Pilot Makes DEADLY Mistake At Oshkosh Air Show!

A helicopter and a gyroplane collided in mid-air at the Oshkosh Air Show and this never should have happened! Find out why and be safe if you are going to Oshkosh!

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[pilot-debrief]

Be safe at Oshkosh! Follow the rules! I hope to see you there!
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[tomsetberg]

People are saying the guy should be banned. No the gyro guy should be in jail. He did something dangerous that he was specifically told not to do and got someone killed. It is not an accident, his reckless behavior killed 2 people.

[DaveChimny]

Just imagine being laughed at for your safety concerns and die because you were right. What a senseless tragedy.

[shawtknight]

To me this is manslaughter by Eric, he has done this before and knew it was wrong and then did it again anyway and ended up killing someone. Dude should be in prison.

[kirknewton]

I truly can't get my head round this! They were briefed, they were told, no 360 in the traffic pattern. He did a 360 and the results were two dead. Thats manslaughter.

[Darkvirgoxx]

The Gyros were apparently flying like idiots all day and it was brought up in the meeting by Mark and then one of the Gyro pilots causes a fatal crash its not a coincidence. Its simple Eric is a liar and should be permanently banned from Oshkosh.

[adminsparkes]

Hey Hoover. From an ex military jet pilot (RAF UK) and airlines A380, and an instructor in both, your work here is just outstanding. Keep it up as it’s very informative for many and high class, in depth analysis that always has a well balanced opinion on the inevitable outcomes. Real class, very well done!

[owenmerrick]

It's not a mistake if the 'illegal' maneuver is done repeatedly; and if there were no recriminations and laughter at a safety briefing...the overseers of the event are culpable and negligent. I get the sense of 'so what'.

[josephalberta]

Time to sue him into oblivion. Not only did he cause deaths, with purposeful negligence, he lied about it and denied responsibility.

[johnscott]

Eric felt like the rules did not apply to him and ended up costing two people their lives.

[AndrewGrey]

RIP to those two guys. That gyro pilot needs to be prosecuted for negligent homicide x 2.

[AbNomal]

To me, the staff of Oshkosh are partly to blame. IMO if people are told to stop doing a maneuver and then repeat the same, they should be grounded and among the very last out.

[hacknr]

100% Eric's fault, no questions. He should have *NEVER* done a 360 in the pattern due to the extreme danger it creates. Eric was warned *several* times by other pilots about his reckless behavior. Eric blowed off their warnings, and showed a blatant disregard for safety.

In short, Eric was an ignorant self-entitled *brat* who ignored safety rules and procedures.

This was not an accident, rather, reckless homicide. Eric should be charged with vehicular manslaughter, tried, found guilty, and sent to prison for his actions. Likewise, the FAA should strip him of his current license, and Eric should be banned from ALL future airshows.

[chrishan]

Any pilot deviating from procedure at such a busy airshow needs to be perma banned, and someone needs to be accountable to ensure this happens.

[theseldomseenkid]

When bad behavior occurs, there must be immediate consequences. Example: If you do a 360, you are grounded for the rest of the show. You kill someone through negligence, you go to prison. Bad behavior continues to happen when there are no immediate consequences. A hole in the swiss cheese was allowing bad behavior to continue.

[KellerCt]

Thank you Colonel for your assistance on my cousins helicopter crash. You are a good man.

[scottmatson]

The dumbest part is that this gyro pilot makes his turn and doesn’t check to see traffic. So, 1. Breaks the rule brought up that very day. 2. Initiates an illegal, stupid, show off turn 3. Does nothing to verify clean airspace- just collides with normal traffic which SHOULD BE WHERE HE IS LOOKING- it’s expected to be there!no mystery to this criminally negligent operation.

[Scramblerkidd]

Air shows, motorcycle rallies or even car shows. When a large group is gathered someone will do something stupid.

[mojogrip]

Flying to or at OSH is no light work. It was something to check off the bucket list but flying in once was all I needed to know that I won't be doing it again. Thanks for covering this Hoover.

[YOWValley]

In 2023 I made my last flight into KOSH AirVenture. As on all previous flights into AirVenture I studied the Notice exhaustively. It became apparent to me in 2023 that there were people in the pattern who either didn’t read or didn’t understand the Notice or who just willfully disregarded the ATC instructions and procedures contained in the Notice. I was cutoff in the pattern once by someone who cut into the pattern less than 500 feet in front of me from a southerly direction between Green Lake and Ripon, because of spacing, or lack thereof because of the cowboy who cut in from the south i was directed back to the Endeavour Bridge entry point for re-sequencing. On another attempt to land I was cutoff by another aircraft who appeared 200 feet in front of me between Ripon and Fisk from above as I was using the 1800 foot approach and ATC was asking the aircraft coming in on the 2300 foot approach to sequence in at the 1800 foot approach, after another few orbits around Rush lake I was finally able to land safely. That was when I decided that I would never risk my life like that again. My next trips to AirVenture will be to Green Bay or Milwaukee and I will rent a car to go to and from Whitman Field for the show as there is no way to guarantee all pilots will read and follow the procedures.