It worked he kept the arm!! Sincerely, Kevin. Although it was a harder-than-normal set-down, it was actually a pretty decent landing. ~ However, Pilot Gibson did lose his appeal to the NTSBs Appeal Board of professional investigators, and peers of Gibsons, who named him and his copilot as the primary cause of his airplanes near fatal dive ! I think it was about a year or so later that one crashed at Colorado Springs. Kevin, just want you to know that your dad is one of my heroes. But real American heroes, now long forgotten by most Americans, still too young and uneducated to remember them, the men who flew, fought, and died for the entire free worlds freedom, at places, like, Ploesti, Romania, Foggia, Italy, Holland, France, and Germany, and all over Europe, Germany, the Balkan States, and the Pacific Theater of Operations, did not create the deadly incidents that cost them their lives. cause of death. He also flew in the Vietnam War, and was a former lead pilot for the Air Force Thunderbirds. The NTSB held a special hearing on this one and only topic. Was it illegal, of course! God Bless your Heart. I would so love to meet you and your beloved wife. so ignoring the cause as the only people that know the truth were the 3 in the cockpit at the time, lets consider this: how many pilots who made an error that resulted in people dying would love to have had their incident end the way hoots did, with no serious injuries to anyone? He had no headlights, so I rode on top of the truck, holding a flashlight. No matter what you and a number of others on this blog write, so foolishly, about what you think, rather than about what is KNOWN, not guessed at about, Gibsons deliberately setting his flaps to 2 degrees in high altitude cruise flight, along with reaching around to the flight engineers panel, while the FE was out of the cockpit, also illegal, and pulling the spoiler CB (circuit breaker) because Gibson knew that the spoilers deployment at speed would be catastrophic, was egregiously ILLEGAL and reckless, again, no matter what you think about it. Glad the voodoo worked. So mysterious are the ways of God. Film Producer Film Actor. Knowing the history of the NTSB at this time,it seems unfortunate that he was made to blame for this incident. lot more to the story of that flt then people know . Gibson, you have to conclude only one other possibility, to my thinking : that Gibsons 727s #7 slat broke catastrophically for no apparent reason and deployed by itself into the airstream, rolling the airplane into a righthand death roll, something that was unexplainable by the Boeing Company, and an event that has never happened before, or since, it, supposedly, broke on that 727 0nly. JUMP TO: Hoot Gibsons biography, facts, family, personal life, zodiac, videos and related celebs. even if it broke, somehow. Hard to believe they are survived that. Heres a side of Hoot that perhaps not too many know about. People of this zodiac sign like to be admired, expensive things, bright colors, and dislike being ignored, facing difficulties, not being treated specially. After a number of years Hoots kidneys fail due to all the medicine he was taking for his heart. Over the course of his five-decade career, this actor and rodeo star appeared in hundreds of early 20th-century Western films, including The Night Riders, The Saddle King, The Galloping Kid, and The Marshals Daughter. In his real life, however, he had a rather painful rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags career, a problem that seemed to plague a number of big stars who fell victim to their high profile and wound up living too high on the hog.An unfortunate byproduct of stardom is, of course, the misinformation that is often fed to the public over the years by either overzealous publicity agents or the actor himself. Gibson recovered from his injuries at Cedars of Lebanon hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) with actoress June Gale at his bedside. Much love and respect to you and yours. He was relegated at one point to becoming a greeter at a Las Vegas casino and, for a period, worked at carnivals.It was an unhappy end for a cowboy who brought so much excitement and entertainment to children and adults alike. Keven I was a flight attendant on many of Hoots flights. I always said if a box had wings Hoot could fly it. Obituary. Keep up the good work! He flew aerobatics; he flew helicopters, he had a license to fly hot air balloons, and he also had a seaplane license. imported from Wikimedia project. He was getting weaker and weaker having to go to dialysis every other day. Bob was the oldest of three children born to Marcellious Lowe "Skeet" and Eva. Or how about