Prior post should have said "after contacting the ground" not the
runway.

Jim P

--- In Q-LIST@..., "Doug Humble" <hawkidoug@c...> wrote:

Thanks for the update Jim!

Doug "Hawkeye" Humble
www.asignabove.net
Omaha NE
N25974
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Patillo" <logistics_engineering@m...>
To: <Q-LIST@...>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: [Q-LIST] Re: Update on Phil Lankford

Guys,

I talked with Phil about 30 minutes ago. He wanted me to let you

all

know both he and Cherie are OK but badly banged up, sore and
scratched. Phil has a busted sternum. Cherie is sleeping at

present.

His brothers are with them. they are at Kern County Medical

Center

near Bakersfield, CA.

Phil's Amar Demuth prop seperated the airplane at 9500'. About

75%

was left when he shut the engine down. He set up for a glide

about 11

miles out but was about 30' short when he made contact. The

plane

took out about 160' of fence then went inverted after contacting

the

runway, the canard seperated and the canopy busted loose as they

were

sliding upside down. It is totaled, I believe. They both escaped

and

no fire was seen.

Had the accident happened 30 minutes earlier it would have been

a

different story. They were direct from Wenover, UT to Southern

Cal

when this happened, (very treacherous territory). They are both

very

lucky and I for one will say another prayer for them both when I
finish this e-mail.

Jim Patillo




--- In Q-LIST@..., "Letempt, Jeffrey MR"
<jeffrey.letempt@u...> wrote:

I am so glad to hear that Phil and his wife are doing well. I

met

Phil last

Friday at the homebuilt showcase fly-by flight briefing at

OSH. I

took a

couple of pictures of Phil and his plane right before the fly-

by.

One in

the staging area and one while sitting on the runway right

before

we took

off. He was #13 and I was #14 on the fly-by.

I posted 5 pictures of Phil's plane in the photos section in a

folder called

AirVenture 2005.

Jeff
Dragonfly N41GK

-----Original Message-----
From: Q-LIST@... [mailto:Q-LIST@...]On

Behalf Of

Doug Humble
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 11:25 AM
To: Q-List
Subject: [Q-LIST] Update on Phil Lankford

I called the Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield CA and I'm

happy to

report

that both Phil and his wife are doing well and are staying in

the

hospital

for observation but may get to go home tomorrow. I spoke to

the

nurse in

the ER who gave me this info. I told her to give our best

wishes to

both of

them.

Doug "Hawkeye" Humble
www.asignabove.net
Omaha NE
N25974

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