I always thought snowboarding was ill-conceived compared to alpine skiing.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention. An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Will the plane be recoverable?!?! I sure hope so! (Okay, I know the 'downed' plane isn't a C-170, but it's still a plane! ) Or will it either get pushed off or just left there? (I'm from the southern part of the US... You know, where 48 states are bunched together... So I don't know these types of things yet ) I'd hate to have been either the pilot or snowboarder, that's for sure!
Apparently there were no injuries, but I bet there was some laundry to do. It was probably harder to extricate the laundry from the hindparts of the occupants that it was to extricate the occupants from the airplane.
Miles
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
I would not have relished exiting that aircraft. Although I suppose staying aboard would be equally distressing.
In discussing insurance with various underwriters, a common remark was that aircraft in AK and Canada frequently have higher insurance rates because of mandatory requirements that all wreckage be removed from wilderness areas. The high cost associated with such removal efforts drives the insurance rates up to the high levels experienced by many of those operators. I was informed that a $10,000 recovery cost was not uncommon due to the need to sometimes employ heavy-lift helicopter operations.
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention. An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Richard Pulley
2014-2016 TIC170A Past President
1951 170A, N1715D, s/n 20158, O-300D
2023 Best Original 170A at Sault Ste. Marie
Owned from 1973 to 1984.
Bought again in 2006 after 22 years.
It's not for sale!
The same type of recovery requirements hold true in our National Forests here in the USA. I've seen a number of airplane hulks hauled out of the back country of Idaho by EXPENSIVE helicopters. (For that matter, are there any other kind?)
gahorn wrote:I always thought snowboarding was ill-conceived compared to alpine skiing.
Hey, we finally agree! I kinda feel bad for that kid, as this incident has transcended normal aviation circles. I've been getting this email forward from a lot of non-pilots. Bad way to get famous.
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I sure hope so! (Okay, I know the 'downed' plane isn't a C-170, but it's still a plane! 
) Or will it either get pushed off or just left there? (I'm from the southern part of the US... You know, where 48 states are bunched together... 
I kinda feel bad for that kid, as this incident has transcended normal aviation circles. I've been getting this email forward from a lot of non-pilots. Bad way to get famous. 