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Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:32 pm to stout
Hell a helicopter is a different animal also, totally different controls
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:33 pm to stout
is it even legal to just land your helicopter anywhere as long as there is space?
I just looked at pats on google maps. its not like there is a ton of space around there.
I just looked at pats on google maps. its not like there is a ton of space around there.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:33 pm to tigerfoot
Horrific. Died and killed his family because of pure overconfidence and hubris.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:35 pm to stout
I read it but they didn't give much reasoning, didn't seem to imply he'd hit the trees or a powerline. Was he maybe trying to set it down on the highway and came down too quickly? It definitely wasn't a mast bump as thought by the initial thread.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:36 pm to J Murdah
Yeah there’s a decent amount of land there. I’ve passed by before and see a helicopter there. You couldn’t land 10 there but you could land a couple
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:36 pm to redneck
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A buddy of mine who grew up with him said he had been flying crop dusters his entire life. Guessing he thought it wouldn't be a big deal with his previous flying experience.
According to the FAA's preliminary report, the pilot held no certificates other than student pilot thus was not licensed to fly anything without the consent or presence of his flight instructor. Student pilots are also forbidden from carrying passengers.
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:37 pm to YOURADHERE
If you look at the flight path in the article the flight path the last minute you could tell he was lost. It did 2 360s before coming down on the road. His poor wife and kid. Just so so aggravating.
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Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:39 pm to stout
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Crop dusting probably doesn't prepare you to fly at night in a storm
It doesn't prepare you at all for flying a helicopter. I have a good family friend who has flown crop dusters all of his adult life. He will tell you right now that he doesn't know anything about flying a helicopter.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:44 pm to LegendInMyMind
Yep even flying other airplanes is difficult. The controls are backwards. Crop dusting is in a category by itself
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:51 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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some type of disorientation, no?
Spatial disorientation.
Student pilot, at night, questionable weather conditions.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:56 pm to RedFoxx
I was hoping there wasn't a lot of time between whatever happened and the crash. Those poor people.
I saw a little of the streamed funeral after the fact. Her mother spoke. How she did that, I don't know. Had to be a lot of faith because she lost her only child and her only grandchild. The only thing I recall that she mentioned relative to the son in law was that her daughter's dream was to be a wife and mother. I don't think she ever talked about him otherwise. I would be very angry to say the least.
ETA: Her posts on Facebook only reference missing her girls and saying goodbye to her girls. They don't mention the son-in-law.
I saw a little of the streamed funeral after the fact. Her mother spoke. How she did that, I don't know. Had to be a lot of faith because she lost her only child and her only grandchild. The only thing I recall that she mentioned relative to the son in law was that her daughter's dream was to be a wife and mother. I don't think she ever talked about him otherwise. I would be very angry to say the least.
ETA: Her posts on Facebook only reference missing her girls and saying goodbye to her girls. They don't mention the son-in-law.
This post was edited on 11/19/24 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:58 pm to SWLA92
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Yep even flying other airplanes is difficult. The controls are backwards. Crop dusting is in a category by itself
I respect the hell out of cropduster pilots, and love watching them fly. It can be dangerous, and every time a small plane goes down around here we hold our breath and make a call or two. He says he dodges powerlines for a living.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 4:58 pm to stout
frick that guy
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:02 pm to SWLA92
Most of the times a fixed wing pilot that learned fix wing first will revert back to the original training in an emergency situation which in rotorcraft can be deadly.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:04 pm to LegendInMyMind
Yep I know a guy that went down in a field after he clipped a tree, he was lucky to get out before the plane caught on fire. He was back flying within a couple weeks. Those guys are a different breed, half crazy.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:07 pm to stout
Helicopters are not so easy to fly. About 1/2 of those at Ft. Rucker who passed their fixed wing training washed out of helicopter flight programs.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:41 pm to Auburn1968
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About 1/2 of those at Ft. Rucker who passed their fixed wing training washed out of helicopter flight programs.
Enterprise, AL......the town where a Blackhawk helicopter can pop out of any random bush on the side of the road.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:54 pm to stout
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Just before 6:30, Savant landed in a field near Pat’s of Henderson, a restaurant in Lake Charles. He took off again at 8:54
He flew up to eat supper and it makes you wonder if any drinks were involved.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 6:08 pm to Barneyrb
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He flew up to eat supper and it makes you wonder if any drinks were involved.
That was my first thought after hearing he had flown the family to dinner. There's a reason for the "bottle to throttle" rule. Not saying he'd had a drink, but if he was willing to fly passengers on a student pilot certificate with no med certificate, then he most likely wasn't going to be too concerned with other FAA regulations.
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