An accident that could have been averted.

[Del Rykert]

Most contests I've attended the freg is listed on the flight order cards and I always check their also for conflicts and track down my conflicts. When humans are involved no system is 100% foolproof except scanners are best insurance I've seen. 
 
                         del 
               NSRCA - 473
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mike mueller 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:42 PM
  Subject: Re: An accident that could have been averted.


   Joe that brings up a point I would like to see made into an SOP for all contests. During the pilots breifing before the contest it would help if the CD would announce all the frequency conflicts and have those people talk to each other. Many times you don't even know if there's someone else using your frequency. It's just common sense. Mike

  Joe Lachowski <jlachow at hotmail.com> wrote: 
    This past weekend at a contest, a pilot inadvertently took the wrong pin 
    from the pin board and shot down the pilot on the other flightline. A few 
    things here to ponder about when one attends a contest when this situation 
    occurs.

    One - Double cjheck to see that you do have the correct pin.

    Two - You can't trust the pilots to take the right pin. Someone in the 
    impound must directly hand the correct frequency pin to the pilot. At least 
    that was resolved immediately after the incident.

    Three - This one requires everyone being alert of what is going on around 
    them and quickly reacting. In this situation the pilot with the wrong pin 
    could have turned his radio off when people started yelling to turn off ALL 
    radios in use. This pilots plane was in the hands of the caller at that 
    time. The pilot who lost his plane made a valiant effort to save his 
    plane(on an FM Rx). The amount of time from interference to crashing in the 
    trees was more than enough time to shut ALL radios off. There was sufficient 
    time for that pilot to save his plane had the other pilot reacted quickly.

    Enough said.

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