Plane wreckage at Bear Swamp Hill
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Bear Swamp Hill
New to the forum, name is Pete. Was out there today for the first time. Very interesting trip.
If any one is interested, I happened to obtain some photos just after the crash. They are posted on our B10 forest fire web site. (I'm the webmaster).
Here is the link. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page.
http://www.sectionb10.org/forest_fire_archives.html
Very nice site you guys have here. I've been up half the night reading different threads.
New to the forum, name is Pete. Was out there today for the first time. Very interesting trip.
If any one is interested, I happened to obtain some photos just after the crash. They are posted on our B10 forest fire web site. (I'm the webmaster).
Here is the link. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page.
http://www.sectionb10.org/forest_fire_archives.html
Very nice site you guys have here. I've been up half the night reading different threads.
Welcome aboard, Pete. Great info on that site, and excellent photos. I'm trying to figure out what I'm seeing in the picture of the tower after it was struck. Is that the top part laying off to the right?
you know....you may be right. I never noticed that. In fact, if you look towards the bottom of the photo, it looks like the stairs are sideways instead of up and down. The stairs are right behind the guys butt. At least I think those are the stairs. If thats the case then I guess that is the top or one of the higher levels.
I just looked again, it looks like another set of sideways stairs on the left side of the photo.
Pete
I just looked again, it looks like another set of sideways stairs on the left side of the photo.
Pete
Me and my son were out there today - the landing gear is clearly sunken lower than other pics I've seen
This is some good stuff......really dumb question as I have no training in air crash investigation...isn't every piece of wreckage part of the investigation...and even heavy and deep in the woods why would investigators leave anything behind?
Good question. However, I have spoken with people who said there were many small pieces of wreckage all over the woods in the very early years. Some were inbedded in the trees. And even today there is more wreckage out there other than the gear.
Guy
http://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/post/F105-Bear-Swamp-Hill-NJ-Crash-site-5205305
Not sure if this was one of the links listed before....just found doing a Google search..
and Tks Guy
Not sure if this was one of the links listed before....just found doing a Google search..
and Tks Guy
That is my article. Another incident where someone did not link to the site and give us credit.
http://www.njpinebarrens.com/the-bear-swamp-hill-airplane-crash/
http://www.njpinebarrens.com/the-bear-swamp-hill-airplane-crash/
Guy,
If compared to this picture of the landing gear, it appears there is much more beneath what is visible in both my photo and yours. I suppose it does depend quite a bit on nature- especially the swampiness of the area.
Look at this one:
Landing Gear From the Crash - HDR by Owl's Flight, on Flickr
If compared to this picture of the landing gear, it appears there is much more beneath what is visible in both my photo and yours. I suppose it does depend quite a bit on nature- especially the swampiness of the area.
Look at this one:
Landing Gear From the Crash - HDR by Owl's Flight, on Flickr
Here is the story behind that find. A geocacher who I will not name was heading through the woods after visiting the landing gear and stumbled onto that speed brake. The speed brake is the very end of the jet (engine) where you see the flames coming out. If a pilot wants to accelerate he closes this portion just like you would using a garden hose to get the water to shoot out further. And while traveling at high speeds the pilot can open the speed brake which slows the plane down but still allowing him to stay at full throttle.
Anyway, this geocacher went home and placed the cache online where it was spotted within an hour by Stu from PBX. Stu was a friend of the late Bob Bruneau who was also a member of PBX. Stu then contacted the geocacher and persuaded him to take the cache down. He informed Bob Bruneau of this and Bob contacted me. I then spoke with the geocacher and even went on a couple later trips with him. A very nice individual who understood that keeping it's location from the masses really was the correct thing to do.
BTW, for those of you who knew Bob Bruneau his website is still up many years after his untimely death. And for those who did not know him check out his New Jersey section with photo's of the pine barrens, and also check out his aerial photo's of the pines.
http://bobanddusty.com
Guy