FO Scott Kennedy? Would you mind shooting me an e-mail so we can share through that means? In any case, Hoot told me a rudder hard-over caused the yaw, roll, and dive, and I believe him. Hoot, sit tibi terra levis, my friend. Once again he is accepted and placed on the transplant list. He died Aug. 23, 1962 of cancer. And that is what you and others have mindlessly done. Copyright 2023 /The Celebrity Deaths.com/All Rights Reserved. We got stranded in a snow storm in McLean, Texas and were placed in the local Methodist church in a Sunday school class room. Kevin Jones, Emilio: for your records,this is my new email address, replacing the @ice.co.cr address which will be phased out. At the time of his death, he was 70 years old. sex or gender. I guess I just have gotten too jaded to gush over the unrealty so many people seem to live in these days. I knew Hoot back in the day and was still a flight attendant when he had that flight. Emilio has put his book out for all to read, finally getting your side of the story out. That is your decision. But Im not laughing. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Nevada State Veterans Home, NVAL account, 100 Veterans Memorial Drive, Boulder City, Nevada, 89005. I included my scientific findings in my book, Nonlinear Instability and Inertial Coupling Effects The Root Causes Leading to Aircraft Crashes, Land Vehicle Rollovers, and Ship Capsizes, ISBN 9781732632301. God bless you, brother Hootso glad we were able to exchange a final email communication with each other just last year (thanks to Emilios website). Hoot was born July 21, 1926 in Randolph, NE to Samuel and Ruth (Bartels) Gibson. Can you send me that? Legacy For his contribution to motion pictures, Hoot Gibson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1765 Vine Street. I am happy to have known Hoot. Russian Wikipedia. Work. Nor did they ever name, or regard, him as any kind of hero who saved his airplane from its perilous and near fatal dive. I also am wondering if.and IFthis comes to fruitionmay I quote some of the stories that fellow friends of Hoot have posed. John, I want you to know that this is your last post. Hoot lost a solid Hollywood contact in Boggs, however, when the director and his working partner, producer William Nicholas Selig, were both shot in October, 1911, by a mentally disturbed employee (Selig was injured, but Boggs was killed). They have our deepest condolences. As your Dad was telling me this story everyone was laughing then he hugs me and tells me, BOY, your wife sure did grow a good kidney. We ALL felt privileged to be the crew to accompany him home. Gibsons. Really? California Death Index, and the death certificate provide more on Hoot Gibson: 1890 census is unavailable - it was lost in a 1921 fire (and water damage) at the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. The information on this site and in the book Scapegoat clearly explain the sequence of events that led to the near-fatal crash of TWA 841. Another retired pilot visited him Friday night(? I never heard the story about the witch doctor LOL ! Hoot, I am sure you Dad, brother John and Gramma B are having a ball. In 1995, he made a special trip to Denver to participate in our daughters wedding. An argument, by definition, suggests strongly that one, or both people involved in an argument are not being reasonable and, therefor, are very unlikely to come to any sort of agreement. Hoot Gibson is a 70 years old Actor director producer from Tekamah, Nebraska. A resounding Amen! to everything youve shared here, Charles & Mary. lt was the jammed (in the out position) #7 slat that caused the rolling motion, so severe, that none of the proper aileron and rudder inputs the pilots made could overcome the roll caused by the stuck slat ! I think this picture is a better way to remember Hoot as he takes off for another journey. Gibson insisted he had done nothing wrong, and no disciplinary action was ever taken against him, neither by TWA nor by the Federal Aviation Administration. I remember helping him through the trauma of his crash with his Ford Cobra. Well both be missing Hoot for certain. Mr. Young, you are a very sad person who has a very sad life. Yours will probably be as the Healing Balms of Gilead mentioned in the bible. They had one child, Lois Charlotte Gibson, born in 1923. This possibility is also impossible, from what is known about the slats operation, since the airplanes excessive airspeed would have held the slat in place. We will continue to update information on Hoot Gibsons parents. No matter how likeable and charismatic he may have been, he was a bad pilot. I remember dad talking about your father quite fondly