Whirlwind
Fling-wing pilot
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- Nov 21, 2002
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Ed Guthrie was kind enough to provide this link. This has got to be the most amazing NTSB report I've ever read.
Link to NTSB Report
Just going from the report, it sounds like this is someone who really probably shouldn't have been flying, was in over his head for many years, and it finally caught up to him.
Of course, maybe the breakup had nothing to do with his skill level, but it sounds like if not, he would have done himself in sooner or later anyway.
"A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle" comes to mind here. (the pilot was a radiologist)
One interesting point is the airplane had a lot of de-ice equipment including full de-ice gear on the engine, and TKS on the wings, but was not certified for flight into icing conditions. There was an Airmet Zulu for moderate to severe rime/mixed icing in clouds, and he reported on the radio he was in clouds at the time of the breakup.
The results look like an overstress, as noted in the NTSB report. My armchair quarterback opinion? He probably flew into conditions beyond his ability, realized it too late, tried to turn (as noted on the radar returns), pulled too hard, or perhaps entered a steep bank and pulled back on the yoke, overstressed the plane, and it came apart.
Related factors? This man has failed so many checkrides, 609 rides, and other things, he had no business being in an airplane.
That's my 2 cents from the cheap seats...
Jason
Link to NTSB Report
Just going from the report, it sounds like this is someone who really probably shouldn't have been flying, was in over his head for many years, and it finally caught up to him.
Of course, maybe the breakup had nothing to do with his skill level, but it sounds like if not, he would have done himself in sooner or later anyway.
"A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle" comes to mind here. (the pilot was a radiologist)
One interesting point is the airplane had a lot of de-ice equipment including full de-ice gear on the engine, and TKS on the wings, but was not certified for flight into icing conditions. There was an Airmet Zulu for moderate to severe rime/mixed icing in clouds, and he reported on the radio he was in clouds at the time of the breakup.
The results look like an overstress, as noted in the NTSB report. My armchair quarterback opinion? He probably flew into conditions beyond his ability, realized it too late, tried to turn (as noted on the radar returns), pulled too hard, or perhaps entered a steep bank and pulled back on the yoke, overstressed the plane, and it came apart.
Related factors? This man has failed so many checkrides, 609 rides, and other things, he had no business being in an airplane.
That's my 2 cents from the cheap seats...
Jason
