Besides being a holistic pet food Internet mogul Jo, is an EMT for a local ambulance company in Boulder. Last November she went on a call for a small plane crash at the Boulder Airport. The pilot landed his Cessna 206 short of runway 08 at Boulder Municipal Airport on the shore of Hayden Lake. He was trying to delay his landing due to slower traffic ahead. He touched down on the soft lake shore, ripped the nose gear off and the aircraft flipped over. The pilot walked away with only a broken nose. Although the Boulder Daily Camera Newspaper reported the accident, I've been waiting for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Accident Report to come before posting this in fairness to all involved. You can find the Daily Camera Report HERE and the NTSB Accident Report HERE.
In this is the photo below taken by Paul Aiken from the Daily Camera Article. You can see the skid marks from where the Cessna 206 touched down. The distance from touchdown to where it came to rest upside down is very short considering the NTSB reported an approach speed of 85 mph. It must have been quite a deceleration.
Here's Jo (on the left) talking shop with the Boulder Fire Department. The rest of the pics where taken by Jo's friend at work.
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