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I know little about this accident. I do land a fair amount at large airports. I know they can be imtimidating with LOTS of traffic around and a desire not to feel out of control. I wonder if the pilot had declared a real emergency and not just the loss of the alternator, whether they could have cleared...
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Hi all, I am flying anSR22 N589CD in Europe, and commute between belgium and Zurich (LSZH) several times a month, thats why I know the approach on the 14 quite well. Some thoughts from my side : - As the plane deviated to Zurich as a problem occured earlier in the flight, he could have gone also to Basel...
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[quote user="Timm Preusser"] yes, I have at least an idea where approximately the accident was. Go to Google Earth, search for LSZH. You'll see the airport from above. Rwy 14 is the northernmost of the 3 runways. Zoom in to the approach end, until you can read 14 on the runway, then tilt...
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Rick, No doubt there were bad factors leading to the accident : - an alternator failure - a very busy airport with overloaded ATC and radio frequency - high mountains around the airport - a very bad weather : METAR at 15:50 LT (the accident occurred at 15:58 LT) LSZH 221350Z 31008KT 3000 -DZ FEW003 SCT007...
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[quote user="Timm Preusser"]And probably no visual contact with the runway until very late, when he started correcting. [/quote]Timm, from one of the news reports, they published this photograph of the crash scene soon after the event. Note the low visibility towards the hills beyond. This...
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Power failure? Is this an accurate report? Statistically, in a single engine piston plane, the most common cause of an engine failure is running out of fuel. But I always find these early reports on what actually happened bordering on comical as the media, knowing very little about aviation, almost always...
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So, IMC with ground contact but no runway and a 'power failure', this is why you drill PULL CHUTE into your head. Scenario based training has me pulling the chute anytime I am IMC with low ceilings w/o an engine. And by low I mean around 2500 feet. If the ceiling isn't high enough to allow...
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Rick, yes, I have at least an idea where approximately the accident was. Go to Google Earth, search for LSZH. You'll see the airport from above. Rwy 14 is the northernmost of the 3 runways. Zoom in to the approach end, until you can read 14 on the runway, then tilt the view. You can see the approach...
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[quote user="Larry James"] [quote user="wiedmam"] [/quote] The aircraft eventually ended up west of runway 14 where it banked first left then right at low altitude over the ground. This maneuver brought the aircraft north of the threshold of 14 where it struck the ground crossways...
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So if he announced alternator failure at 15:33 local; how much more time was it when he was on final approach and said that he had "Power Failure" and No Glide Slope? Is it possible, that he lost all of his navigation capabilities when the battery ran down? We don't know yet what load shedding...