ANN News-Spy Mike writes, "I was flying
into MLU (Monroe, Louisiana) [Monday] afternoon and overheard a Mig
15 talking to the tower. He stated that he had a problem with his
braking system, and that he would probably need assistance, at
least to be towed off of the runway.
"We landed, and a few minutes later, we watched him land. He
landed, and although slowed somewhat, could not stop. He calmly
broadcasted that he was going to go off the end of the runway, and
the tower 'rolled' the trucks. As the aircraft stopped, the pilot
(again, calmly) announced that he was fine, the engine was shut
down, and that he was going to get out of the aircraft to meet the
fire crews.
"I thought 'It'd be cool to meet someone who flies
a MiG around... But he's probably not in a very good mood
right now!'
"I departed from the airport about 10 minutes later, and took a
few blurry digital photos (fly with left hand, shoot pictures with
right while on climbout on an overcast day with a little
turbulence....)
"I didn't get the number of the plane, but it was definately a
MiG, with the Red Stars and everything."
Thanks, Mike! Great pix, considering!
Here's a bit more info:
This MiG-15 is the same one that was flying wing for Jimmy Rossi
on November 4, when Rossi's engine failure cost him his
life, in the Dominican Republic.
He and Tobe Gooden were very good friends; and Rossi was
reportedly the former owner of the MiG.
The photo was taken October 31, 2002, by Juan
Carlos Porcella (far left). Gooden and Rossi are second and third
from the right, respectively.
Gooden is a long-time airshow performer, in this MiG, as well as
in his MiG-17.
** Report created 11/12/02 Record
2 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 15PE
Make/Model: MG15 Description:
MIG-15
Date: 11/11/2002 Time: 2045
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: MONROE State: TX Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT REPORTED A BRAKE FAILURE, ON LANDING, ROLLED OFF END OF
RUNWAY, MONROE, LA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: 2153Z 35005KT 10SM FEW075 SCT110 16/11 A2996
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Landing Operation: General
Aviation
Departed: GADSDEN,
AL
Dep Date: 11/11/2002 Dep. Time: 2045
Destination: MONROE,
LA
Flt Plan: IFR
Wx Briefing: Y
Last Radio Cont: LOCAL CONTROL
Last Clearance: CLR TO LAND
FAA FSDO: BATON ROUGE, LA
(SW03)
Entry date: 11/12/2002
Registered Owner:
Name GOODEN TOBE D
City SPRING State TEXAS Zip
Code 77388-3497
Country UNITED STATES