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flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating

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the outcome is never good....

My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.

Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.

The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.

The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured.

Photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft.

She was very lucky.

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Ahh Leni,

    Sorry about the *itch

  I drove by your Beach House today and snapped this pic....thought you might like it. Nice.  :hammerhead:

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ya bugger... I told you to stop in for a drink if you were in the area... last time I invite you to my fine dwelling :lol:

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I also like the slide ya built for the kids at the Beach House.

What a guy!

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hey man, nothing but the finest redneck engineering for my kids!  Daddy dont spare no expense onthe young'uns.... :lol:

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