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Homestead, still aboard the plane, noticed breaks in the clouds but could not tell whether it was land or water below. [26] The cloud layer spanned roughly 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,200–1,800 m), and so for the first 14,000 feet of descent, the jumpers remained unaware that they were over water. [27]
Initial indications showed that he was performing a 1/2 Cuban 8 and snap rolls on the 45-degree down line, [2] but recovered too low to the ground to pull out. He hit the runway at 200 mph (320 km/h), although his vertical speed was only around 75 mph (120 km/h); the plane slid 300 yards (270 m) and burst into flames.
Beginning the stunt only 2000 feet above the waters of San Francisco Bay, Beachey pulled sharply on the controls to resume level flight, but the resulting pressure on the wing spars caused them to snap and the plane plunged into the water. Beachey actually survived the crash but drowned as rescuers were unable to extract him for nearly two hours.
The plane that took off from Ohio State University's airport and crashed along Interstate 75 in Florida could end up being one of around 1,000 or so plane accidents across the United States this year.
The aircraft went off-course and crashed into terrain in poor visibility. January 14, 1936 17 0 0 American Airlines Flight 1: near Goodwin: Arkansas: Douglas DC-2: The aircraft crashed for undetermined reasons. October 7, 1935 12 0 0 United Airlines Trip 4: near Hecla: Wyoming: Boeing 247D: The pilot is believed to lost spatial awareness and ...
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Crashed into the ground during stunt routine [76] Mitsuyasu Maeno: Japan 1976 Erotic film actor Piper Cherokee: Setagaya, Tokyo Controlled flight into terrain into a house during a kamikaze attack John Gillespie Magee Jr. United States 1941 Aviator and poet Supermarine Spitfire V AD291: Roxholm, England collision with an Airspeed Oxford: Ramon ...
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a preliminary investigation indicates that a Piper PA 32 Cherokee Six crashed into a field about a quarter-mile north of the James A. Rhodes Airport in Jackson ...