Fatal DA40 crash in UT
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Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Yesterday. Not much information on cause.
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=40710091&nid=1 ... lane-crash
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... tml?pg=all
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=40710091&nid=1 ... lane-crash
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... tml?pg=all
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Here are some more information http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/07/d ... state.html
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Wow, from the pictures it looks like it hit nose down, left wing low -- the left wing is broken off and the nose suffered tremendous damage. Looks like the plane might have impacted while in a spin.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Wow - how horrible. It sounds as if he was a student pilot, but relatively experienced at this point working toward his commercial.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Final NTSB report is out -- Lost control while practicing commercial manuvers in gusty winds that he may not have been aware of prior to departure -- https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/Repor ... L&IType=FA
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
You're kidding, right?Erik wrote:Wow - how horrible. It sounds as if he was a student pilot, but relatively experienced at this point working toward his commercial.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Why are you saying kidding?Tommy wrote:You're kidding, right?Erik wrote:Wow - how horrible. It sounds as if he was a student pilot, but relatively experienced at this point working toward his commercial.
Anyone and I mean anyone can make a stupid mistake.
For example there was a long time factory pilot from Mooney who made the classic stall spin accident during base to final turn in a Mooney a few years ago. Experienced or not we need to all know that it is vigilance that keeps us safe.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
The implication is that the pilot is "relatively experienced" at 109 hrs. total time.
I don't think so. ...and a Mooney is not a Diamond.
I don't think so. ...and a Mooney is not a Diamond.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
...I was talking about the factory test pilot though. I don't have such an example for Diamond of course.Tommy wrote:The implication is that the pilot is "relatively experienced" at 109 hrs. total time.
I don't think so. ...and a Mooney is not a Diamond.
Anyway I think it is important when there are such tragic events to know that without ever vigilance it can happen to any of us.
A separate story - the designated pilot examiner, a fellow with 15,000 hours died about 7 years ago in a scud running incident in the mountains. Sounds like a real newbee thing to do, and something he certainly taught not to do - but as it turns out he did that sometimes when no one was looking. Unfortunately. SO I was sort of reacting with him in mind, that experience is not the whole thing, but modesty is good.
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Re: Fatal DA40 crash in UT
Ouch poor guy. That's really saddening.
If I understand correctly he was doing a spiral dive which is intended to simulate a landing approach in hostile terrain in a an emergency. So the plane would have been steeply banked, relatively slow and near the stall and he must have caught a nasty wind shear and stalled a wing.
What makes me scratch my head is that the DA40 should recover form a spin almost by itself...
That's awful... such a young guy ... RIP.
If I understand correctly he was doing a spiral dive which is intended to simulate a landing approach in hostile terrain in a an emergency. So the plane would have been steeply banked, relatively slow and near the stall and he must have caught a nasty wind shear and stalled a wing.
What makes me scratch my head is that the DA40 should recover form a spin almost by itself...
That's awful... such a young guy ... RIP.