Harrison Ford Mistakenly Lands Husky On KSNA Taxiway

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:22:31 -0000, wrote:

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:57:12 -0000, wrote:

Larry Dighera wrote:

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Mr. Ford is either losing his cognitive abilities, or he lacks due respect for
the requirements to operate responsibly, or both.

Another possibility; he ****ed up.


That's beyond a possibility. It's a certainty.

Then it is not possible that he is "either losing his cognitive abilities,
or he lacks due respect for the requirements to operate responsibly, or both"?


Oh Plezze. Jim, I know you're smarter than that question would appear to
imply. Or have you just contracted a case of Trumpacity ("Trump Mendacity")?
:-)

It is, in my humble opinion, entirely possible, if not probable, that it was
either fellow airman Ford's possible less than reverent attitude toward
aviation, and the lessons it provides, and/or senescence-based progressive
physical impairment creeping in on its regular course, that precipitated what
you refer to as a Foxtrot Uniform.

And couldn't possibly be a temporary distraction or lapse in judgement or
any of many other common tranisitory foibles?

So in your humble opinion he is either evil, demented or both.

The LA Times said Ford may not have been able to see over the nose of the
tail-dragger well enough to see the runway. That's a bogus excuse in my
opinion.


I suppose you have never in your life done anything that in retrospect you
concider stupid due to a momentary lapse in attention, focus or judgment?


When those type of events began to occur while PIC, I judged it was time to
stay out of the left seat. I'm not saying it's easy, but it is something
virtually all pilots must face at some point. You'll see ...

For most people those type of events begin to occur as soon as mommy
and daddy are out of sight.


Acts that I committed as an adult (which I believe is more germane to the
discussion) that I would consider "stupid due to a momentary lapse in
attention, focus or judgment" are generally grounded in a causality based on
stimuli in the physical world, or psychological in origin. A wise person who
is astute and attending to the events occurring in his/her life well enough to
recognize the opportunity for introspection FU's provide, will deliberate
internally on the dynamics involved, and attempt to adjust his future behavior
based on the results of that analysis so that similar errors are not repeated.

Or in other words, like most people, when you do something dumb you learn
from the experience.

Those who choose to ignore facts, and continue to repeat non-beneficial
behavior, may face a sterner lesson...

The key word here being "continue".

So far for the person you are declaring evil, demented, or both we have
one mechanical failure and one lapse of some sort.

It is when those type of events start occuring on a regular basis that
there is a problem.


While the FAA/NTSB concluded that probable cause in Ford's Santa Monica country
club "hard landing" was due to mechanical issues causing a cessation of power
(as I recall), I find it remarkable for a departing aircraft from the airport
where it was based to not have spilled a significant amount of fuel on impact.
I found no mention, nor saw no environmental haz-met team on site in the media
accounts of the incident I recall reading/viewing. ...How long ago was that?

The NTSB concluded that the main metering jet for the carburetor had
come loose, resulting in excessive fuel flow and the ultimate loss of
engine power in Ford's off airport forced landing.

As for spilled fuel, "Fuel was observed leaking from the front of the
airplane, and the responding fire department reported shutting off the
airplane's fuel supply from the cockpit."

https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...FA121 &akey=1


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Jim Pennino