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'Climb the airplane,' pilot told before California crash
“The first thing you do when you’re in trouble is call, climb and confess — and he did not do any of the three," Diehl said. “These are very basic rules that flight instructors tell their students.” (abcnews.go.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
N7022G was call sign. Review flight history and you’ll see that he was plenty qualified, flew to this airfield in this plane multiple times per week. You’ll also see that he spent two days in Vegas right before this flight. Hate to imply here but perhaps some exhaustion combined with IMC and an emergency made for an impossible solution.
A 'plenty qualified' pilot declares an emergency when one occurs. He declared no emergency, AND kept saying he was complying with ATC directives when he really was, or could, not. This would suggest that he was either irresponsible by not declaring an emergency when he had one, or that no emergency occurred and he was not skilled enough to handle this particular situation in his airplane.
And I must add.... "There, but for the grace of God, go I."
And I must add.... "There, but for the grace of God, go I."
Quite sad, the UPS driver ready to retire, the people on the ground... over that past 45 years of my aviation experiences, how many times have we seen accidents by Doctors?
This man is flying a very complex C340, add in IFR Wx and alot of fatigue from his day ay his practice, you have all the ingredients of an accident read to happen, we will never know, but I bet he has scared himself in that airplane many times.. RIP.
This man is flying a very complex C340, add in IFR Wx and alot of fatigue from his day ay his practice, you have all the ingredients of an accident read to happen, we will never know, but I bet he has scared himself in that airplane many times.. RIP.
the recording of the atc and the pilot was played on the national news last night ..it was terrrible to hear the frantic voice of the atc person and the almost "fragile" little voice of that pilot..he seemed to be disoriented and not understand..this was so sad..
the thing I got from that recording was that his altimeter was not correctly set. i think in the end that is what we are going to find was the root cause of all this mess - and it only compounded and exacerbated the other issues which followed.
"fragile" people wouldn't be able to get instrument rated in the first place, in reality - nor get qualified on that airframe.
"fragile" people wouldn't be able to get instrument rated in the first place, in reality - nor get qualified on that airframe.
I don't think you've correctly assessed what happened. He was cleared for an ILS approach to 28R. He intercepted the localizer and he (or his autopilot) should have been flying the ILS, totally independent of altimeter. His large variations in altitude when he started having problems means that it was not an altimeter setting issue.
The controller was trying to help. The pilot did not comply - the reason ATC was saying CLIMB was that the plane was headed into the mountains.
I've flubbed an approach or two in my life - it is what it is. You do always FLY THE PLANE first, but then you call into ATC and tell them what you did and what you need. The pilot seemed flustered during the ATC exchanges as he approached the airport.
Listen to the transcript as he is starting his descent from 10,000 - crisp, clear, in control.
Now listen when he tries to repeat his clearance - Intercept the localizer for 28 Right, Circle to Land 23 - he flubs it.
What you have here is a pilot who while legal, was not sufficiently proficient in complex, Go Fast airplane to handle the IFR workload going into a California airport. Sorry folks.