Go take a look at a sat photo of the runway (52F). He was concentrating on hitting the leading edge of a displaced threshold. Why is it a displaced threshold??? Because there's a road there on private property! The pilot was a student pilot. If one had to draw a conclusion based on this scant bit of information, I would say that there had not been sufficient emphasis on what a displaced threshold means in his initial training. Was the driver at fault as well? Perhaps. The road was painted with the word stop, but apparently there were no signs saying to look for aircraft or any stop signs. If one looks at a photo of the airport, you will note that both ends of the runway have displaced thresholds for roads. If that's the student pilot's home airport, he should have known better than to drop down onto a displaced threshold. If he didn't know better, his instructor missed it in his training.
-Jeff Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Craig Williams > Sent: 11/05/12 01:33 PM > To: K Rnet > Subject: KR> Fw: Situational awareness > > resending > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: Craig Williams <kr2seaf...@yahoo.com> > To: K Rnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 1:16 PM > Subject: Situational awareness > > > Safety video of the day > > The SUV driver was at fault, but I think this fella was so focused on his > landing and putting it on the numbers he missed some clues too. > > http://youtu.be/8xU2HxqXUtk > > Craig
