On Jul 16, 6:43*am, "JGalban" u32749@uwe wrote:
* A backcountry newb in a Mooney managed to land long and plow into a pickup
truck at an Idaho backcountry strip. * *I saw the Mooney after the crash and
it was bent, but mostly intact. *My real surprise came when I flew into the
strip and saw the truck :

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0738.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_0737.jpg

* Yikes! *Somebody up there must have been watching out for this pilot. *He
and his passenger both lived.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

It never ceases to amaze me how many pilots fly into Idaho from
California and attempt to land at a backcountry strip without any
experience. We typically have at least 1 fatal a year because of
this.

There is an outfit in McCall that offers backcountry flight
instruction with experience instructors. If you want to land in the
Idaho backcountry, please get a backcountry orientation and checkout
flight with an experienced instructor first. Your life could depend
on it.