# Pilot threatening to crash small plane in Mississippi (into a Walmart) {2022-09-03} \[Landed, no one harmed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [September 3, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881 "2022-09-03T13:48:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/21 "2022-09-03T18:52:32Z")
… Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/22 "2022-09-03T18:53:20Z")
Hush, you. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/23 "2022-09-03T21:07:40Z")
I was concerned some nut wanted to recreate 9/11 with a smaller plane packed with extra fuel. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/24 "2022-09-03T21:25:39Z")
Then he wouldn’t have given the authorities a head’s up. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/25 "2022-09-04T04:26:01Z")
Calling the authorities seems to me like a cry for help. I hope he gets it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/26 "2022-09-04T05:11:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Air Force needs to send a fighter to shoot this dude down. > > A burst from the guns will take care of it. Naw, the wake from a fighter would be enough to get the pilot’s attention. Also, any airplane shot down is going to land on something, and that can mean destruction of property or people on the ground getting hurt or killed. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Not quite. If he’d landed at the airport like they wanted, no soybeans would’ve been harmed. > > Wonder if crop insurance covers damage caused by aircraft. Even if it does, the pilot flying the airplane is responsible for any damaged caused by their landing. So if the insurance pays out the insurance company will go after the pilot. If insurance doesn’t cover it the farmer can go after the pilot. > [@Biotop](#): > > Calling the authorities seems to me like a cry for help. I hope he gets it. There’s something messed up about this. Just glad no one got hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/27 "2022-09-05T03:58:01Z")
The “pilot” is clearly deranged. If were sane, he would have threatened to crash into Target. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/28 "2022-09-05T19:03:20Z")
Well, this will prove to be quite the conversation piece around the dinner table. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881/29 "2022-11-17T15:53:33Z")
Not a whole lot of information beyond ‘he died in jail’. > **[Man accused of stealing a plane, threatening to crash into Walmart has died](https://www.axios.com/2022/11/16/cory-patterson-dead-tupelo-mississippi-airplane-walmart-crash)** > > Cory Patterson was found unresponsive at a federal detention center in Miami. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-threatening-to-crash-small-plane-in-mississippi-into-a-walmart-2022-09-03-landed-no-one-harmed/970881.md?page=1)