Most well known accident?

[LAXSaabdude]

What's truly tragic about both the Buddy Holly, and Patsy Cline crashes was that both airplanes were equipped with an autopilot. Had the non-instrument rated pilots flipped that thing on at first sign of trouble, the accident may have been avoided all together.

I seemed to remember hearing that in the Buddy Holly crash, that the artificial horizon was either caged or inoperative at the time. Not sure how the autopilot worked on that aircraft, but it may have not worked in that condition.

LAXSaabdude.

 

[siucavflight]

I seemed to remember hearing that in the Buddy Holly crash, that the artificial horizon was either caged or inoperative at the time. Not sure how the autopilot worked on that aircraft, but it may have not worked in that condition.

LAXSaabdude.

Or if it did work, it did not work well.

 

[FN FAL]

What's truly tragic about both the Buddy Holly, and Patsy Cline crashes was that both airplanes were equipped with an autopilot. Had the non-instrument rated pilots flipped that thing on at first sign of trouble, the accident may have been avoided all together.

I would assume you could say that same for JFK Jr. as well.

Flip it on? Hehehehehe....How do turn on Mr. Coffee?