Jack Roush Critically Injured Following Plane Accident

[N.J.Bandit28]

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush is in critical condition after a twin-engine plane he was in skidded off the runway at Wittman Regional Airport in Kentucky while landing, Fox11Online.com reports.

Theda Clark Medical Center tells the website that his injuries are non-life threatening.

One other person was on the plane with Roush when it skidded off the runway. Authorities say Brenda Strickland also suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Roush was also involved in a plane crash in April 2002, when the private plane he was in collided into an Alabama lake. A retired Marine saved his life, pulling the unconscious Roush from the plane and administering CPR.

The NTSB and the FAA are investigating the latest incident. The cause of the accident is unknown.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/07/27/nascars-jack-roush-critically-injured-following-plane-accident/

[N.J.Bandit28]

Here is very graphic pic of rescue workers helping a very bloodied Jack Roush out of the plane.

WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC

[OregonSHRFan]

Looks like he probably hit his face on the cowl, broke his glasses, cut his face and broke his nose. Nose bleeds produce tons of blood and make things look worse then they really are.

As far as being "critically injured" that is BS. No EMT would allow a critically injured patient to walk out from a scene. I would make the assumption that who ever came up with the critically injured thing was basing that on the amount of blood.
 
Anyone know Carl Edwards where abouts at the time of the crash?   

[N.J.Bandit28]

  Anyone know Carl Edwards where abouts at the time of the crash?   

......more like where was Brad K. If he can't get at Edwards do the next best thing by taking out his boss.

[kimmer]

NASCAR's Roush injured in plane crash
MILWAUKEE -- NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

A business jet damaged in a landing lies at Wittman Regional Airport on Tuesday in Oshkosh, Wis. NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in series but stable condition after walking away from the crash. 'There are injuries. Possible surgery,' Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said in a text message to The Associated Press. 'But he walked out of the plane.' Smith confirmed that the plane belonged to Roush, and he was flying it. Smith said Roush's injuries include facial lacerations. - Anthony Wahl / Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2008 file photo, NASCAR team owner Jack Roush speaks during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Media Tour in Concord, N.C. Roush is in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night. - Associated Press

"There are injuries. Possible surgery," Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said in a text message to The Associated Press. "But he walked out of the plane."

Smith confirmed that the plane belonged to Roush, and he was flying it. Smith said Roush's injuries include facial lacerations.

Roush, an aviation buff, was attending the Experimental Aircraft Association' s annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., this week.

In a statement on the EAA Web site, officials said a Beechcraft Premier business jet registered to Roush Fenway Racing, LLC was involved in a landing accident at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh.

The accident occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. CDT, the statement said.

According to the EAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and Winnebago County Sheriff's Department confirmed that two occupants on board were Roush and Brenda Strickland of Plymouth, Mich. Strickland is a friend of Roush's.

"Each exited the aircraft following the accident," the statement said. "Both were transported to local hospitals, with Roush in serious but stable condition and Strickland with non-life threatening injuries. The NTSB is leading the investigation into the accident."

According to a statement from the team, Roush was landing his plane when the accident occurred.

"Dr. Kevin Wasco, the attending physician, says that Roush is in serious but stable condition," the team's statement said. "His injuries are not life threatening."

It is the second close call for Roush, who crashed a plane into a pond in Alabama in 2002 and nearly drowned before being rescued by an ex-Marine who lived nearby. Despite sustaining serious injuries, Roush continued flying.

Roush owns several aircraft, including a World War II-vintage P-51 Mustang.

After having success in dragsters and sports car racing, Roush -- a former Ford engineer and college physics teacher -- founded his NASCAR team in 1988. Known for his trademark Panama-style hat, academic speaking style and love for tinkering with anything mechanical, he won championships in NASCAR's top series with Matt Kenseth in 2003 and Kurt Busch in 2004.

Since 2007, Roush has partnered with the Fenway Sports Group, the sports marketing arm of the Boston Red Sox's parent company.

