A Halloween Tale . . .
30/10/2008 06:56
My ex-wife started
taking flying lessons about the time our
divorce started and she got her license shortly
before our divorce was final.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured. This photograph, taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft. She was very lucky.
