by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 05/10/2017 at 16:57
by "CB" (jrcb)
Published 05/10/2017 at 16:57
Tags: Planelopnik
STARS: 3
“A fatal crash has left the amphibious Icon A5 personal aircraft’s fate mired in uncertainty. Lead engineer Jon Karkow and coworker Cagri Sever were killed in the accident outside of Icon’s Vacaville, California training facility, AVweb reports . Karkow was piloting the aircraft at the time and the pair had been airborne for around 20 minutes.”
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
05/10/2017 at 17:04, STARS: 0
Ohhh, I was thinking those might be pretty fun. My dad is a pilot. They have a parachute too.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
05/10/2017 at 17:04, STARS: 0
RIP. That’s sad.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/10/2017 at 17:06, STARS: 0
That sucks. Obviously for the loss of talent and the loss of life but that I really liked the A5 and I liked their approach to light craft safety. I wonder what happened? For the sake of the company lets hope it was pilot error.
"CB" (jrcb)
05/10/2017 at 17:09, STARS: 0
Sounds like the pilot had some experience from what the article says. Hopefully the investigation figures out what happened, because if they don’t, Icon is in big trouble.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/10/2017 at 17:12, STARS: 2
Thats what I mean. I mean, accidents happen and its always tragic, but if its a pilot error than the company doesn’t have to fight as hard to stay afloat...on the other hand if its engineering related...
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/10/2017 at 17:18, STARS: 0
FYI the passenger killed JUST moved over from being a product manager at Ford.
"CB" (jrcb)
05/10/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 0
Oof, that’s really rough.