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Pilatus PC-12 Crash: NTSB Points to Surprising Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the June 2012 inflight breakup of a Pilatus PC-12 over Central Florida highlights the risks of flying a high-performance airplane in IMC with minimum training and experience. Weeks after the accident the NTSB issued a safety alert to pilots warning about the inherent latency of in-cockpit Nexrad weather images. The breakup happened in the vicinity of huge thunderstorms with "extreme" echoes, as reported by a controller to… (www.flyingmag.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
All the money in the world can't buy experience.. RIP to the victims!
Its like a person buys a Lambo or a Ferrari because he/she can afford it but never drove one and then proceeds to wrap it around a tree.
A 19 year old here in Dallas bought a McLaren sports car and totaled it within the first hour oh owning it........terrible
Did you mean too say a 19 years old's Dad bought him/her a McLaren. 8:) Here in Dallas drivers are crazy..
Test the auto-pilot! Where did that thought come from? So many basic things done wrong. The sign off to fly the airplane has to be questioned.
What's telling too me is the fact the pilot had no actual IMC logged in 7yrs-4mo and no hood time in 4yrs-7mo. What's up with that???