Oshkosh Tragedy

[iflyrc3Dstyle]

Unfortunately this sad tragedy happened. Here are some pictures that my buddy sent me from oshkosh. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family.



Avenger1.jpg

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RV-6.jpg

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[HjorturG]

What happened?

[iflyrc3Dstyle]

Unfortunately there was an incident on the ground today that took place
when
a number of airplanes were taxiing single file. An RV-6, followed by a
WWII
Grumman Avenger, suddenly stopped. The Avenger didn't stop in time, and
you
can pretty much guess the results. An eye-witness said that you could see pieces flying around. Sadly, the person in the rear seat of the RV-6 was killed. The Avenger appeared as though it had suffered no damage, but that
won't be known until the engine is torn down for an inspection.

[50%plane]

I sincerely hope that the friends and family/families that have lost someone, or contributed to the death of someone, be able to cope and live a productive and blessed life. Every life is precious and it's always sad to lose someone that you know.



50%

[ilovemetro]

thats not something you want to ever see happen at an airshow

[Huckeneer]

Thats not something you ever want to see period.

[JoeAirPort]

Bummer, prayers to the families and friends affected.

[cloudshaker]

This is a sad and trajic situation. Condolences to all the family and those affected from all of us at Flying Giants. I hope in the future the event staff will take steps to keep this from happening again, such as possibly a larger mandatory taxiing distance between aircraft. Just a thought. Bless all those affected.

[ilovemetro]

	Quote: Originally Posted by cloudshaker
	This is a sad and trajic situation. Condolences to all the family and those affected from all of us at Flying Giants. I hope in the future the event staff will take steps to keep this from hapening again, such as possibly a larger mandatory taxiing distance between aircraft. Just a thought. Bless all those affected.

yeah when i was at the show and all the like cessna's and stuff were lined up for open fly there was about like 10 of them and they were all in a pretty tight line

[ncsanik]

is that the sccident that closed the airport the sunday before the show? i think it happened arround 8:30am, closing 9-27, and later closing 18-36. we were flying in arround 11 and koas was happening in the hold pattern arround green lake and rush lake, and diverted to fon de lac to wait it out. we were told from a controller that a homebuilt crashed killing both people.

[madmax]

OMG. That absolutely sucks. Prayers and consdolences sent to all the families involved. This is absolutely tragic. NCS, thanks for the info as well, been keeping up on it as best as possible, didn't hear about another accident. Any more info?

[cloudshaker]

The accident that closed the airport was when a couple in their homebuilt crashed on approach. That happened on Sunday before this accident. The couple in the previous crash passed away as well.