NHRA Finals plane crash?????

[Hardly Satisfied]

That is scary crazy

 

[rcmike]

@streetpeopleofpomona on Instagram: "@streetpeopleofpomona The moments the Cessna crashed today at the Pomona Fairplex"

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[rcmike]

I mean, if you have to crash, going in where the NHRA safety safari and the ambulances are standing by is kinda best of the options.. Glad it sounds like they made it.

 

[riverroyal]

I'd be ok with my rv getting hit by a plane. As long as nobody dies of course

 

[oldschool]

I'd be ok with my rv getting hit by a plane. As long as nobody dies of course

And apparently no one did. Plane ended up in the Capps family trailer.

 

[riverroyal]

Looks like it landed on top of that dodge first. The truck pushed 40 ft out of its parking space.
That actually saved them.

 

[AiiRaciing]

My Dad sent me this right after it happened, luckily all the safety teams were already there to make sure everyone was safe. He said it took seconds for them to get into the crash site

 

[AiiRaciing]

It was not Capps family RV, my dad was with John Capps(John, Betty and my Dad park their busses next to each other) and they had just walked from their busses a 1/4 mile away, on the way to the stands they walked where the plane crashed seconds before. When they reached the top of the grand stands they heard the crash. The owner of the truck had just gotten his dog out of the truck

 

[boatpi]

No spilled fuel…..no fire…….

 

[AiiRaciing]

There was a few of his friends had busses in the area, and because of all the fuel leaking my dad being the closest he went in and shut off the propane and power switches off to their busses

 

[wzuber]

The owner of the truck had just gotten his dog out of the truck

Thank God for Devine intervention........
Amazing it was not much worse.
A fire would have devasted that event.

 

[wzuber]

I’m gonna remember that trick if the need ever arises. Between the roof collapsing, the suspension loading, air in tires and the truck moving forward about 20’ from where it was impacted a lot of energy was bled off for sure.

Had that not occurred that 5th wheel would have been decimated and would have likely caught fire with the propane reefer and stuff running. Those neighboring buses would have been severely damage too it appears. A lot of angels worked hard to minimize the damage from that scene.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

No spilled fuel…..no fire…….

Not exactly, msm reported crews had to clean up fuel. Of course, msm are idiots and claimed it was “jet fuel”. Sure lady, prop planes run on av-gas.

They were putting kitty litter on something. Fuel or oil.

 

[SkyDirtWaterguy]

There’s a difference between fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation. That old Cherokee 6 has a fuel selector valve to burn fuel from either the right or left tank. IF the tank he was running on went too low and he forgot to switch tanks it may of caused fuel starvation to the engine before he could get the selector valve switched over. At a low altitude and low engine RPM, possibly not enough fuel pressure to feed the engine on the other tank in time to keep the motor running. Just a guess given preliminary info.

 

[boatnam2]

Pretty amazing you can put a 5th wheel hitch through the front of the plane and live, I glad everyone was ok.

 

[coolchange]

That guy was hangin that thing in the air.
I’m sure in his head was, “come on… a couple more feet…” glad everything was best case scenario. Now there’s some explanations due.

 

[RVRKID]

Did any debris get on the track? How big are delays? On another topic Tony Stewart and Leah had a baby boy. Hope he gets back to track for 1st round. How dare her have a baby during the finals

My son got his autograph Saturday, right after he signed the MAGA hat

 

[RVRKID]

The video in post 30 confirms that, you can't hear an engine, the fact that you immediately hear sirens tells me the fire department already knew there was going to be an emergency landing.

Think they were already there watching the racing before the crash.

 

[CLCookie]

Any plane crash and all survive is a great outcome. That Dodge saved some lives for sure

 

[Sleek-Jet]

There’s a difference between fuel exhaustion and fuel starvation. That old Cherokee 6 has a fuel selector valve to burn fuel from either the right or left tank. IF the tank he was running on went too low and he forgot to switch tanks it may of caused fuel starvation to the engine before he could get the selector valve switched over. At a low altitude and low engine RPM, possibly not enough fuel pressure to feed the engine on the other tank in time to keep the motor running. Just a guess given preliminary info.

The older Cherokee 6's had 4 tanks that you can switch between, I think they were all 20 gallons. Old "6" drivers would caution that you don't end up with your 1 hour reserve spread across 4 tanks (about 3.5 gallons in each). The Saratoga I fly is simplified with 50 gallon of fuel in each wing. There are still 4 tanks but they are interconnected so you simply have left, right and off on the fuel selector.

 

[oldboatsrule]

Think they were already there watching the racing before the crash.

Negative. They were rolling as the people were being pulled from the plane. NHRA safety safari was 1st on scene immediately.

People drive past the race track blowing their train horns total LAM style. We heard the fire truck and thought.. " Jesus these guys too ?" Right about then we heard that the plane had crashed.

I've seen alot of things over the years at Pomona. Stood on the starting line and watched the guy go splat parachuting in with the flag, Seen blowovers, many many record runs, watched several legends make their last passes, countless championships crowned. I've seen fights, boobs ,drunks roll down the stands, porti pottys tipped, I've seen funny car bodys land on spectators. standing along the fence. But I never once thought I would see a plane crash and nobody on the ground get killed.

Wally Parks truly does watch over the NHRA.

 

[4Waters]

Negative. They were rolling as the people were being pulled from the plane. NHRA safety safari was 1st on scene immediately.

People drive past the race track blowing their train horns total LAM style. We heard the fire truck and thought.. " Jesus these guys too ?" Right about then we heard that the plane had crashed.

I've seen alot of things over the years at Pomona. Stood on the starting line and watched the guy go splat parachuting in with the flag, Seen blowovers, many many record runs, watched several legends make their last passes, countless championships crowned. I've seen fights, boobs ,drunks roll down the stands, porti pottys tipped, I've seen funny car bodys land on spectators. standing along the fence. But I never once thought I would see a plane crash and nobody on the ground get killed.

Wally Parks truly does watch over the NHRA.

They were obviously watching, I've seen them there several times watching in the past

 

[oldboatsrule]

They were obviously watching, I've seen them there several times watching in the past

No doubt that pic shows them watching. But I watched them drive from the intersection by the west side of the airport.

 

[bonesfab]

Negative. They were rolling as the people were being pulled from the plane. NHRA safety safari was 1st on scene immediately.

People drive past the race track blowing their train horns total LAM style. We heard the fire truck and thought.. " Jesus these guys too ?" Right about then we heard that the plane had crashed.

I've seen alot of things over the years at Pomona. Stood on the starting line and watched the guy go splat parachuting in with the flag, Seen blowovers, many many record runs, watched several legends make their last passes, countless championships crowned. I've seen fights, boobs ,drunks roll down the stands, porti pottys tipped, I've seen funny car bodys land on spectators. standing along the fence. But I never once thought I would see a plane crash and nobody on the ground get killed.

Wally Parks truly does watch over the NHRA.

I was there for that parachute incident. Pretty messed up that day.

 

[4Waters]

No doubt that pic shows them watching. But I watched them drive from the intersection by the west side of the airport.

They were there

I was there for that parachute incident. Pretty messed up that day.

X3

 

[scottchbrite]

I just found out the pilot/owner is one if my wifes electrical contractors. She talks to him at least once a week. Small world.

 

[Loony Toon]

 

[RVRKID]

I was there for that parachute incident. Pretty messed up that day.

I was there as well also the one when the guy parachuting in came in a little fast and lost his prosthetic leg.

 

[92562]

I was there for that parachute incident. Pretty messed up that day.

If I recall, he hit the guardrail really hard. Not good.

 

[Mandelon]

Hello, Progressive Insurance, how may I help you?
My truck was hit.
By a plane.
Uh, Hello?

 

[oldschool]

I was there for that parachute incident. Pretty messed up that day.

Me too. He went right over the top of us and barely made it over the top of the stands. Sad deal.