[TowerTalk] Fwd: Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 9/17/2014 11:02 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:

When spraying for mosquitoes (treated ground up corncobs) I've seen them 
go around my 100' tower with the wingtips only 30 feet or so, out and 
lower than the top antennas.

Towers are really difficult to see, particularly the typical wind 
sampling towers around here. They are guyed and no larger than a 25 or 
45G. With the sun any where behind within say 30 degrees either side 
from half, or a quarter mile the tower become invisible.

I usually stop by at the staging area to make sure they know it's there. 
Even if the don't pay attention, it's a CYA.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Maybe we should have ARRL to look into t hat. I would not like even to be sued over that. From my point of view the pilot should have been responsible for the destruction of the tower. Obviously the pilot didn't take needed care. If that was me driving into a tower there would be no questions whose fault it was.
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> From: Ken Beals <k6mr at outlook.com>
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> Sent: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 10:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident
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> The minor annoyance of keeping tied off doesn’t seem like a big deal when
> something like this happens.
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> A bit farther down the site is an article about a wrongful death lawsuit for an
> unlighted tower less than 200 ft. high. Seems that even following the FAA rules
> does not protect you. It talks about agricultural and meteorological towers, but
> I can see this including our stuff as well.
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> Ken K6MR
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Roger (K8RI)


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