The team currently fields cars in the Cup series for Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle and David Ragan

[OregonSHRFan]

......more like where was Brad K. If he can't get at Edwards do the next best thing by taking out his boss.

Guess you don't know that Edwards is a pilot, Brad isn't. Thats where the humor was.

[Racing Rocks]

A message to The Cat In The Hat....... Hand in your aviation license....Unless your completely clueless, you survived two of these self inflicted brain farts... A third one and you might not be so lucky....

[N.J.Bandit28]

A message to The Cat In The Hat....... Hand in your aviation license....Unless your completely clueless, you survived two of these self inflicted brain farts... A third one and you might not be so lucky....

He's The Cat In The Hat, He still has seven lives left.

[Racing Rocks]

He's The Cat In The Hat, He still has seven lives left.

Yep.... He might have seven lives... But he may have used a few more up with the troubles Cousin Carl has caused him this year...

[N.J.Bandit28]

Yep.... He might have seven lives... But he may have used a few more up with the troubles Cousin Carl has caused him this year...

True dat.

[N.J.Bandit28]

Guess you don't know that Edwards is a pilot, Brad isn't. Thats where the humor was.

I knew that but forgot. My bad. Thanx.

[N.J.Bandit28]

[kimmer]

from  RFR on twitter:

"RFR update: Jack Roush was transferred to the Mayo Clinic last nt. Had facial surgery Tues. Remains in serious but stable condition"

[moon]

A message to The Cat In The Hat....... Hand in your aviation license....Unless your completely clueless, you survived two of these self inflicted brain farts... A third one and you might not be so lucky....

Do you know all the details?

I've heard the control tower had another plane on the same runway and Jack was trying to pull back up to avoid a crash.

Maybe it wasn't a "brain fart"......on his part.

[BuddyG]

 Here is the recording from the control tower in the last minutes. Sounds like somebody was confused and it was not Jack.

 I think the second controller added a plane to his runway, said it was OK, but Jack responds with "I don't think so".

 http://www.avweb.com/other/oshcrash.mp3

[OregonSHRFan]

Whatta cluster!!! Definitely too much confusion on the part of the tower. It will be interesting to hear Jack speak about the incident. Thanks for posting that Buddy.

[moon]

Here is the recording from the control tower in the last minutes. Sounds like somebody was confused and it was not Jack.

 I think the second controller added a plane to his runway, said it was OK, but Jack responds with "I don't think so".

 http://www.avweb.com/other/oshcrash.mp3

Too late now to come out with the facts, we've already stripped the man of his aviation license and strung him up with a new rope.

[Racing Rocks]

Too late now to come out with the facts, we've already stripped the man of his aviation license and strung him up with a new rope.

Naaaaaa that's not the intent of my babbling post Moon.... Just more concerned for his health and well being... My point being that not many I have ever heard of survived one crash let alone two... I'm not into bashing the Cat In The Hat... I actually have a lot of respect for the things he's achieved in NASCAR... At one point he and Jeff Burton had a dynamite combination as car owner/driver... And he's done well with a lot of the other teams.......... He's also done things that I thought were less then admirable.. But either way I like him as a car owner..



And as I said last week in another post were all  allowed to post our opinions..  And my opinion is that he ought hang up his pilots license.... He's been lucky to survive two of them...

[johnnyo00]

Here is the recording from the control tower in the last minutes. Sounds like somebody was confused and it was not Jack.

 I think the second controller added a plane to his runway, said it was OK, but Jack responds with "I don't think so".

 http://www.avweb.com/other/oshcrash.mp3

As a retired ATC I do not hear a second controller.  I do hear the Lake aircraft being sent around, then changed to another rwy after the incident.

[BuddyG]

 Thanks, I was just guessing at what it sounded like to me. I used to fly and have been to the EAA fly in and that place is a madhouse.

 I had a good friend who was a controller in D.C. years ago and had a tour of the tower there. I wouldn't last 5 minutes in that pressure cooker. Yours is a tuned ear, I'll take your word for it.