Plane Crash in Electric Tower in Gaithersburg

[screenersam]

Multiple units remain on the scene of this small airplane that has crashed into power lines and is entangled approximately 100 off the ground with two occupants trapped inside. Crews are working on safely removing them from the airplane. Please avoid the area around Rothbury Drive & Goshen Road in Gaithersburg. THere is also a significant power outage in the area.

saw on Facebook

 

[dmi]

Pete Piringer
Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue Service

https://twitter.com/mcfrspio

 

[RaleighGuy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1597088922768924674

Another one from same source, Ian Servin, Airplaneian on Twitter, rescue reportedly began about midnight, crane attempting to remove plane.

 

[natedawg1604]

Does anyone know how they got the occupants out of there?

 

[maus92]

Does anyone know how they got the occupants out of there?

Ropes and stokes. The TRT / High Angle got the first patient in the basket at around 0025 Monday morning, using a crane. Second patient in the basket at about 0036, both patients on the ground at 0044. Note that there were two chest pain incidents among the bystanders during the incident - too much drama apparently. Note 2 is the TRT has their own working channel and is encrypted - I'm assuming it's on the TRS but *could* be a discrete frequency.

 

[motorcoachdoug]

We lost power when it hit around 1735 and then around 2342 it came back on again. I am located in Aspen Hill area of Silver Spring.

 

[maus92]

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N201RF

 

[motorcoachdoug]

Ya they now have lowered the aircraft from the tower and I am running Unitrunker now. Nothing new is popping up so if they are using a discrete frequency it could be mabe one of the NIFOG ones or one of the P25 conventional channels that they have. I am seeing 7A3 ops 3 pop up and 7A4INC10 also pop up. On the PD Side of the house D2 and D3 are patched together.

 

[motorcoachdoug]

Also somehow I need to get a couple of features installed in my harris xg100M as it is a bare bones unit right now with nothing turned on hardly. Also I bit the bullet and brought the CH100 color control head and the dealer I went thru will let me pay it off in monthly installments. I got it for $900 as a front mounted unit so it will allow me to program a Ton of mission plans into it as well.
How have you been

 

[maus92]

They cleared out most of the emergency apparatus out early in the morning, and left the command post on scene which I assume is still there. There is also a Verizon cell site on the gantry that was hit, and their backup generator had to be secured as part of the bonding / grounding operation before the rescue could be undertaken.

 

[MtnBiker2005]

Accident Mooney M20J 201 N201RF,

On November 27, 2022, at 1729 eastern standard time, a Mooney M20J, N201RF, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Gaithersburg, Maryland. The private pilot an...

aviation-safety.net

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1597174689344147461

 

[RaleighGuy]

LiveATC audio with ADSBx flight path, interesting.

 

[chrismol1]

I have wonder if he's IFR current or even IFR rated at all. Unfortunately this is far from the first time I've seen stuff like this and other sketchy practices among general aviation

 

[maus92]

Stupid pilot tricks - I imagine he was trying to visually find the runway by getting under the overcast layer at approx. 200 AGL at the time. Classic accident scenario.

 

[riveter]

That flight path/comm picture is Y. I. K. E. S.

 

[romanr]

WX was near IMC and he was scud-running.

 

[maus92]

Rapid Response: Md. chief details plane-into-power lines rescue operation

Montgomery County crews faced a complex and dangerous scene with a plane entangled in power lines dangling 100 feet above the ground

www.firerescue1.com