Flight with door removed

Ahh jeez, I accidently hit send while trying to edit... The king air crash
was 1999 at Marine City, here in Michigan, not a year or so ago... Time
flies after you lose your mind...
denny
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


Dale wrote:

Okay, I'm in Alaska so it's a different time zone..maybe that's it. He
said 1975, up here that's closer to 30 years than 5 years. G

I expect that's a typo - probably 1995. A Queen Air went into a house down
near
Ron about five years ago carrying jumpers. The news had something about
W&B, the
number of people on board (something like 18 jumpers), and the fact that
it wasn't
supposed to be flying without a door.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way
that
you look forward to the trip.

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message ...
A King Air went in a year, or so, ago with jumpers... The ship was to my
home field, KHYX, just a couple of weeks prior and I chatted with the
owner/pilot...

The incident I was referring to was in 95 at West Point, VA. You can find it
in the NTSB database.

It's amazing the number of Queen Air jump plane crashes that came up when I
was searching for it.

Ron Natalie wrote:
"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message ...

A King Air went in a year, or so, ago with jumpers... The ship was to my
home field, KHYX, just a couple of weeks prior and I chatted with the
owner/pilot...


The incident I was referring to was in 95 at West Point, VA. You can find it
in the NTSB database.

It's amazing the number of Queen Air jump plane crashes that came up when I
was searching for it.


At least they were in position to jump out before crashing

"Tom|420" wrote in message . ..

At least they were in position to jump out before crashing

Actually one of the people in this group came up with the interesting statistic
that more skydivers die in jump plane crashes than do in incidents after they
leave the aircraft.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
Dale wrote:

Okay, I'm in Alaska so it's a different time zone..maybe that's it. He
said 1975, up here that's closer to 30 years than 5 years. G

I expect that's a typo - probably 1995. A Queen Air went into a house down near
Ron about five years ago carrying jumpers. The news had something about W&B, the
number of people on board (something like 18 jumpers), and the fact that it wasn't
supposed to be flying without a door.

George
And we all know how accurate the news media is? I've got a thousand
plus hours in a Beech Queen Air and can't even begin to imagine
stuffing 18 pygmies without parachutes in it! Even a Twin Otter gets
cramped with 18 and that isn't without stacking them one on top of
another. I did a "floater" jump that has been used for many posters
and there were 13 jumpers outside a Twin Beech near Parris, CA back
about 1985. That has nearly the same interior dimensions as the B-80
and it was stuffed full with jumpers. W&B was not the issue....it was
pure volume of bodies.
Ol Shy & Bashful

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.