# Harrison Ford injured in plane crash. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317 "2015-03-06T00:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/61 "2015-03-06T15:38:36Z")
Didn’t he also rescue Cindy Crawford with his helicoptor off a mountain in Colorado? Seriously, this guy is too cool for school. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/62 "2015-03-06T15:43:58Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > It doesn’t sound like he walked away, exactly. I’ve heard reports he had multiple broken bones, and saw some footage of him being loaded onto a stretcher at the site. Current reports say a broken arm and a bad gash to the forehead from slamming into the controls when he pranged the plane. Full recovery expected. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/63 "2015-03-06T16:40:09Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > He knows. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/64 "2015-03-06T16:50:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > when he pranged the plane. Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how’s your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper’s and caught his can in the Bertie. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/65 "2015-03-06T17:01:36Z")
Time to take his pilot’s license and freeze it in carbonite. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/66 "2015-03-06T17:01:50Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > He crashed on a golf course? > > It’s a sand trap! Good damn thing he didn’t slam into one of those bulky sand crawlers then. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/67 "2015-03-06T17:12:17Z")
on his way in he flew extremely low over a green and experienced pin shear. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/68 "2015-03-06T17:23:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how’s your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper’s and caught his can in the Bertie. Er, I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you, Squadron Leader. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/69 "2015-03-06T18:07:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Er, I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you, Squadron Leader. For the few here who don’t know what’s going on: the squadron is [a flying circus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/70 "2015-03-06T18:15:19Z")
Was he over Macho Grande? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/71 "2015-03-06T18:21:27Z")
I’m glad he acted decisively when he saw he was in clear and present danger. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/72 "2015-03-06T18:28:16Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Was he over Macho Grande? He’ll never get over Macho Grande ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/73 "2015-03-06T18:29:17Z")
[Pics of the accident](https://scontent-gru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10421459_10205778527920110_8795999995009504377_n.jpg?oh=455dfd2d7103cf9c433c9290ade44029&oe=5582818C) ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/74 "2015-03-06T18:31:01Z")
It’s hard to know exactly what happened as the search for a witness continues. ---
**Author:** ![Coffeecup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Coffeecup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coffeecup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/75 "2015-03-06T19:13:34Z")
Harrison had worse injuries than the original reports said. In addition to gashes on the head, he broke his pelvis and both ankles. He had surgery Thursday night and is in “fair to moderate condition.” > **['My first instinct was to run to the airplane': Surgeon recalls moment he...](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/harrison-ford-broke-pelvis-ankle-bones-report-article-1.2139614)** > > Dr. Sanjay Khurana may not be a Jedi, but he sensed a disturbance when “Star Wars” actor Harrison Ford crashed his plane on a golf course. New York Daily News, March 6, 2015, “Harrison Ford undergoes surgery for broken pelvis, ankle following plane crash: report.” ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/76 "2015-03-06T19:15:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ETA: Looks like a [Ryan PT-22](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_PT-22_Recruit), btw; ‘PT’ meaning ‘Primary Trainer’. He came in _that_ thing? He’s braver than I thought! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/77 "2015-03-06T19:20:23Z")
That’s no golf course. That’s a landing strip! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/78 "2015-03-06T19:23:34Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > [Pics of the accident](https://scontent-gru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10421459_10205778527920110_8795999995009504377_n.jpg?oh=455dfd2d7103cf9c433c9290ade44029&oe=5582818C) I giggled. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/79 "2015-03-06T19:46:57Z")
I wonder if he had a bad feeling about it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317/80 "2015-03-06T19:49:43Z")
> [@Coffeecup](#): > > Harrison had worse injuries than the original reports said. In addition to gashes on the head, he broke his pelvis and both ankles. He had surgery Thursday night and is in “fair to moderate condition.” > > [‘My first instinct was to run to the airplane’: Surgeon recalls moment he helped Harrison Ford after crash – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/harrison-ford-broke-pelvis-ankle-bones-report-article-1.2139614) > New York Daily News, March 6, 2015, “Harrison Ford undergoes surgery for broken pelvis, ankle following plane crash: report.” One of the first things I heard – and I heard about the crash fairly quickly – was that paramedics were attending to Ford’s hip. Just something like ‘they put a pillow on his hip’ or something like that. At the time I assumed a broken pelvis, and (for whatever reason) I assumed a broken leg. I heard about the bloody head of course, and assumed he jack-knifed forward into the panel as would be expected in such a crash. In aircraft, you tend to have less legroom than in a car because of the way you work the pedals. Plus there’s a lot going on down there, so there’s not a lot of space underneath. No surprise he broke an ankle. No surprise on the pelvis, either. I hope his back is all right. The undercarriage would have absorbed a lot of energy, but it was still a pretty hard landing. The way the wings are bent leads me to guess that they collapsed during forward motion though, and that would have softened it a little. I heard on CNN this morning that there have been six PT-22 crashes in recent years. Three were deemed ‘pilot error’, two were engine failures, and one is undetermined at this time. The Kinner R-5 (aka R-540) was said to be a reliable engine. Nevertheless, even the most reliable engines conk out sometimes. When my dad was a Flight Service Specialist in Lancaster, some friends flew out in a [Globe Swift](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Swift) from his former station in Daggett. After their visit they took off and lost power on the climb. They stalled, recovered, and then stalled again and crashed upside-down. Both occupants survived; one had a broken back. (Note: I can’t find the accident report. I’m sure it happened, though.) Apparently the pilot forgot to refuel – or check the amount of fuel – before take-off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-injured-in-plane-crash/714317.md?page=5)