Did anybody see that accident?

[alrot]

did anybody saw those incredible images in CNN that plane in a airshow crash yesterday to a vehicle harming two ladies in it,from what i saw it was an trimotor,the pilot and cop. are very injured,thats all i know......

[Felix/FFDS]

Ford Trimotor.... impressive video.

[Politically Incorrect]

No never heard about it, where did this happen?

[Jared]

Ouch, a lady at work was talking lie it was a small plane....perhaps it's a different accident she was talking about....I don't know...

[ChuckMajik]

Yeah, I say it last night. I hope the injuried make full recoveries.

[Scorpiоn]

The video was so quick that I could tell if it was a Ju-52 or a Ford Trimotor.  I suspected the latter tho'.

Good to know the pilots are okay, so to speak.  Most are not so lucky.

Power to 'em.

[Politically Incorrect]

No never heard about it, where did this happen?

OK I'll ask again! Where and when did this happen?!
I have searched the internet and yet to find anything on it, reason I would like to know soon is I had a friend out West that was telling me about going to a show where a Tri-motor would be appearing and I have yet to here back from him!

[Hagar]

OK I'll ask again! Where and when did this happen?!
I have searched the internet and yet to find anything on it,

Frustrating isn't it?

Here ya go Fret. I had a search round & found this. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/9773962.htm?1c

Posted on Mon, Sep. 27, 2004
 
SoCal women thankful to survive after plane crashed into their car

Associated Press

FULLERTON, Calif. - A mother and her daughter said Monday they were thankful not to be hurt when a small plane crashed into their car shortly after taking off from an air show.

The plane crashed almost immediately after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport on Saturday, seriously injuring the two men inside. Jay Yoshinaga, 45, of Gardena, and Anthony Albanese, 46, of Brea were listed in critical condition at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, hospital spokeswoman Marcida Dodson said Monday.

The 1986 Bushmaster, a replica 1920s Ford tri-motor plane, crashed seconds after takeoff, just missing the control tower and slammed onto a street, sideswiping Rebecca Perez's Hyundai Elantra. The plane broke apart on impact and erupted in flames.

"There was this real loud bang and air bag going off, crashing noise and ... it stopped my car," Perez, 58, of Buena Park, told KCAL-TV. She was on the way to a doctor's office with her 32-year-old daughter, Valerie Perez.

"We were just baffled and then immediately people came. I was just saying 'Save us Jesus, save us Jesus.' She was like, 'Mom, mom, what happened?' I said 'I don't know, I don't know.'"

Both women were treated for cuts and bruises and released from the hospital.

"It just make everything else, you know, problems and things, so minute," Valerie Perez said.

The crash occurred in front of hundreds of people who were at the small Orange County airport for "Airport Day." The National Transportation and Safety Board was investigating the cause of the crash.

As an air show freak I always hate hearing news like this. I've never been lucky enough to see one but I would hardly call a Ford Trimotor a small plane. I suppose it depends what you compare it with.

[Saitek]

As an air show freak I always hate hearing news like this. I've never been lucky enough to see one but I would hardly call a Ford Trimotor a small plane. I suppose it depends what you compare it with.

Interesting, thanks Doug.

I'd say that a Ford Trimotor was a more of a medium sized plane myself. I'd call a light aircraft, well for example, a single engined Cessna. Maybe they called it light because it isn't exactly a fast plane.

Ben

[Chris_F]

Quote from the woman in the article:

"She was like, 'Mom, mom, what happened?' I said 'I don't know, I don't know.'"

Yup, that's soCal alright.  Dude, she was like 'Mom, mom, what happened?' and I was all "I don't know" and she was like "Mom, what happened" and I was all, like ' Dude, I don't know." and she was all "what happened" and I was all, like "Dude, I don't know, I don't know" and stuff...

[Politically Incorrect]

Thanks Hager!
But I tried the link and they want way too much info just for me to view the news. I hate that!!
I have noticed this is the trend with many major newspaper sites as well, you have to fill out a "credit application" in order to read the news. Well those type sites can just leach info from someone else I don't need it, hell by the time you fill out all the info it is no longer news!!
Still have yet to hear from my friend but I don't think the show he was going too was that far west.

[Hagar]

Thanks Hager!
But I tried the link and they want way too much info just for me to view the news. I hate that!!
I have noticed this is the trend with many major newspaper sites as well, you have to fill out a "credit application" in order to read the news. Well those type sites can just leach info from someone else I don't need it, hell by the time you fill out all the info it is no longer news!!

I also dislike the idea but I suspect it will become more common in time. The strange thing is that the first time I clicked on that link (from Google) it took me straight to the news item. The 2nd time it redirected me to the sign-up page.

I quoted all it says about the incident so you missed nothing.

PS. I just found this. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/092604_nw_fullerton_plane.html

This is the sort of thing I hate. The pilot is called a superhero because he did all he could to save himself & his crew & obviously avoid hurting anyone if possible. He's the one sitting up front & the one most likely to get hurt. Nobody in their right mind would want to crash into other aircraft or buildings.

"I'd say he's a super hero," he said of the pilot. "It looks like he not only got it off the ground, saved all the people and planes out on the runway, but managed to bring it over here and dump it in the street rather than hitting the buildings or the cars or anything else."

[Fozzer]

[quote]Quote from the woman in the article:

"She was like, 'Mom, mom, what happened?' I said 'I don't know, I don't know.'"

Yup, that's soCal alright.