Jim Vier's Cessena crash, 07/12/2001
He was coming in for what appeared to be a completely routine landing, and suddenly a tree jumped up and snatched the plane from the sky ...
See how the spinner is right in the tree?
Closer shot of the spinner
Trying to pull the spinner out of the tree -- and failing! It
required a lever to wedge it free!
Still trying ...
Here's another angle ...
Here's a picture from the front of the Tree of Doom [tm] ...
This picture was taken from the exact same location as the last one.
This tells you how close he was to almost making it ...
Can you see the plane in this picture?
Or this one?
The fuselage wasn't in that bad of shape, but the wing ...
Surveying the damage ...
Notice the missing left wheel cover? That was lost in a cartwheel
done earlier in the day ...