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Quebec woman using riding lawnmower struck, killed by landing aircraft

A bizarre accident has claimed the life of a woman in her 20s who was struck and killed by a landing aircraft while she was cutting grass with a riding lawnmower at an airfield north of Montreal.

montreal.ctvnews.ca

Bruce

Thats a Nanchang CJ-6. It’s a Chinese basic trainer.

 

[PILOON]

Thats a Nanchang CJ-6. It’s a Chinese basic trainer.

No wonder I could not identify it. ( Nanchang CJ-6.)

 

[rv7charlie]

The CJ6 & the Yak52, its 'parent' (comparison image here at the 2:36 point), were used in WW2 & later as advanced trainers; popular now in some circles as relatively inexpensive 'warbirds' and for aerobatic flying.

If that news video accurately portrays the position of the mower when it was struck, it looks like the threshold (approach end) of the runway may not be visible until the last moment due to the trees off the end of the runway. I live on a grass runway with multiple other residents. The members rotate runway mowing duties. We're always watching for a/c while we mow (and pull off if a a/c is approaching), and when flying, we overfly and look for 'traffic' on the runway prior to landing. Looks like a tragic combination of issues.

 

[cjoffutt]

When I was a kid, we used to drive by Grissom Air Force Base in Peru, IN. It was called Bunker Hill AFB when I was a kid. There were low flying airplane signs on the US 31 highway on the west end of the field. We saw the aftermath of an incident where a plane crushed in the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle. Yikes!

They still fly awfully low IMO. Low enough the A10 pilots will wave at my kids as we're playing outside most evenings.

 

[MossRoad]

They still fly awfully low IMO. Low enough the A10 pilots will wave at my kids as we're playing outside most evenings.

That would be fun. You ever get them to waggle their wings?

I live near an airport. We had a small 2 seater, maybe a cessna 150 or 152 fly through our yard. He had to pull up to miss the trees in the neighbor's woods. I just cringed until he pulled up, then shook my head and said "Man. Yikes!" . Then called the FAA to report.

 

[MossRoad]

They still fly awfully low IMO. Low enough the A10 pilots will wave at my kids as we're playing outside most evenings.

Are you old enough or been in the area enough to remember the B58s in their hangars along the highway?

 

[cjoffutt]

That would be fun. You ever get them to waggle their wings?

I live near an airport. We had a small 2 seater, maybe a cessna 150 or 152 fly through our yard. He had to pull up to miss the trees in the neighbor's woods. I just cringed until he pulled up, then shook my head and said "Man. Yikes!" . Then called the FAA to report.

Are you old enough or been in the area enough to remember the B58s in their hangars along the highway?

Only in my mid 30's here. But grandfather worked of there for a while for the COE. So I may have seen them at some point but certainly do not recall it. Usually just see UPS/Amazon plans parked out there now. Every once in a while you'll catch Air Force 1 or 2 out there.

But now-a-days, it's just the A10s and the mid-air refueling plans that fly even lower and constantly remind you of just have HUGE they are as they buzz the treeline.

We've had maybe 1 or 2 waggle their wings when we're waking through the field behind the house. House area is decently/heavily wooded so they have to be reallllllly paying attention to catch us looking at them. Always surprises when they do notice us and wave while flying along.

 

[Jchonline]

Was on the road riding my motorsickle one time when a crop duster went over me and dropped some kind of liquid, what I assumed was, insecticide on me. There was a a field on the side of the road. Thought it was tomatoes but not sure.

Anyway, he got me good enough that I had to go back to the house and wash up.

My hero --

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In TX that would have been a good thing. No Mosquitos for the day!

 

[drizler]

I shared a hangar with one of those yaks . What a big heavy beast. The aluminum in that things front leading edge felt 3x what my Cessna had. it was like the difference between tapping my 2018 Camrays beer can door compared to a 1962 Caddy.
Judging by how mangled that wings front spar is I’m surprised she lasted to the hospital. What I can’t see is how that pilot couldn’t see someone riding a mower right in front of him. It’s right where you need to focus on approach. I wonder if she turned right in front of him. Too bad.

 

[3930dave]

I shared a hangar with one of those yaks . What a big heavy beast. The aluminum in that things front leading edge felt 3x what my Cessna had. it was like the difference between tapping my 2018 Camrays beer can door compared to a 1962 Caddy.
Judging by how mangled that wings front spar is I’m surprised she lasted to the hospital. What I can’t see is how that pilot couldn’t see someone riding a mower right in front of him. It’s right where you need to focus on approach. I wonder if she turned right in front of him. Too bad.

I've pretty much given up on commercial flying, even before Covid.

The act of flying itself doesn't bother me, so the freedom and utility of having a personal plane would interest me..... not in my budget, unfortunately.

Accidents can happen anywhere, but un-controlled airports (I'm meaning no manned tower) are a mixed blessing. My uncle, (now passed on) used to fly into a small airport down East. In the dark, you could sequence the Mic a certain pattern, and it would kick on the airstrip landing lights. Appeals to my Anytime/Anywhere view of transport....

But, this unfortunate accident illustrates the perils of having service vehicles working on the ground, with no tower co-ordination of incoming traffic.

I did see a clip of Harrison Ford's plane not that long ago, when he made an error taxiing IIRC at LAX. Tower's response (close landing by a commercial plane) was effectively no harm/foul, but to his credit, his response was something like "Well, I'm not OK with what I just did, so I'll stop by the tower shortly".

It can happen way too fast.... anywhere.

Rgds, D.