Jack Roush Crashes Plane in WI

[Jerry Clayton]

A few thoughts for Ernie

ATC controllers issue CLEARANCES---they do not CONTROL the aircraft--the pilot does that

When you are issued a clearance for an approach and landing, YOUR GO AROUND PATH is protected space for you and you alone------If at any point a safe landing is in the least bit questionable, you should go around---you do this by adding power and rotating the nose of the aircraft away from the earth----if you are close to another aircraft on a crossing/conflicting flight path you point your aircraft away from the other plane by turning so as you'll go behind him and also by the altitude you climb to or level off at.

Jack made a series of mistakes---it will be judged pilot error ---and maybe have some comments towards what the controllers did, but it is Jacks fault-----that he crashed----he is lucky it didn't shut down the whole operation

[Don]

BT Snake & others:

A different article mentioned the number of incidents during the Osh Kosh meet is far above normal, due to the intense flight activity , inbound and outbound ?

Not a pilot, would the type of aircraft, Beechcraft Premier 1A ( 2 jet engines ) , be less forgiving than other types of aircraft ?

Appears Jack went forward in the cockpit or was struck by a piece of debris , these aircraft have a 4 point belt, lap and shoulder ?

[BT SNAKE]

Don,
The best way to understand this is to read the Airventure arrival procedures. It will explain a lot.

http://www.airventure.org/atc/vfr_basics.html

Jack must have had the belts on, maybe not tight, or he would have been worse off IMHO.

Warbirds and turbo aircraft use a different procedure and runway. I sure they do not mix light aircraft with high performance aircraft. At least I never saw a jet or turbo prop in my line.

Hersh