many times. Rest in peace, Hoot! Bob Gibson Cause of Death Gibson died on October 2, 2020, aged 84 in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, under hospice care after fighting pancreatic cancer for more than a year Hoot was born February 14, 1933, in Brookport, Illinois to Amos Gibson and Annie Holt. I am not going to try to educate you about the aviation industry, since it would be hard to do on this forum. Thanks. Then Hoots heart is giving out and he goes on the transplant list. I have never read a more disgusting uninformed comment in my entire life and I am 72 years old. I think it would be most wonderful if somebody (ies) could organize another celebration here in Chicago, where Hoot started, and ended, his flying career. Gibson both produced and starred in the film, one of the early sound westerns. Hey there again Stilly. Gibsons manually pulling the slat CB was an ILLEGAL act for OBVIOUS reasons ! Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. Feel free to contact me if you desire. Carmel. No. I wish I could have met him in person but our phone chats while I was sick and years after were amazing and I will always be proud to have had that time with him. He'd also never flown the aircraft to such a distant target, the importance of this being that he'd never had to use the fuel tank selectors behind the seat. May God Bless his family . I was married then and my wife and I drove out from Illinois. Vfe on this airplane is somewhere around 245 knots. I can only imagine the list of things Hoot managed to do in his life time would make for a novel of an obituary to say the least. One of the NTSBs quotes are : After eliminating all individual and combined sources of mechanical failure, the NTSB ruled that the extension of the slats was due to the flight crew manipulating the flap/slat controls in an inappropriate manner. traffic collision. You should be ashamed. Your comment is not worthy of a reply because it has nothing to do with the subject at hand, regarding the near fatal crash of TWAs 727 that Captain Gibson nearly caused. Gibson appeared in more than 200 films. When Hoot married Sandy I took his place with his old room mate in Venice. Hoot later told me has was dancing because for the first time in a while he could feel his feet and he wanted to see what it felt like to stand up. I am grateful he knew that his story would be told. There has been a fundamental mistake made in aviation industry for aircraft dynamics. . And some people today still dont believe in miracles or divine intervention. Another miracle in Hoots life!!! had him put there because was difficult to handle. Of course he did! To end his career in Chicago was his wish. My ex-wife was so stressed out she ended up getting bladder infection and had to go to the Tucson hospital emergency room. rolling the airplane into a righthand death roll, something that was unexplainable by the Boeing Company, and an event that has never happened before, or since, it, supposedly, broke on that 727 0nly. He was a survivor, as we know. I thought he would live forever. No, I have no problem with anyone who likes to point out errors, and wants to find the truth about anything. As a child he grew up among horses and received his first pony at the age of 2-1/2. I follow this thread because I can clearly see that there was a coverup of a Boeing mechanical issue which had already caused more than one upset. She had stopped in to check on Hoot, turns out they had become very close to each other. He was a great American great pilot just great all the way around. The couple made three features together: The Long, Long Trail (1929), Trigger Tricks (1930) and Clearing the Range (1931). Perhaps a few folks will make something happen even if its just a small gathering. I will always love my Hoot stories. The NTSB, while not incompetent, went along. I knew Hoot during the investigation and afterward, but lost contact some years ago. Those were the days when pilots did more than just push buttons, they actually knew how to fly! God bless you Kristine and all in your household as well. WITH FACTS! NO, a rudder hard-over caused the initial roll and dive, but Boeing had to pin the blame on the crew. He would know more, about any future memorials planned. Since he lost his teeth in the accident we invited him over for a steak dinner and gave him a match cover with lines to represent his teeth- Hoot could always take a joke even if he was the subject. Flight 841s rudder had nothing to do with their 727s uncommanded right roll. Lois held my hand and asked me to look in first to see what he looked like?? Born Edmund Richard Gibson in Tekamah, Nebraska, he learned to ride a