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Seven Dead After Plane Crashes Into Tennessee Lake
Seven people are presumed dead after a small plane crashed into a Tennessee morning, including an actor who played Tarzan and his wife who founded a Christian weight loss program,, authorities said Saturday night. (www.upi.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I just read on AIN that "no one on board was qualified to fly the airplane". So, now we can start to see the issue. Was not the airplane, nor the single pilot part. He made some pretty poor decisions.
The pilot (William Joseph Lara) was qualified to operate the airplane. He has a Commercial Pilot certificate, an Instrument/Multi-Engine rating and a CE-500 type rating. his medical appears to have expired last June BUT about the time his medical expired the FAA published a policy paper in the Federal Register that permitted Class III medical certificate holders to continue to fly with their expired medicals because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be interesting to see if that is a factor in the Board's report.
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No medical. Here is a link to the article: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-06-01/ntsb-begins-probe-fatal-citation-accident?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io&PostID=31323443&MessageRunDetailID=5403872463
There is a local news posting about recovery efforts, including the use of remote controlled submarines:
https://www.wkrn.com/news/crews-wrap-recovery-efforts-in-deadly-plane-crash-on-percy-priest-lake/
https://www.wkrn.com/news/crews-wrap-recovery-efforts-in-deadly-plane-crash-on-percy-priest-lake/
I'm not a pilot. But I think the watch phrase would be - 'If I THINk I can make it, I'd better NOT go.' One should know their capabilities, experience and aircraft are suited to the conditions.
https://www.mainstreet-nashville.com/news/plane-crash-investigation-continues/article_b5284bfc-c3d8-11eb-95fb-dff8fb77b444.html