ChangoLanzao 0 #1 December 29, 2005 Everyone's OK Lost power at 500 ft on takeoff with four jumpers on board. Landed "safely" next to a construction site. Nose down. The news choppers just starting swarming in The plane is sitting nose-down in some sand, engine's busted off. Whew! Other than that ... things are going great down here...the weather is beautiful... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 December 29, 2005 Kudos to the pilot. That is the absolute worst time to lose power. Glad to read that everyone got out without injury.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntacfreefly 0 #3 December 29, 2005 Glad everyone is ok. This is one aspect of the sport that really scares me.To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~ Lao-Tzu It's all good, they're my brothers ~ Mariann Kramer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #4 December 29, 2005 QuoteThis is one aspect of the sport that really scares me. Me too. A wise man once told me that we all have two chances to die on every skydive. The first is on takeoff; we trust our lives to the pilots and maintenance staff here. The second chance to die on a skydive is more obvious. I’ve changed my behavior in skydiving. I make sure I jump where I am comfortable with the planes and the pilots. You can’t always tell if everything is okay and s*** just happens sometimes but if I have doubts I trust me doubts. I don’t need to get on a plane at a bandit DZ with marginally qualified pilots and planes held together with gaffers tape. At my home DZ, I know the maintenance is above and beyond the minimum requirements, I know the pilots are some of the most qualified in the business. I hug my pilots on a regular basis, as I trust my life to them 15 times a week."We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
