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Two Deceased After Oshkosh Opening Day Plane Crash

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A fatal crash occurred during the opening morning of the 2024 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. According to remarks made by EAA CEO Jack Pelton before his opening day press conference at the event, the aircraft crashed approximately two miles south of the airport. (aeroxplorer.com) More...

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Aleudar
CURTIS LUNDGREN 10
Very sad. This kind of tragedy reminds all of us that flying safely requires constant vigilance, attention to the smallest details, and diligent situational awareness. You can do all of this and still run into trouble. Lord have mercy.
stalbott972
Steven Talbott 16
Thoughts and prayers go out to those involved and their relatives. A festival like this is a time for celebrating what man has achieved in conquering flight, and it is always sad to see it touched by a loss like this.
gdskoog
Gerald Skoog 5
Lancairs were not designed for slow approaches. There is a history of stall/spin accidents during approaches. The atypical approaches used at Oshkosh only exacerbate the motivation to "pull the power a little" to let situational awareness to catch-up. The Lancair does not forgive this. The fact that the laws of physics never sleep in their desire to kill pilots and airplanes doesn't help.
gcxcollins
George Cooley 11
To Cleffer's point and answering royalbfn's question - the OSH fly-ins do have a history of accidents and incidents. The high influx of VFR traffic, pilots of varying skill levels, non-standard procedures such as trying to land aircraft simultaneously on three different parts of a runway or having to make a curved continuous turn to a crossing runway and last minute changes to instructions all contribute to flight deck stress levels. These factors unfortunately increase the probability of making a fatal mistake....even by more experienced pilots as Jeremy Bennington points out.
Giakoumisforce
Thank you,Curtis,you said it well. In memory of Marta Meyer please stay safe and fly safe!
kombolasha
Ahmed Taha 2
For some reason, I thought it was reported that the accident flight was not related to the airshow. Nonetheless, it is always tragic to lose members of the flying community. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families.
ReedLamb
Reed Lamb 2
Stop Posting articles that want me to pay to read them, its waste of my time to go to it and find out they want money for something I can find for free somewhere else.
Cleffer
Cleffer -5
Every year it's the same thing... It's unfortunate, but how can you expect any different?
royalbfh
royalbfh 7
Im only curious, not trying to be provocative at all but what do you mean by "the same thing"? it would appear that this aircraft got below flying speed(ADSb data so dont hold me to it) while turning base leg for the north runway. As i watch the aircraft flying the arrival the majority are able to do it without issue. it is most tragic for certain. are you sayinf with the large number of pilots that the chance of someone crashing and/or dying is "built in?"
Cleffer
Cleffer 9
Horrible landings and minor accidents (of the non-reportable variety) are such a commonplace at Osh Kosh that it becomes a meme every year. People line up to watch the inbound traffic (porpoise landings, nose-overs, etc.) as well as live runway cams and post-event crash compilations are all very common. Yes, they do have a decent track record, but due to the inherent risk of General Aviation flocking to a single destination, this has and will continue to happen. The Nall report didn't lie.
royalbfh
royalbfh -2
horrible landings? ok. well. when i sit and watch landing its because i love airplanes and aviation... but OK....
benningt
The odds with this many aircraft movements in a weeks time add up unfortunately. In this case to ATPs.
ko25701
ko25701 2
The odds are even higher when non-standard VFR approach procedures are used to get thousands of aircraft into an airport that is beyond its safe capacity.

We should limit the number of arrivals per hour to something safe in the same manner that all Controlled airports use on a daily basis.

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jeffcreek
jeff creek 14
You have to love the irony of linbb calling someone childish!
Cleffer
Cleffer 2
Thanks, Russian bot comment. I won't. :)
21voyageur
21voyageur 3
If serious, may want to keep politics out of the discourse.

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