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Mom: Boy didn't steal plane in crash
17 year old student pilot appears to take two teenage friends on joyride in a Twin Commanche with fatal ending. (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is an old post from last week. Reposted again.
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Alabama: Unlicensed Teenage Pilot and 2 Passengers Die in Crash
An unlicensed 17-year-old was reportedly at the controls of what The Associated Press is reporting was a Piper PA30 Twin Comanche that crashed Tuesday evening in Alabama, killing him and his two teenaged passengers
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/us/alabama-teenage-pilot-and-2-passengers-die-in-crash.html?_r=2&
Alabama: Unlicensed Teenage Pilot and 2 Passengers Die in Crash
An unlicensed 17-year-old was reportedly at the controls of what The Associated Press is reporting was a Piper PA30 Twin Comanche that crashed Tuesday evening in Alabama, killing him and his two teenaged passengers
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/us/alabama-teenage-pilot-and-2-passengers-die-in-crash.html?_r=2&
Great promise is not defined by a student pilot attempting to fly a plane below minimums which he is not checked out in. Stealing is taking something without permission.
Several comments about insurance, and unfortunately there are companies that will insure students in twins, just like there ones that will insure brand new multi pilots in King Airs or even the Citation Mustang, and you would surprised how affordable it may actually be. The FAR's allow you to obtain Private Multi, just like you can get a VFR only type rating in Lear Jet or Hawker like the Jenni Rivera pilot had, but that has not made very public. So how to you fly a Lr 25 VFR only at FL280. Oh, well, pilots regardless of their qualifications continue to make poor decisions, and sometimes it cost them the rest of their life.
Ultimately the teen is at fault, and ruining his life and the lives of two others who had a full life ahead of them. But I look down on the flight school and the instructor that did not break the "invisibility" that some not all teens have because they lack life experiences. Letting him fly high performance airplane before a SEL PPL certificate and promising him his own plane as a new plane with the amount of time he has? Its a little ridiculous.
I will weigh in on the side of the owner. The following is Speculation for sure...But I believe this to be the Mothers... "My son Could do no wrong Syndrome." The seductive nature of aviation and the impression it can leave on young boys/men will tempt them to do some pretty outrageous things especially where it denotes status and respect of their peers/friends..Teenagers take the car for a joy ride all the time without asking, I see no difference with GA and access to an aircraft. I have been around hangers since I was 8 years old and I can tell you I was tempted on more then one occasion but my father and other caring fatherly figures with a strong presence in my life repressed those thoughts .A careful look here will probably find a lack of exactly that in this kids life...lack of a father...and now a mothers grief will explain it away.