An air ambulance jet today skidded off the runway in Butler County behind the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department.
No major injuries have been reported.
The Cessna Citation II, owned by Florida-based Air Trek Inc., landed at 9 a.m. on the icy, snow covered runway at the Butler County Airport’s K.W. Scholter Field, said Dana Carr, the company’s director of operations
Technically, if he hit the localizer antennae, then he hit the ILS. If a car bumper is part of a car, and someone hits the bumper, then they hit the car.
The plane hit the localizer antennae, and as a result, the ILS is no longer operative. I think it stands to reason that the ILS was hit.
True, but if he hit the glideslope antenna, then the localizer would most like remain operable. Its somewhat ambiguous to say he hit the ILS since it is on two different parts of the airport.
Can you shoot an ILS approach with just localizer information? No, it would then become just a localizer approach.
I understand exactly what y’all are saying and where you’re coming from, but still… If you hit a part of a system, and the system no longer functions, then you’ve hit the system.
Umm. no. But they do have non-precision approaches that have GS info.
Ha yes, now I can see it. Well if the pressure vessel is intact it will be flying again. Of course it’s a II and the book value isn’t all that great, boneyard here we come.
Also crashed at Butler County. We used it as a prop (no pun intended) in church. If I remember it was a 414. The owner knew it had brake issues AND the flaps weren’t working AND he landed with a tail wind. Darwin Award anyone.
Thats the wreckage of the localizer antenna. The glideslope antenna would be back at the touchdown point. The latest notams say the Localizer is out. Also, note the snow and ice on the runway, and the poor braking action.
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