Jack Roush Crashes Plane in WI

[Jerry Clayton]

Well---------------to answer Indy-----we were a few miles out over the Pacific----and I have never seen any small aircraft very far from shore down low---they are more likely to be at a higher altitute and then they are a hazard-----

Closest thing I ever came to was leaving Long Beach in a turn back to the southeast over the bay, they had launched a weather baloon without any coodination of air traffic departures---and it was close!!!!!!!

And as for a check pilot allowing something----they will ride thru almost anything without saying a word---they are not in command or control---and when this happened it pretty much hadn't been figured out how far off shore the limit went as the rule was primarily for traffic pattern areas below 10,000 and the control zones around the bigger airports were new also.

[Don]

From AutoWeek.com:

" Longtime NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been cleared to resume flying his own planes. The FAA approval came slightly more than a year after the 69-year-old crashed one of his jets on approach to an air show in Oshkosh, Wis. He suffered a ruptured left eyeball (and eventually lost the eye), a broken jaw, a damaged left cheekbone and a compression fracture in his back. "

Article:

NASCAR: Jack Roush cleared to fly again - AutoWeek

[392cobra]

Originally Posted by Don

From AutoWeek.com:

" Longtime NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been cleared to resume flying his own planes. The FAA approval came slightly more than a year after the 69-year-old crashed one of his jets on approach to an air show in Oshkosh, Wis. He suffered a ruptured left eyeball (and eventually lost the eye), a broken jaw, a damaged left cheekbone and a compression fracture in his back. "
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Damn !
Just when everyone thought it was safe to go outside again.

[Tommy]

Something reminded me of this old thread and I looked to see if the final accident report had been published. It had: click here.

For those not interested in reading the whole thing, it appears that the pilot overshot the turn to final and was distracted by a departing plane while maneuvering back to align with the runway. The end result was high bank angles, a steep angle of attack and a stall close to the ground resulting in impact. The report lists facts and observations, but never mentions "pilot error" or any other "cause" for the accident. But the airplane was working normally up until impact.

[timsullivan]

Roushe never could fly an airplane to safe his life. First he crashes a P51 which should have kept him grounded for life and then he crashes this one. He needs to stick to race cars because planes will clearly be the death of him yet. Mark my words.