N941WR will not make OSH this year

N941WR · #1 07-05-2009, 09:29 AM

A few of you have asked if we can get together at OSH this year but as of last weekend that is highly unlikely.

I was involved in a taxi incident caused by a combination of someone leaving a low trailer in the middle of the taxiway, behind a small rise, a tail dragger, and polls used to mark the taxi way so I couldn't S-turn.

No aluminum was bent but the entire FWF package is toast. No people were hurt but I fear that I might get a paper cut, get an infection, and die while doing all the paperwork.

I'll explain more after I settle with the insurance company. Right now I'm not real pleased with their response but I'm sure that will get settled soon enough.

There is a slight chance we might drive in but who knows.

Have fun and be safe!

hydroguy2 · #2 07-05-2009, 09:43 AM

well that's a real pisser.

RickWoodall · #3 07-05-2009, 11:06 AM

Thats cr@ppy. Hope it works out ok with insurance.

I wont even bring up the nose dragger, tail dragger issue.

Glad there were no injuries, can always fix a plane.

sprucemoose · #4 07-05-2009, 11:18 AM

Wow, bummer. Glad nobody got hurt. That's surely one of those "there but for the grace of God go I" accidents for anyone who flies a tail dragger.

Here's a nickel's worth of free advice- even if you have to drive, go to Oshkosh. Especially if it's your first time, a few days or a week in Oshkosh will do wonders for your aviation batteries, and give you the motivation to go back and tackle your new project.

rvmills · #5 07-05-2009, 11:24 AM

Bill,

Really sorry to hear that...what a pisser. Hope the party that left the tow trailer in the taxiway steps up. My heart goes out to you! Good luck with the paper trail and the repairs. Man...just sick to hear this!

Best,
Bob

videobobk · #6 07-05-2009, 11:56 AM

I'll go along with Jeff on this one--don't miss Oshkosh on account of this. Another week won't make that much difference anyway. I'll go one step further--it's a long way from where you are to Osh. We are right on the way, probably about half way (60 miles south of Indy.) Our door is open to you. Anything we can do to make your trip easier, just let me know. PM if you are interested. Absolute bummer. Don't make it worse by letting it ruin your planned trip.

Bob Kelly

N941WR · #7 07-05-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by rvmills

Bill,

Really sorry to hear that...what a pisser. Hope the party that left the tow trailer in the taxiway steps up. My heart goes out to you! Good luck with the paper trail and the repairs. Man...just sick to hear this!

Best,
Bob

Nope, it is all on me and the insurance company has made it very clear that it is my fault.

The reall bummer is it is the same guy who told me to take the taxiway that left the trailer there.

As for going to OSH, been there done that. My wife and son have not and they had planned on joining me this year. There is a chance we might come but the plane won't for obvious reasons.

N941WR · #8 07-05-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by videobobk

... Anything we can do to make your trip easier, just let me know. ...
Bob Kelly

Bob, thanks for the offer. My family has scheduled a family reunion the weekend before up in Mid-Michigan that we had planned on attending. If we go, we will drive up there and then up and over the lake to OSH on Monday.

Our plans are changing every day, as you can imagine.

We hope to retrieve the plane next Saturday and stuff it back in the basement where I'll do the repairs.

Who knows, I might actually take the opportunity to have it painted while it is appart.

As a friend said to me, "You must have really hit it hard! Look, you knocked the paint right off!"

gbumga · #9 07-05-2009, 12:37 PM

Hi sorry for the mishap, could a person mount a small bullet camera in the wing or cowl and have a small screen laptop ect. in the cockpit to see exactly whats in front of you in a TD? Seems cheap and I sure would hate to hit something or a person on the ramp,short like a kid that didn't know the dangers of being close to a plane. Maybe this is a dumb idea not being a TD driver,I'm just thinking out loud. Gene

N941WR · #10 07-05-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gbumga

Hi sorry for the mishap, could a person mount a small bullet camera in the wing or cowl and have a small screen laptop ect. in the cockpit to see exactly whats in front of you in a TD? Seems cheap and I sure would hate to hit something or a person on the ramp,short like a kid that didn't know the dangers of being close to a plane. Maybe this is a dumb idea not being a TD driver,I'm just thinking out loud. Gene

Gene,

It has been done but then you would spend your time looking at the camera and not your wing tips. Also, you have no depth perception with 2d cameras.

The RV's really have good visability over the nose but the combination of a low trailer, a small hill, and the inability to S-turn due to the polls used to mark the taxiway were just the right combination of events.