PPF must have been off the charts on this one........

Pilot Pucker Factor.
Do you think the pilot even saw the car before the impact?

Found this also.
Driver Is Injured After Small Plane Hits His Car While Landing At Texas Airport
A small plane severely damaged its landing gear after an imbecile driving an SUV decided to cut off the plane’s landing at a small airport outside of Dallas, Texas on Saturday.
The driver, who ignored a stop sign and failed to see if a plane was coming, was injured in the incident.
Cell phone video footage captured the shocking moment, as the plane loses its landing gear when it clipped the SUV.
At the end of the video, you can hear a confrontation between the videographer and the driver.
“Why did you pull out in front of an airplane, is what I wanna know?” he’s heard saying on a video clip of the crash.
The driver sounded lashed back saying she did not see the airplane.
The driver was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

[Flieger]

F***!

Dang SUVs are too tall

How the hell does this happen? Who put that road there?

[Nostril Cheese]

puta caro indeed.

Found more complete story of the incident.

[James Brown]

plane is a little low but still, engineering controls are needed to prevent stupid people

[slodave]

"We didn't pull out in front of an airplane," Heather Laudo added.

Um, really? What do you call that thing that looks like an airplane that just tagged your SUV?

[widgeon13]

I would say that blame can be placed on both parties. There was no need to be that low and at that point your attention is focused outside the aircraft. Doesn't make any sense to me but **** happens. Knowing the road was there, if he had at least 2000 ft of runway I would have set up a steeper approach. His instructor should have clued him on to that.

52F Runway 3500 Ft w/ displaced threshold, crazy to be that low.

[UconnTim97]

Ironically, this situation was covered in my driver's ed classes some 20+ years ago. I remember wondering how this could actually happen in real life. Now I know why this was covered.

[widebody911]

People need to be taught to keep the camera focused on the action.

[GH85Carrera]

That was described as a cell phone video. I don't beleive that. It looks like a long telephoto lens. It even zooms in and out. Maybe some cell phone has a zoom lens but I doubt it.

[FrankyV]

Originally Posted by UconnTim97

Ironically,

No, that would be "coincidentally". I am on a one man mission to stop the rampant misunderstanding of the concept of irony. It all started with that Alanis Morrisette song "isn't it ironic" where she gave examples of everything but irony, which was kind of ironic.

[widebody911]

Examples of irony would have been if he clipped an FAA official's car, or his instructor's car, or a truck full of landing gear.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by James Brown

plane is a little low but still, engineering controls are needed to prevent stupid people

Condoms?

[stomachmonkey]

That strip is right down the road from me.

Pass it all the time.

Drivers around here are completely oblivious to anything going on outside their car.

90% of them are either talking on a cell phone or texting.

When you watch them drive they never turn their heads, never check their mirrors, they are always looking straight ahead.

The old people in S. Florida are better and more attentive drivers.

Seriously, how much noise does a plane that low and close make?

That did not get their attention?

[porsche4life]

C'mon it Dallas.... They are the worst drivers on earth, without a doubt....

[biosurfer1]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

That strip is right down the road from me.

Pass it all the time.

Drivers around here are completely oblivious to anything going on outside their car.

90% of them are either talking on a cell phone or texting.

I neither talk on my cell phone nor text at all while driving, another thing I'm also not doing is watching out for a plane that could be landing or crossing my path. That is a stupid place to put a road...beyond stupid actually.

[UconnTim97]

Quote de UconnTim97

Ironically,

No, that would be "coincidentally". I am on a one man mission to stop the rampant misunderstanding of the concept of irony. It all started with that Alanis Morrisette song "isn't it ironic" where she gave examples of everything but irony, which was kind of ironic.

Interesting. I am somewhat embarrassed that I was using that wrong. Learned something new today.

[MT930]

Suv's really shorten up the landing roll.


Great no one got hurt badly.

[on2wheels52]

He didn't miss the fence by more than a couple of feet. It's not like she drove across the runway.
Jim

[cashflyer]

Our runway has a similar approach.
As mentioned, there was no real need for the plane to be that low.




News story about the crash: