Gleick's LongEZ crash in NY
Phaedra A Hise
Does anyone have more info on this? I read an article that James Gleick
(famous writer and founder of NYC's Pipeline ISP) crashed his LongEZ in
New Jersey and killed his 8-year-old son. He was in intensive care, it
said. I have had professional contact with this guy, and am wondering how
he is doing.
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Flavius Silva
In article <EM2pB...@world.std.com>, pha...@world.std.com (Phaedra A Hise) wrote:
>Does anyone have more info on this? I read an article that James Gleick
>(famous writer and founder of NYC's Pipeline ISP) crashed his LongEZ in
>New Jersey and killed his 8-year-old son. He was in intensive care, it
>said. I have had professional contact with this guy, and am wondering how
>he is doing.
>
John - N8086N
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Riverline
The followup article indicated he remains hospitalized, but is expected to
recover.
The local news coverage was generally positive, stressing the rare incidence of
crashes, and Mr Gleick's expertise as a pilot. The local police chief described
Greenwood Lake Airport as a good neighbor, and a safe place.
Paul
Eric T. Miller
Anyone else besides me surprised that the media hasn't connected the
fact that Denver and Gleick were both flying the same type of plane?
It's bad enough they can't get anything right, they can't even get
something wrong correctly...
Eric
Gordon Dewis
Eric T. Miller wrote:
About half of the stories I heard in the media shortly after Gleick's
crash mentioned that it was the same type of aircraft. Fortunately,
none of the reports speculated as to a common cause.
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John W. Williams
Someone told me that this happened a week ago. I have seen no press reports
and I live in NJ.
John - N8086N
John,
The following is a copy of the FAA's prelimiary accident report:
From: http://www.faa.gov/avr/aai/b_1222_y.txt
**** 12/24/97
Preliminary Accident/Incident Data Record RECORD 3 ****
A. Type: Accident
Mid Air:N Missing:N Entry date: 12/22/97
From: EASTERN REGION
OPERATIONS CENTER
B. Reg.No.: 18CC
M/M: EXP
Desc: EXP/HOMEBUILT: LONG EZ
Activity: Pleasure
Phase: Unknown GA-A/C: General Aviation
Descr: ACFT CRASHED
UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PASSENGER SUFFERED
FATAL INJURIES, THE PILOT HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS
DESTROYED, GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ.
WX: METAR KMMU 201645Z
00000KT 7SM SCT150 09/M01 A2991 Damage: Destroyed
C2. Injury Data: #
Crew: 1 Fat: 0
Ser: 1 Min: 0
Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 1
Ser: 0 Min: 0
Unk:
# Grnd: Fat:
0 Ser: 0 Min:
0 UNK:
D. Location
City: GREENWOOD LAKE
State: NJ
E. Occ Date: 12/20/97
Time: 16:25
F. Invest Coverage.
IIC: Reg/DO: EA25 DO CTY: TETERBORO
DO State: NJ
Others: NTSB
G. Flt Handling.
Dep Pt: UNKN Dep Date: / /
Time:
Dest: UNKN Last Radio
Cont: UNKN
Flt Plan: UNK
Last Clearance: UNKN
WX Briefing:
Other:
AAI IIC:
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Flavius Silva
In article <34AC0C6F...@pinetree.org>, Gordon Dewis <gor...@pinetree.org> wrote:
>Eric T. Miller wrote:
>
>> Anyone else besides me surprised that the media hasn't connected the
>> fact that Denver and Gleick were both flying the same type of plane?
>> It's bad enough they can't get anything right, they can't even get
>> something wrong correctly...
>
>About half of the stories I heard in the media shortly after Gleick's
>crash mentioned that it was the same type of aircraft. Fortunately,
>none of the reports speculated as to a common cause.
Someone told me that this happened a week ago. I have seen no press reports
and I live in NJ.
John - N8086N
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Mike Wei
I went to Greenwood lake, NJ recently. Nice airport, long runway
surrounded by hills. One thing unusual about that airport is the VASI
slope is very steep. They're 5.30 degrees on runway 24 and 6.25
degrees on 6. They're necessary to clear the obstruction. I was
surprised how steep my approach was in order to stay above the VASI
slope. Most VASI slope is about 3 degrees.
Mac Dan Aviation, a FBO at CDW, doesn't even allow its rental plane to
go to Greenwood lake. Don't know why the airport gets such a treatment.
-Mike
Rich Ahrens wrote:
>
> More info from the newspapers
>
> The plane struck a rocky embankment just short of the (4000') runway at
> Greenwood Lake airport while landing. No information on whether this was
> intended to be a regular or an emergency landing. A witness has said he
> saw no flames or anything unusual in its descent. Winds were reported to be
> around 7mph and visibility better than 10 miles, temperatures in 30s around
> 11:30am, the time of the accident. Two CAP pilots were behind the Long-EZ
> but did not see the crash itself. No information on whether there was any
> radio talk. The airport is an uncontrolled airfield.
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