Someone crashed into a house ...

[paperHanger]

Plane lands on house in Phoenix, Arizona, everyone survives - BBC Newsbeat (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37400570/plane-lands-on-house-in-phoenix-arizona-everyone-survives)

"A pilot, four skydivers and the two occupants of the home have all survived after a small plane landed on a house in Phoenix, Arizona.Fire officials in the US suburb of Gilbert say the people in the plane were all able to eject before the aircraft crashed onto a house."


Ejected eh? Must be those new fangled multi-occupant ejector seats they are fitting to old 182's these days ... just hold your arms and legs in as you go through the roof and it's fine ... :O

[PAXboy]

Or just wait for the impact and you will be automatically ejected through the open door. :p

[ATC Watcher]

Ejected ? pilot jumped from plane with parachute
as I suspect the 4 skydivers. this happened at night ? or it is just the photo taken much later ..

[DaveReidUK]

this happened at night ?

Around 50 minutes after sunset.

[Carbon Bootprint]

Back in my skydiving days, the pilots always wore a chute, as did any "observers" who weren't planning to depart the airframe. I imagine it's probably an FAA reg for such activity, and good practice in any case. The gear they use now is more flash than it was back in my era, but then we used to want the old 180 and 182 to get up to at least 1000 feet so we'd have time for the canopy to fully deploy.

It still begs the question: what caused the crash? If it's true that the pilot received burns, a possible fire on board? Most pilots won't jump unless they have a really good reason, and I guess that would qualify.

[er340790]

It was bound to happen eventually... :rolleyes:

[DaveReidUK]

It still begs the question: what caused the crash? If it's true that the pilot received burns, a possible fire on board? Most pilots won't jump unless they have a really good reason, and I guess that would qualify.

Reports do indeed suggest an in-flight fire preceded by a "bang".

[WingNut60]

Night-time jump ..... pyrotechnic device ???

[Chief galah]

Slightly related.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCyt-sIMym0

[peekay4]

Looks like a demonstration team jumping with pyrotechnics. The skydivers exited normally and perhaps lit the pyros a bit early on the exit, igniting fuel vapors from wing. Pilot notices wing on fire and bails out. (To be confirmed.)