast on FS1 was delayed?

I never heard anything mentioned about this plane crash into the Pomona track RV parking lot. I saw a clip on the Nightly News about a plane crash at a racetrack but they did not reference the track. I figured that was the cause of the 2 hour delay to start the show on FS1.

 

[MichaelD]

The first drag strip I went to as a kid was Colton airport. When a plane wanted to land it buzzed the runway and the race stopped to accomodate.

 

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The first drag strip I went to as a kid was Colton airport. When a plane wanted to land it buzzed the runway and the race stopped to accomodate.

A somewhat related story....

In May of 2002 we pulled into the far north west pit gate of IRP (Indy) for the Division 3 race..... Just inside the gate I saw a small airplane parked in the grass. Turns out the pilot mistook the drag strip for the runway of a nearby airport. The airplane eventually took off from the drag strip but I believe they made the pilot wait until the event was completed before they would let him leave... on Monday if I'm not mistaken.

Not much remains about this story on the internet today.... this is the first link that popped up on google.

Plane lands on drag strip pilot mistook for runway

CLERMONT A single-engine plane landed on the drag strip at Indianapolis Raceway Park after the pilot mistook it for a runway at a nearby airport.No one was injured and no cars were racing when Dan L. Legrant, 66, of Edmond, Okla., landed Thursday afternoon.\

www.heraldtimesonline.com

 

[XPilot]

I'm no means a pilot but just asking, shouldnt the have the flaps down more?

Best glide speeds are generally with the aircraft clean (flaps zero, gear up).

 

[Randy]

A somewhat related story....

In May of 2002 we pulled into the far north west pit gate of IRP (Indy) for the Division 3 race..... Just inside the gate I saw a small airplane parked in the grass. Turns out the pilot mistook the drag strip for the runway of a nearby airport. The airplane eventually took off from the drag strip but I believe they made the pilot wait until the event was completed before they would let him leave... on Monday if I'm not mistaken.

Not much remains about this story on the internet today.... this is the fist link that popped up on google.

Plane lands on drag strip pilot mistook for runway

CLERMONT A single-engine plane landed on the drag strip at Indianapolis Raceway Park after the pilot mistook it for a runway at a nearby airport.No one was injured and no cars were racing when Dan L. Legrant, 66, of Edmond, Okla., landed Thursday afternoon.\

www.heraldtimesonline.com

I think I remember that. I'll bet the FAA had a field day with that one.