BajaNomad - Ultralight Crashes off Los Cerritos

Ultralight Crashes off Los Cerritos

dtutko1 - 2-17-2011 at 03:06 PM

Local ultralight flyer Robert Quirk and a passenger lost power and crashed into the ocean off Los Cerritos at noon today. Waterman extrodinaire Dan Hansen was key in the rescue. Dave had been out enjoying the Jarrel bite and had just landed his boat at Los Cerritos when the people on the beach started yelling about the crash. Dave relaunched his boat and with the help of local surfers and the new lifeguards at Los Cerritos pulled the two to shore. the pilot was in shock but otherwise unhurt, the passenger was not as lucky. He appeared to have broken a leg or hip and was in alot of pain. He was taken to medical assistance by the local authorities.

monoloco - 2-17-2011 at 03:25 PM

While I'm glad nobody was killed, I can't say that I'll miss that obnoxious thing flying around my house everyday.

woody with a view - 2-17-2011 at 07:49 PM

yeah, it's hard to get a full body tan with a perv buzzing the tree tops all day long! :lol:

bajaguy - 2-17-2011 at 07:53 PM

A sling shot is a poor man's flackwagen

monoloco - 2-17-2011 at 08:49 PM

I was starting to look for some good cuetes.

capt. mike - 2-18-2011 at 05:55 AM

where is this place? east cape?

BajaNomad - 2-18-2011 at 06:09 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
where is this place? east cape?

8 miles south of Todos Santos at Km 64 along Hwy 19.

See the bottom of this (not entirely correct) map:

[Edited on 2-18-2011 by BajaNomad]

dtutko1 - 2-18-2011 at 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by monoloco
While I'm glad nobody was killed, I can't say that I'll miss that obnoxious thing flying around my house everyday.

Greg, there are alot of people in San Pedrito that will agree.

mtgoat666 - 2-18-2011 at 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by dtutko1

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Originally posted by monoloco
While I'm glad nobody was killed, I can't say that I'll miss that obnoxious thing flying around my house everyday.

Greg, there are alot of people in San Pedrito that will agree.

...sounds like sabotage may have been the cause...

gnukid - 2-18-2011 at 08:36 AM

Can't imagine there is water and oil and crap in the gas in mexico... the failure is totally unexpected... what a surprise.

Curt63 - 2-18-2011 at 08:40 AM

I've seen that guy flying around it really blows your buzz.

Like a lawnmower or leaf blower in the sky.

I much prefer to watch the pelicans glide along the face of a breaking wave...now THAT'S Baja!

monoloco - 2-18-2011 at 09:01 AM

It's not like he's going anywhere, just up and down the beach, all day, everyday. Very annoying.

surfdoc - 2-18-2011 at 09:12 AM

IMO an ultralight in no more of a nusiance then these quads that every family seems to have... yes and many many gringos also....

And while I find them to be a total pain in the ass, I would not wish that someone suffers a possible serious injury just so I could have my peace and quiet...

surfdoc - 2-18-2011 at 09:15 AM

Oh.........and is it to late to add in the Damn generators hooked up to Condo's on wheels that folks need to run all night for they're own enjoyment ???

Yes many things can be irritants to your mood down here... not just a guy who injured his friend by crashing his ultralight.........

tiotomasbcs - 2-18-2011 at 09:34 AM

This guy has been the major noisemaker here at the beach in Pescadero! Full power beach takeoffs and radical turns. He fkies right over house tops and the surf lineup over and over. He was seen buzzing right over the whales recently. Quads, generators, leaf blowers are irritants but this ultralight drones on endlessly some days! I feel sorry for the passenger who was screaming out in pain but the outcome was going to happen sooner or later. Nice and peaceful this norning except for the sounds of the ocean and waves. Tio

woody with a view - 2-18-2011 at 10:28 AM

like when a drunk driver introduces his/herself whilst the non-drunk is tooling down the road.... the drunks are never the one's who get the worst of the greetings......

surfdoc - 2-18-2011 at 10:38 AM

I understand the feelings of the locals... had the same type of issue when I mainly vacationed north of Todos... guy decided he needed water on top of the hill, had to fill his swimming pool and hot tub. Ran his diesel generator 24/7 ...
from our mutual well.

That didn't last long..........

Just a pity that these folks Don't get it..... and it takes something this harsh to "maybe" let them know they're a major pain in the ass.......

