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July 28, 2010 6:53 a.m. John Brown MegaDork

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush hurt in plane crash

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/28/wisconsin.roush.crash/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogl...

CNN said:
(CNN) -- NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was injured Tuesday evening in a private jet accident at an airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, according to organizers of an air show at the airport.

Video showed Roush and another passenger, identified by the Experimental Aircraft Association as Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Michigan, walking away from the crash, which occurred at 6:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m. ET). The jet snapped in two, according to the video

The Beechcraft Premier jet, registered to Roush Fenway Racing LLC, was landing at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department confirmed the identities, the EAA said in a statement Tuesday night.

Both were transported to local hospitals, with the bloodied Roush in serious but stable condition and Strickland having non-life threatening injuries, according to the EAA, which is sponsoring its popular annual air show, AirVenture 2010.

The NTSB is leading the investigation into the accident.
July 28, 2010 6:56 a.m. 914Driver UberDork

Blimey!! How many people can say they were in a jet plane crash after it broke in half and walked away?

Don't buy any lottery tickets Jack, you've used up your luck.

Dan
July 28, 2010 7:05 a.m. CGLockRacer Reader

Don't forget, he almost died in a crash in 2002 also. So that's at least 2 of the 9 lives.

http://www.nascar.com/2002/news/headlines/wc/04/27/roush_update/index.html
July 28, 2010 7:15 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker UltraDork

2 plane crashes and wasn't he near death from a killer bee attack on his farm in Texas a few years back?

He should avoid stuff with wings of any kind.
July 28, 2010 7:33 a.m. Spinout007 Dork

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

2 plane crashes and wasn't he near death from a killer bee attack on his farm in Texas a few years back?

He should avoid stuff with wings of any kind.

The cars with his name on them tend to have those.

That being said, GA safety is getting better and better.
July 28, 2010 7:53 a.m. pilotbraden Reader

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1684-full.html#202975 This link has a good photo of the aftermath and you can hear the controllers and Jack on the radio. It appears that the airplane is a total loss. It also looks as if the airplane broke in the right spots to absorb energy and allow everyone to walk away.
July 28, 2010 8:13 a.m. Woody UberDork

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

2 plane crashes and wasn't he near death from a killer bee attack on his farm in Texas a few years back?

He should avoid stuff with wings of any kind.

No. That was A.J. Foyt.

The killer bees should have known better.
July 28, 2010 8:17 a.m. mad_machine PowerDork

as they say.. any landing you can walk away from
July 28, 2010 11:46 a.m. nutherjrfan Reader

apparently he owns a P51 Mustang. Life of Brian voice now; You lucky, lucky, lucky bastard.
July 28, 2010 1:01 p.m. pilotbraden Reader

It is a very nice P-51. It is kept at Ypsilanti , Willow Run airport. It is the only P-51 that I see flying regularly in S.E. MI.
July 28, 2010 1:23 p.m. mad_machine PowerDork

better to wreck the experimental than the P51 then
July 28, 2010 1:32 p.m. pilotbraden Reader

The Premier is not experimental it was certified by the FAA in 2001. It is a 6-7 passenger light jet certified for single pilot operation.
July 28, 2010 1:39 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

Is he the guy that crashed his ultralight into a pond on his property and just happened to have a neighbor that was a ex rescue diver who happened to see him go in?

I remember that story was from someone of some fame, but I don't remember who it was.
July 28, 2010 1:43 p.m. triumph5 Reader

Nicepart is, it's a business expense--even though he was going to Ohskosh/Air Venture Expo--and, yes he is lucky. If it had been in his P-51, outcome would have probably been very different.
And if you ever want to hear a truly remarkable sound, be at the flight line at an airshow when the pilot runs up the compound supercharged engine in a P-51. Better yet, go to the Reno airshows, where same engine makes triple the amount of power....
July 28, 2010 2:28 p.m. pilotbraden Reader

I was at Oshkosh the year they planned to have 100 P-51's do some low passes in formation, the largest formation since WWII. I think they got 97 in the air and it was quite a sound as they flew over.
July 28, 2010 2:37 p.m. spitfirebill Dork

pilotbraden wrote:

It is a very nice P-51. It is kept at Ypsilanti , Willow Run airport. It is the only P-51 that I see flying regularly in S.E. MI.

He may be the only guy that can afford to fly one regularly.
July 28, 2010 2:40 p.m. spitfirebill Dork

pilotbraden wrote:

I was at Oshkosh the year they planned to have 100 P-51's do some low passes in formation, the largest formation since WWII. I think they got 97 in the air and it was quite a sound as they flew over.

The number of Mustangs still around are a testament to what a great all around aircraft it was.

But to me there is no greater sound than a big hairy roundy round engine firing up in the morning.
July 28, 2010 2:48 p.m. pilotbraden Reader

But to me there is no greater sound than a big hairy roundy round engine firing up in the morning.

I tend to agree with you. I almost took a job in Fairbanks Alaska flying a DC-6 that had been converted to haul gasoline to outlying areas. The 4 radial engines were very appealing to me as was the flying in and out of gravel strips.
July 28, 2010 7:43 p.m. Streetwiseguy Reader

Jack builds his own rocker arns for the Mustang. Apparently they were a failure point. He said the plane was expensive to fly, but it got real ugly when you let all the smoke out of one.
July 28, 2010 7:53 p.m. ahutson03 New Reader

My uncle watched the crash and from what he saw it sounds like he power-on stalled it after overshooting his turn to final... just pulled a little too hard.
July 28, 2010 10:18 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

spitfirebill wrote:

pilotbraden wrote:

It is a very nice P-51. It is kept at Ypsilanti , Willow Run airport. It is the only P-51 that I see flying regularly in S.E. MI.

He may be the only guy that can afford to fly one regularly.

There is a group that has a Corsair at Mason Jewett Field. The joke is the Corsair is worth more than the property and all the other planes there combined.
July 29, 2010 8:55 a.m. pilotbraden Reader

That is a nice Corsair at Mason, I believe that there is another one at the Alma airport.
July 29, 2010 9:26 a.m. mad_machine PowerDork

and to think of all the planes our government just cut up and scrapped
July 29, 2010 9:36 a.m. neon4891 PowerDork

mad_machine wrote:

and to think of all the planes our government just cut up and scrapped

or used for target practice
July 29, 2010 11:35 a.m. spitfirebill Dork

The Mustangs and Corsairs soldiered on after WWII. Hellcats, Warhawks and T-bolts pretty much hit the scrap heap. But, many were used in other countries air forces and they have now come back home. Spain even continued to make their own version of the bf109 which was outdated bfeore the end of the war.

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