horse while still a very young boy. The NTSB investigators arent dummies. Be sorry and sad for you own comments, not mine. At last your Dad was told there was a kidney for him. It humbles me to hear that dad was thinking about me while being a part of your family as well. An amazing man. Its only about IAS! I must have inherited that as I have been through many scrapes as well and should not be here to tell it. and, in some countries, would have bought Gibson a jail sentence, as well. ), Hoot had to land our badly damaged bird at a much higher rate of speed, without flaps, pulling hard to the right (if I recall), on gear which at the time only Hoot, Scott, and Gary knew were damaged and may not hold. Every pilot in the country knew immediately, that he was guilty of getting caught for being both reckless AND stupid. If you really knew anything of value about this tragedy, you would also know that the facts of a matter are what really establish the truth. We pray they take comfort in Hoots remarkable legacy and find peace knowing he is with God. The nonlinear instability phenomenon is demonstrated in the following video. By this time Hoot had already begun to feature race cars and airplanes in his pictures. Sincerely Kevin Gibson. It warms my heart to read so many wonderful things about him here. First, and foremost, Hoot continued to fly for TWA and retired with TWA. I had four children from a former marriage and they loved him very much. I wish I had known that years ago. One day a group from Las Vegas Metro PD showed up in town and asked us to assist in an investigation into a group using a DC-7 to smuggle dope from points south to the dry lake beds around Las Vegas. I am so glad to hear Kevins`s comments because he did talk a lot about him all the time. I just reconnected with hoot, he was friends with my father Steve, another twa captain.id like to connect and swap stories with anyone interested. Like Roger, we remember Gods mercy with gratitude and try not to take for granted the gift of new life. In later years, we would visit him in LAS frequently. And I wouldnt have been inclined to talk to him after what he did, and afterward, without even having the fortitude to level with the NTSB for the sake of the truth and to establish publicly with the authorities what not to do to, in order to prevent fatal airplane crashes. Did he have the boot-leg configuration of flaps 2* on that nite? I did get to be one of his first visitors at UCLA Medical Center following his heart transplant. Hoot had 9 great grandchildren. Bob Gibson Cause of Death Gibson died on October 2, 2020, aged 84 in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, under hospice care after fighting pancreatic cancer for more than a year. 0 references. The NTSB didnt think Gibson was any kind of hero, nor did the people he nearly killed. Hoot then moved onto complete his bachelor's degree at UNLV, which he attended on a football . . Pure nature pilots but the kindness people in the whole world. Looking forward to being all gathered together soon and very soon in Jesus name. Lois just posted this this morning and I am passing along this information. Hey Marge. We ALL miss you and love you!! Im sorry for your comment on this site. which to base his accusations? ~ P.S. I will look forward to hearing what you might have to say gratefully. Reallly? Colorado Springs and Pittsburgh on the 737 which Hoot said has the same rudder system. Legend had it that he was called Hoot because he hunted hoot owls at . As it was, without knowing for sure, I suspect his flying career as a transport pilot, was finished because after an incident, such as the fatal crash, he nearly caused, would probably have precluded any insurance company from ever insuring any carrier foolish enough to hire him again after what he did. When it suddenly became darker, he and the others realized I had disappeared back at the last turn. She even found film stunt work herself and eventually was chosen to replace Helen Holmes as star of the popular movie serial The Hazards of Helen (1914) during mid-filming. During a lunch recess, Hoot pulled the investigator aside to have a frank discussion. I love you Hoot and you will be deeply missed. Bob and Marcy Allen, Hooter, Airplanes in particular became a large, expensive passion of his. Over the course of his five-decade career, this actor and rodeo star appeared in hundreds of early 20th-century Western films, including The Night Riders, The Saddle King, The Galloping Kid, and The Marshals Daughter. For instance, and again, by Federal Law, his humor had no place in the cockpit of TWAs 727, and his actions that nearly brought his plane down were, by Federal Law (Federal Aviation Regulations), reckless, illegal, and incomprehensible to me. Chinese Zodiac: Hoot Gibson was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Hoot looks up and sees us both and yells for us to get over there and give him hugs and kisses. After Charlotte's death, Hoot found love once more and married Marilyn Mitchell Meacham. If not for the talent of Hoot and the crew they all surely would have never made it. I also thank you for sharing your respect to my father and wish to confirm that Hoot will INDEED live again through the power of Christ Jesus resurrection. 