Mustang Crash at Reno-Stead

[rondebmar]

One lucky guy:

www.mynews4.com/story.php?id=28178&n=122

 

[fc2spyguy]

That'll buff right out . . .

 

[yak52driver]

I'm pretty sure the Thunder Mustang is like a 3/4 scale version. He was racing in the Sport class, not the Unlimited, but still a big deal if you're in the plane no matter what class you're racing in.

 

[JMonte85]

Hope he had insurance.

 

[Fog]

Don't blame him, but it re-affirms the old adage that "it's better to be lucky than good". He was lucky that day.

 

[HuggyU2]

I was watching the whole thing unfold, and wondered how he managed to miss the runway despite starting with a lot of energy.
I was standing with friend who has a whole bunch of Reno race experience, and he was downright livid that it ended up in a pile, instead of a nice landing.

 

[Kaman]

Even missing the runway shouldn't have been a problem unless he had something in front of him that was trying to avoid...

 

[yak52driver]

I was watching the whole thing unfold, and wondered how he managed to miss the runway despite starting with a lot of energy.
I was standing with friend who has a whole bunch of Reno race experience, and he was downright livid that it ended up in a pile, instead of a nice landing.

You probably got to watch Relentless in the sport class lose its prop. He actually made a descent looking landing on one of the runways. Link is to an eaa page with a video of the incident.

http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-09-15_relentless.asp

 

[MIDNJAC]

Engine popping off makes emergency egress a lot easier I bet

 

[nittany03]

"Sudden access to the connecting rods through the side of the engine block" needs to go in someone's quote log.