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re: Plane crash in Lafayette
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:49 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:49 am to ILurkThereforeIAm
We saw somebody get helicopter evaced outside Mary Bird Perkin, the EMTs were moving so slow and casual. Made me think the person was deceased. Was wondering what happened but I don’t know if they would fly someone from Laffy to BR.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:50 am to dupergreenie
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Where'd it crash?
At the crash site.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:51 am to Cosmo
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:52 am to 777Tiger
Hey, I’m just trying to be as helpful as the OP.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:55 am to dupergreenie
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Hey, I’m just trying to be as helpful as the OP.
TYFYS
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:55 am to Boston911
Its facebook official
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:56 am to The Boat
That is a pretty steep fall.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:57 am to dupergreenie
The plane crashed near Gloria Switch Rd. and Hwy. 93 in Lafayette Parish around 11 a.m. on Oct. 21st, sources tell UWK.
Early reports indicate three people have died in the plane crash.
The plane is reported to be a Beechcraft Baron having left Houston, TX around 9:50 a.m. from Hooks Memorial Airport. It’s unclear where the plane was headed but the flight path ends near Cankton.
Early reports indicate three people have died in the plane crash.
The plane is reported to be a Beechcraft Baron having left Houston, TX around 9:50 a.m. from Hooks Memorial Airport. It’s unclear where the plane was headed but the flight path ends near Cankton.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:58 am to Cosmo
I was near that area, I was wondering where all the Sheriff vehicles were headed.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:02 pm to jpainter6174
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The plane crashed near Gloria Switch Rd. and Hwy. 93 in Lafayette Parish around 11 a.m. on Oct. 21st, sources tell UWK.
The source?
Me
In this thread
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:05 pm to sigsauer
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I was near that area
Damn. Could’ve been you.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:07 pm to TigerFred
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Considering I have a plane going into there this morning
Yours?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:09 pm to The Boat
Not a pilot but is it normal for their speed to be all over the place like that? And based on the ground speed essentially stopping immediately it seems like they just fell out of the sky over the course of 6 minutes.
180kt to 0 in a minute.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:14 pm to Chucktown_Badger
That also shows it happening between 3:45 pm and 4 and it happened at 11am…nvm UTC time lol forget me
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:15 pm to BoxComboNoSlawXToast
not central time
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:20 pm to Chucktown_Badger
I’m not an expert but my opinion based on the data is a stall/spin on downwind approach. VMC (minimum controllable speed) is close to that last datapoint of 102 mph.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:22 pm to jcaz
KLFY has picked up the story
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:27 pm to Boston911
KATC. Look it up.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:30 pm to jcaz
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I’m not an expert but my opinion based on the data is a stall/spin on downwind approach. VMC (minimum controllable speed) is close to that last datapoint of 102 mph.
So then that massive dip at 15:15 is odd, while they were supposedly climbing, no? Even though it was a very short one the speed was coming down pretty fast for a while.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:39 pm to jcaz
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I’m not an expert but my opinion based on the data is a stall/spin on downwind approach. VMC (minimum controllable speed) is close to that last datapoint of 102 mph.
That graph indicates ground speed. So he could be flying 200mph vertically with 0 ground speed. Head winds and tailwinds affect GS numbers also. If he lost power at altitude like i suspect then he would have put it on a glide slope for max time aloft. Maybe even circled looking for available runways nearby or open fields.
The flight data numbers indicate a glide slope of -400 fpm for several minutes which is good. Im not sure what happened at the end. Maybe put the gear down and stalled it on final? Maybe tried to avoid power lines or houses. Maybe thought he could land on 98 or 93 but there is a lot of traffic on those two roads and changed his mind at the end.
All speculation. Just a plane nerd.
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