1 reference. Ill leave my e-mail in case you havent seen it in other comments. I renamed it the Hustlers Ski Club (after guess what!!) to support your admiration for Gibson and his copilot, is like spitting upwind. There is an author who is writing about Hoot and Flight 841 named Emilo Corsetti who was trying to help him clear his name from back in 1979. This is a dangerous phenomenon. John, correct me if I am wrong, but the premise of your position seems simple. I was finally able to go back and see Hoot around one in the morning. It could only have deployed against the airstream by the tremendous force of the hydraulic slat actuator. you were so lucky to be on that crew, margie. #2 I was also wrong to label Capt. He, Scott, and Gary saved my life that night as well as their own lives! ~ And, finally, if you had been one of the passengers that got a free high speed ride, upside down, toward the ground, vomiting, and involuntarily fouling your pants and underwear, while screaming your guts out, as you were anticipating the sure end of your life, when you hit the ground ~ if you would still be such a great fan of Capt. American professional basketball player (1921-1958) Statements. On the drive to Texas the next morning, I couldnt be sure whether the headache was from the hangover or from using a shovel for a pillow, but it was a going away party Ive never forgotten. ~ I bet, not so much. The aircraft model is driven only by external pitch moment which may be generated by the control surface of elevator by pilot. By the 1960s Gibson was on the verge of financial collapse after a series of bad investments. Why dont you take it for a bit, he said to me on my first flight. His last movie spotting was a guest cameo in the "Rat Pack" film Ocean's Eleven (1960).Hoot married a fourth and final time on July 3, 1942, to one-time radio singer and actress Dorothea Dunstan. At 39,000 feet, which is where I seem to recall from Hoots story they were cruising, the IAS is quite low, certainly not capable of causing the shedding of a slat! And the trick to get a little more performance was common knowledge among the crews so there was no way the FE would have done that! They were divorced on February 2, 1929, in Hollywood, California. More information can be found in http://www.faiteve.com. At the time this incident was made public, the FAA, the NTSB, and anyone, and, certainly, any pilot, like me, who was familiar with the 727 circuit breaker trick and the regulations regarding pulling them in flight, that Gibson broke, and illegally tampered with, knew EXACTLY what exactly Capt. His love and respect for others is another one I believe he handed over to me as well. Bill, My Dad (Hal Jones) was one of your Dads good friends. : The NTSB made the following statement in the accident report: We believe the captains erasure of the CVR is a factor we cannot ignore and cannot sanction. Like most TWA pilots, they were the most skilled in the industry. Our famous trip to David, Chiriqui in Panama with Abuela in the disco. He was great to me when I myself was very sick as a 20 year old I will always remember and think happy thoughts about Hoot. on Christmas day 1975 I called Hoot and asked him if he could recommend a chapel to get married in the next day. The #7 slat had nothing to do with the incident. Yet, was Gibson ever contrite about how criminally negligent his piloting was, or did he ever admit to what everyone but he, knew that he did ? of course, I have wasted both of our times by writing you these things because you are not interested in them and are not interested in learning anything, in order to learn the truth about this incident and Captain Gibsons criminally negligent and illegal behavior. Hoot Gibson is part of G.I. I understand the sadness you and others feel for someone who was, likely, to you, and others who knew and liked him, a very nice guy, and a good man in many ways, too. He wanted nothing more to clear his name! Would like to have met you. He was the greatest!! Its called political pressure from a huge lobbying group! Hoot, Bert Schweppe, John Gesson