Agree 100% with ya Woody.

monoloco - 2-18-2011 at 10:40 AM

Now, if the guy with the irritating 2 stroke moto would crash, it would be a pretty quiet neighborhood.

South Lake Tahoe resident injured in Baja ultralight crash

BajaNews - 2-25-2011 at 10:50 PM

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20110225/NEWS/11022...

By Dylan Silver
February, 25 2011

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — It's unlikely South Lake Tahoe resident John Gomez will list his latest adventure — an ultralight airplane crash and a run through Mexico's hospital system — on his company website: http://www.johnnygadventures.com

Gomez was injured after the ultralight in which he was a passenger crashed into the ocean near Playa Cerritos, Mexico.

Gomez, 51, was visiting Baja, Mexico, partly as a family vacation to escape the cold weather, and partly to design a new adventure for his company, Johnny G Adventures.

After a day of driving dune-buggies, Gomez decided to try the ultralight flight, even though his mother didn't want him to, he said. He took off from the beach with a pilot who seemed like “one of our total snowboard dudes who went down to Mexico to totally check out of life,” Gomez said.

They saw a pair of whales and headed out to sea.

“We took one swoop to see the whales breaching. The left didn't go so well and we slammed into the ocean,” Gomez said over the phone from La Paz, Mexico.

When the ultralight hit the water, it instantly began to sink.

Gomez had to unbuckle his seat belt to keep from being dragged under.

He was bleeding from a large cut under his chin and was worried about sharks, he said.

The pilot, who was shaken but uninjured, swam to Gomez and asked if he was OK.

The cause of the crash is unknown.

Boats and surfers in the area headed out to the crash as the two tried to swim in. With his hurt leg, Gomez couldn't climb aboard a boat.

People who had gathered in the water helped him onto a surfboard and lifted him in.

The boats had to wait for a break in the surf before heading to shore.

Gomez dislocated his hip in the accident. An ambulance took him to a hospital where doctors treated his dislocation.

When Gomez returned to the hospital for a CT scan, to make sure his pelvis wasn't fractured, he found the doctors had gone on strike.

“The medical things down here are just mind-boggling,” Gomez said.

The hospital didn't have pillows and he was forced to hide his pain killers in his bed because hospital staff told him people would steal them if he didn't, he said.

Because he can't bend at the waist, Gomez cannot sit in an airport wheelchair or fly on a commercial airplane, which has left him trapped in Mexico for the past week.

“I've got people saying they're going to pack up a burro and they're going to be down here in April to pick me up,” Gomez said with a laugh.

After several offers of “rescue” from his friends, Gomez has arranged a flight home.

He should arrive Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather, he said.

“I need this adventure to come to an end,” Gomez said. “I don't need to get into a car crash on the way home.”

Gomez laughed over the phone at the irony of his mis-adventure. The goal in life is not to live long but to live life.

“Life is much too adventurous to not make light of it,” he said.

Dude

bajaguy - 2-26-2011 at 06:41 AM

You got totally totaled

monoloco - 2-26-2011 at 07:24 AM

They were lucky that the surf was small and there was a boat in the vicinity, otherwise they would have had to swim a half mile in cold water then make it in through the surf. Probably would have not been easy with a dislocated hip.

mtgoat666 - 2-26-2011 at 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by BajaNews

Gomez was injured after the ultralight in which he was a passenger crashed into the ocean near Playa Cerritos, Mexico.

Gomez, 51, was visiting Baja, Mexico, partly as a family vacation to escape the cold weather, and partly to design a new adventure for his company, Johnny G Adventures.

After a day of driving dune-buggies, Gomez decided to try the ultralight flight, even though his mother didn't want him to, he said. He took off from the beach with a pilot who seemed like “one of our total snowboard dudes who went down to Mexico to totally check out of life,” Gomez said.

that's a pretty funny story :lol:

capt. mike - 2-26-2011 at 09:11 AM

hahahah. just previewed his web site.

too bad... they missed a chance to be one of this year's Darwin Awards winners.

unfortunately he remains in the gene pool.

the guy WILL be in a tort liability suit before long, as the defendant no doubt.

marooon.

monoloco - 2-26-2011 at 03:04 PM

Good luck with suing anybody in Mexico.

surfdoc - 2-27-2011 at 09:53 AM

After reading that story and the account from the passenger...

I can see the error of my post for all those in Pedrito's...

Seems this thing happened for a reason....

tripledigitken - 2-27-2011 at 09:57 AM

Should of listened to Mom.

:yes: