Lancair crash at SnF

On Apr 25, 2:06*am, Shirl wrote:
Shirl wrote:
A Lancair crashed just moments after takeoff here in Mesa, Arizona,
today, too. Plane was headed for California. There was smoke trailing
from the plane on takeoff and controllers cleared them to turn back
around and land. They tried -- they made the left turn but crashed into
the orange orchard. Three fatalities, all in their late 20s. Sympathies
and prayers to the families.
WingFlaps wrote:
When will pilots learn to stop trying to do the impossible turn... and
go for a straight ahead landing on soemthing horizontal?

In this case, straight ahead would have been into a shopping center,
buildings, houses, etc. *Having been through an engine failure, I try
not to second guess, but he *may* have thought he had a better chance to
at least turn away from all that.



I had a look on Google earth and there seem to be many fields around
the airport what shopping center are you talking about?

Cheers