Top Ten Headlines for this mishap

[Hugh Jorgan]

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[Hugh Jorgan]

NTSB Identification: MIA92FA051 .
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, December 23, 1991 in RAINBOW LAKE, FL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 5/5/1993 Took almost 17 months for those hard charging FAA folks to figure it out.
Aircraft: PIPER PA-34-200T, registration: N47506
Injuries: 2 Fatal.

THE PRIVATE PILOT AND A PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE GOING TO PRACTICE SIMULATED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING FAIL IN A DIVE AND CRASH. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND BODIES REVEALED THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE PARTIALLY CLOTHED AND THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT WAS IN THE FULL AFT RECLINING POSITION. NEITHER BODY SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SEATBELTS OR SHOULDER HARNESSES BEING WORN. EXAMINATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS' CLOTHING REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF RIPPING OR DISTRESS TO THE ZIPPERS AND BELTS.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO DIVERT HER ATTENTION TO OTHER ACTIVITIES NOT RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE EXCEEDING OF THE DESIGN LIMITS OF THE AIRPLANE LEADING TO A WING FAILURE.
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**Commments from male and female Pilots**
Possible "Top Ten" news headlines for this tragic event:


1. Female pilot blows check ride.


2. If you can only keep one thing "up" at a time, make it the airplane.


3. Female pilot attempts to fly using the "alternate" stick. Results disappointing.


4. Airplane and pilot both go down in tragic mishap.


5. Investigators determined cause of accident was a result of pilot having her head

buried in the "cockpit”.


6. Pilot distracted by something that came up in the cockpit.


7. Female pilot apparently had her hands full during recent crash.


8. Aircraft seen bouncing up and down just prior to crash in what appears to be heavy turbulence.


9. Pilot dicked up.


10. Female pilot was attending to stroke victim just prior to crash.

 

[miles otoole]

Female pilots suck-


Hey' just responding to the topic