Sub-Air Carravan Down?

[CFII_4Ever]

http://www.journalstar.com/news/nebraska/doc45cb350dedec3348524047.txt

 

[RedGuy]

Sounds like another Van downed by ice to me.

 

[taters]

I just flew over aia (alliance,ne) and picked upa a $hitload of ice

 

[RedEye1]

Hope the pilot will be okay.

With the wx at 200 over, don't know how it was going to get in. Went off radar procedure turn inbound for 12, 12 didn't even have lights, 30 has the nice lights according to the iap charts.


http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SUB22


KAIA 080919Z AUTO 07004KT 1SM BR OVC002 M06/M07 A3017 RMK AO2
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080853Z AUTO 05004KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 M06/M07 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP251 T10611072 58013
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080829Z AUTO 05005KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 M07/M07 A3017 RMK AO2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080753Z AUTO 04006KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP259 T10671078[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080653Z AUTO 03006KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP271 T10721078 410061072[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080622Z AUTO 03006KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080608Z AUTO 01006KT 2SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080553Z AUTO 02008KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP271 T10721083 11011 21072 50003[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080530Z AUTO 01007KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080523Z AUTO 01009KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 M07/M08 A3021 RMK AO2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAIA 080453Z AUTO 01009KT 1 3/4SM BR OVC002 M07/M07 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP270 T10671072[/FONT]

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[CFII_4Ever]

Yup,
It was a Sub-Air bird, the AIA newspaper has a picture.
I hope the pilot is ok.
From what I've been told, this is Sub-Air's second crash after a very, very, long time. Like almost 20 years.

http://www.alliancetimes.com/

 

[taters]

Hope this guy makes it ..caravans + ice = bad...I must have heard 10 aircraft report icing between CPR and LNK yesterday

 

[wooferdog]

Anybody know the pilot's INITIALS? PM me if you wish.

 

[670X]

Is it just the picture or is that ice on the leading edge boot? Was it cold enough to keep it from thawing after the crash?

 

[supsup]

Anyone know how the pilot is doing?

supsup

 

[Gobi Gred]

I would also be interested to know how the pilot is doing. I flew for SubAir over 10 years ago and they are a good company and have well maintained aircraft. In the time I was there, I never felt pressured in any way to complete a trip if I thought the weather was too bad. That's a rare thing in the freight business.