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Alert CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX crash - 2 fatal (N126C)

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Neal

Forums Chief Pilot
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Joined
Oct 31, 1996
Posts
1,443
Type aircraft owned
Carbon Cub FX-3
Base airport
KFCI
Ratings
COMM, IFR, MEL, SEL
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Looks like an early EX (CCX-1865-0016). ADS-B Exchange shows a single data point over the river but an approach that suggests to me that a low level run may have been planned.

I have become even more concerned about low level obstacles since 4 were killed in a local helicopter collision with a "slack line" erected across a canyon. I did some canyon runs when I was younger but not recently.
 
Any idea what the AGL of the obstacle was? I wonder if they had a BRS and immediately pulled would it have saved them?
 
If that last ADS-B position was correct, there is a power line crossing the river/lake at that location:
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With no markings as far as Google Street View:
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Any idea what the AGL of the obstacle was? I wonder if they had a BRS and immediately pulled would it have saved them?
The news reports mention that the plane "clipped" the power lines, so I would guess there was very little time to react. The CubCrafters docs mention as little as 100 ft AGL, but Cirrus says 580 ft AGL...
 

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