How to flunk a flight lesson (but survive). Or: Why I don’t want a home next to an active airfield.
Instructor and student trying to return to small airfield north of Phoenix due to probs with the 1968 single engine whacked into the roof of the house on the left. Wing came off and fuel was dumped into that home then it flipped into the backyard of the neighbor. Student and instructor walked away and a resident of the first house was injured. All three are going to be okay.
________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun.
March 05, 2026, 11:44 AM
P250UA5
Turned that plane into a banana
The Enemy's gate is down.
March 05, 2026, 02:35 PM
Gustofer
quote:
Originally posted by Z06: Student and instructor walked away...
Then it was a good landing.
(old joke...I know)
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March 05, 2026, 02:53 PM
Sigmund
Plane crashes into 2 homes in north Phoenix.
by Elena Santa Cruz Arizona Republic March 5, 2026, 5:04 a.m. MT
A small airplane carrying an instructor and a student pilot crashed into two north Phoenix homes minutes after departing from the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport.
On March 4, the Piper PA-28 plane crashed after it left the airport and landed in the backyard of one of the homes.
The crash sent people to the hospital, required hazmat crews to respond and forced people out of their homes...
...The crash happened around 7:20 a.m. near Cave Creek Road and Deer Valley Drive, according to FAA spokesperson Chris Mullooly. The site was about three miles away from the airport...
I’m a Gen X kid and let’s be honest if that happened at my house growing up and my parents came home the VERY FIRST question would be “What the hell did you do!”
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March 05, 2026, 06:17 PM
.38supersig
^^^
...and still didn't find the wabbit!
March 05, 2026, 06:31 PM
Z06
Plane might have been a Beechcraft Banana.
________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun.
March 06, 2026, 09:37 AM
Sigmund
quote:
Originally posted by Z06:
Plane might have been a Beechcraft Banana.
N7744T is/was a Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee.
Edited to add: I read "Bonanza" before posting. Now I get it. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sigmund,
March 06, 2026, 10:22 AM
P250UA5
quote:
Originally posted by Z06: Plane might have been a Beechcraft Banana.
The Enemy's gate is down.
March 06, 2026, 02:21 PM
RIC.45
Aeronautical yoga.
Rick
Texting.......easier than calling.
March 07, 2026, 04:57 AM
r0gue
They're damn lucky it didn't snap over on that stalled out drop in.
March 07, 2026, 08:03 AM
Z06
Agree 100% r0gue, the first thing all 3 should do when they get out of the hospital is buy Powerball tickets.
________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun.
March 12, 2026, 01:55 AM
SigSauerP226
quote:
Originally posted by 229DAK: It looks like it crashed in Barbieland.
Seriously, what’s with the pink hue on the first couple photos??
quote:
Originally posted by Sigmund: Plane crashes into 2 homes in north Phoenix.
by Elena Santa Cruz Arizona Republic March 5, 2026, 5:04 a.m. MT
A small airplane carrying an instructor and a student pilot crashed into two north Phoenix homes
I love how this makes it sound like the airplane decided to do it and just happened to be carrying two people.
...Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, was just a freight train coming your way...
March 12, 2026, 04:00 PM
Z06
"Seriously, what’s with the pink hue on the first couple photos??"
Bad cell phone pics of cheap TV screen shot. Not 'that' Barbie in real life. LOL
________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun.
March 13, 2026, 06:18 PM
whododat
It would take me .17 hours to cut the grass!
Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.
March 13, 2026, 11:47 PM
coloradohunter44
As I always say.."Gravity always wins" They are all truly lucky everyone survived.
"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
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