and Don Steinmetz would go out on Friday night drinking and flying down the Expressway to downtown in Berts Oldsmobile convertible (later on his Stingray). It was heart breaking seeing him going through this. There is no need to argue about anything. My wife was the Donor. Once more details are available, we will update this section. He knew that one day the truth about what happened to him and his crew would come to light. Kenneth Hoot Gibson, 70, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1987, at his home of natural causes. We both loved you . A rudder hard-over, which nobody talks about except Hoot, was the cause of the initial roll. My Father Steve and Mother Shannon (TWA crew) both knew and were close with Hoot. I wish you the best, sir. A man from a big family himself, he naturally opened his arms to welcome her daughters Jo and Jeanne and. In 1912, at age 20, he won the title "All-Around Champion Cowboy" at the famed annual Pendleton (Oregon) Round-Up. I know my dad was a father figure or role model to many young aviators and I never had that opportunity as Hoot was deeply involved with clearing his name and those of the crew of TWA flight 841. FACT. I was going to include a picture of a sunset with this post, but I remembered a picture I took recently as we were taking off from Toronto, Canada. Kevin. But only the facts actually stick to the wall. I know its difficult for everybody Hoot had met over the course of his illustrious life and career to attend the Boulder City services. Id love to read your analysis of TWA 841. My husband and I both flew with Hoot. Hoot had the foresight to save everything related to TWA 841. It was a process to support a conclusion, not a process to find one. The movie actor Hoot Gibson died at the age of 70. He temporarily suspended his rodeo and acting careers to enlist in the United States Army during the World War I years. Shamony Gibson's Cause of Death. In remembrance, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, in 1979, was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. I flew on N840TW six times prior to 1979 but never after that but followed this story closely over the years! Anytime they were together you just new something exciting was about to happen, Tragically Dad died in a helicopter accident in the eighties, after that (even before) Hoot was always there keeping all of us kids going down the right path. I could go on and on with flying stories but think I will go a different direction. I have about as many hours of flight time as Hoot had. Were they not at 390? I would enjoy hearing from you in the future. Hutton Peter Gibson (some sources give his name at birth as John Hutton Gibson) was born on Aug. 26, 1918, in Peekskill, N.Y., in Westchester County, to John Gibson, a businessman, and Eva Mylott . When I met Hoot I was a policeman in Chi suburb and we became great friends . I am so sorry for your loss. What Hoot and his crew did saving so many lives that night was nothing short of a Miracle!! My wife, having seen me deal with the deaths of many friends and relatives over the last two decades, asked me why it was so different, so much more difficult this time. How can you forget him. It has been over 2 years now since your celebration of life gathering in Boulder City, what a wonderful celebration it was. How else could they get the performance needed to make the altitude they had? Hoot had a heart as big as a house and was generous to a fault. The nearly dozen films in the series began with Wild Horse Stampede (1943) and ended with Trigger Law (1944), the latter being his last hurrah in films.Hoot then returned to real estate. Jerry 'Hoot' Gibson, 82, passed away June 22, 2017, from natural causes. Ill never forget that trip. I dont think anybody here knows your background, but I would challenge you to convince me you are not part of the machine that tried to stain an aviation heros reputation in a successful bid to avoid the lawsuits that would flood the courts if it turned out there was a design flaw in the rudder system on both the 737 and 727. That slat, and other parts, were shed during the rolling vertical decent. While he secured contracts with lesser studios during the early 1930s, such as Allied Pictures and First Division Pictures, the quality of his films suffered. Hoot just loved her and her family. I would like Everyone who knew Hoot to just think of him for who he was. It certainly means a lot to me personally. Please check back soon for updates. Could say a lot if what I suspect is true. Bonnie a close friend visited him on Thursday and Friday of this last week and said he was good. 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