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Small plane crashes into power lines in Montgomery County causing widespread power outages

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The airplane is hanging in the high tension wires 100 feet up. Two Passengers in the plane are not injured. (www.fox5dc.com) More...

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turbodogfl
turbo dog 1
more detailed breakdown of flight data and ATC recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynq1TdB-oo8
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turbodogfl
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ATC warned pilot of low alttude and weather was overcast https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/27/us/maryland-small-plane-crash-power-lines/index.html
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paultrubits
paul trubits 3
Not the first rodeo for this airport. In 2014 a corporate jet crashed into a nearby house killing six souls. The airport opened in 1959. Fast forward the area is now heavily developed. This will not be the last incident there.
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linbb
linbb 2
Knew the fellow who did this at Boeing Field many years back with a C150 hanging upside down. Engine quit on him shut the highway down for quite sometime.
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franhoran
Fran Horan 3
Here is the a/c, flight: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N201RF
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ukusapkm07201942
Paul Miller 3
HOW? Does one do that in a small plane? Engine Trouble, or maybe just did not see the power lines at night? It's a surprise that both the occupants are still alive? seeing as that's a lot of power running through the wires that the plane is resting on.
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turbodogfl
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There must have been a huge zap when the plane contacted the lines. Sunset on Nov 27 at 4:48pm in Rockville, MD. Last track log at 5:29pm just after sunset. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/montgomery-county-airpark-crash-latest-incident/65-3e0218ce-7373-4103-9dfe-e6f1204e8a87 https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Westchester-plane-crash-Maryland-power-lines-17615667.php
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turbodogfl
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There must have been a huge zap when the plane contacted the lines. Sunset on Nov 27 at 4:48pm in Rockville, MD. Last track log at 5:29pm just after sunset. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/montgomery-county-airpark-crash-latest-incident/65-3e0218ce-7373-4103-9dfe-e6f1204e8a87
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bentwing60
bentwing60 3
I think 'hanging from' might be a better term, and the aircraft acts as a Faraday cage. Many would be surprised by the number of 'Low' flyers that are plucked from a lofty unplanned perch and walk away. Fixed gear or gear down is the usual savior, as the clean airplane is shredded on impact and the gear out snags the wires. It ain't complicated, it's just ,oh duh, SA.

If one is flyin' at 100ft. agl that far from the runway 'they just missed something else'!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
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