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Posted on 12/25/17 at 9:53 am to LSUgirl4
He probably wasn’t airborne long enough for spatial disorientation to be a factor so possibly there was a malfunction. The whole thing just sad.
RIP to the victims and condolences to family and friends.
RIP to the victims and condolences to family and friends.
Posted on 12/25/17 at 9:55 am to RedRifle
He had plenty of hours under his belt if he was flying a 340, which is a light cabin class twin. I would be curious to learn if he lost an engine after rotation. Light piston twins are the most difficult fixed wing aircraft to fly, safely. Asymmetric thrust is almost always deadly on takeoff with these aircraft. I've seen it happen firsthand.
Posted on 12/25/17 at 9:56 am to OweO
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You have a 1 and 25 million chance of dying in a plane crash
Not all planes are created equal, chris
Posted on 12/25/17 at 10:24 am to TheOcean
And the stats on private aviation are MUCH worse than commercial passenger aviation.
LINK
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Private aircraft have a fatality rate about 19 times greater than driving. It is also true that a majority of the accidents that occur are pilot error (71%) and could have been prevented.
LINK
Posted on 12/25/17 at 12:09 pm to Hog Zealot
My condolences to you and your family.
Posted on 12/25/17 at 8:28 pm to ElderTiger
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He probably wasn’t airborne long enough for spatial disorientation to be a factor
Get in the soup while climbing and turning and tell me that again.
That is exactly when it is a factor.
Posted on 12/25/17 at 8:48 pm to I B Freeman
Highly likely that a large part of the other 29% has to do with shitty, cheap (or do it yourself) maintenance
Posted on 12/25/17 at 8:54 pm to cubsfan5150
I wonder if the pilot was rated for instruments flying and if not, he was crazy to fly in the soup.
Posted on 12/25/17 at 8:56 pm to Champagne
Agreed, but if he had been flying since the 80s and also flew in the military, he would have been instrument rated
Posted on 12/26/17 at 6:23 am to cubsfan5150
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Agreed, but if he had been flying since the 80s and also flew in the military, he would have been instrument rated
How long he has been flying has nothing to do with ratings. Lots of people only ever fly VFR. IFR is a completely different animal and is exponentially harder than VFR flying. Even an instrument rated pilot, who never gets in IMC conditions, can have a hard time when he finally does encounter complete white out of the windscreen.
Posted on 12/26/17 at 6:25 am to whit
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jesus, can you imagine the passengers reaction when when the engines weren’t restarting. I’d be like “ok, you can stop frickin with me now”
Passenger survived, pilot did not. Here is a photo of the first people to arrive on the scene. They witnessed it across the inlet and took a boat across to the wreckage. Tide was rising, and soon overtook the plane
This post was edited on 12/26/17 at 6:32 am
Posted on 12/26/17 at 7:44 am to RedRifle
IFR? I'm a pretty inexperienced pilot? My plane is relatively old?
Sure, lets take-off. Sorry, but ....morons
Sure, lets take-off. Sorry, but ....morons
Posted on 12/26/17 at 2:10 pm to RedRifle
Horrible situation.
Easy to sit on my couch and judge the pilot but I cannot. I don’t know husband level of experience in the conditions he chose to try and take off.
I would guess he was a cautious guy if he was already in his 70’s.
Easy to sit on my couch and judge the pilot but I cannot. I don’t know husband level of experience in the conditions he chose to try and take off.
I would guess he was a cautious guy if he was already in his 70’s.
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