Comments: Friday Rush Hour

Wow, kind of looks like a belly slide or wheels collapsed! I used to live off Dresden Dr. back in the 80's. I remember a "Doctor Killer" (twin engine turbo prop) slapping a power line when he turned without permission too early out of the pattern. My wife and I heard a scary loud bang and looked up. He flew right overhead about 200' up in a really steep angle of attack fighting to get altitude. I could see the pilot's face plain as day. About a minute later there was a huge explosion a couple of streets over. I thought for sure he crashed. Turned out a broken high tension power line fell across a house's gas main, shorted out and ignited the gas. Luckily no one was home cause the house was a burnt cinder in minutes. The pilot(ironically was a doctor) flew on without returning to the airport. The FAA was waiting for him when he landed in Texas. Always something interesting going on at PDK.

Posted by Marshall at September 15, 2007 06:22 PM