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Pilot hurt in plane crash at Thetford airport

Published: Monday, December 18, 2006
THETFORD - A pilot from Post Mills was injured Sunday morning when the
plane he was piloting crashed at the Post Mills Airport in Thetford,
said state police in Bradford.

Andy Gelston, 45, was transported by helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock
Medical Center for unspecified injuries after the engine on his light
sport aircraft stalled at between 50 and 100 feet in the air and
crashed, nose first, at the end of the grass runway.

The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an investigation.

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This story does not make sense; if the aircraft was 'on
approach', I suppose it means landing, and looses its
engine 'between 50 and 100 feet in the air' I cannot see
why it would 'crash nose first at the end of the runway';

An aircraft does not fall out of the sky when the engine
quits. And in very short final (between 50 and 100 feet
in the air' it would be very short final indeed) it
would make no difference whatsoever that the engine is
running or not.

Another great moment in the history of journalism....

--Sylvain

And such moments become greater and more frequent...

Twenty five years ago, the technical expertise was similar; but the
linguistic precision was far better. We would not have been left to presume
whether it was the aircraft, or only the engine, which crashed nose first...

Peter
(Just being an old grump)