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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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Hi, have you guys heard about an SR22 that ditched in the English Channel about 15 nm north of Cherbourg, France on Sunday. A pilot from Jersey, Channel Isles GB died. No mayday. Tragic loss of a 25 year old newly qualified. Reports below written by me as I am journalist at na ewspaper in Jersey. Investigtations...
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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...
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We are, of course, a long way from putting all the pieces of this tragic puzzle together but we already have important food for thought especially with regard to decision making. I don't for a minute mean to criticize the pilot in this accident. On the contrary, from what I understand so far I can...
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Dear All, I am a friend of a pilot. He was 36, married two daugters. He was very skilled pilot flying this plane minimum once a week for two years all over the Europe. I know one of the survivor (currently in hospital), and I will post there details of accident soon. I was flying this plane in June,...
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[quote user="Timm Preusser"] ATC vectors N467BD to the airport - Hdg 280 - Hdg 260. Then BD checks in with another controller "with you at 6000". ATC gives: "Hdg 320". "Descend 5000". "Hdg 230. Can you give me 160 kts?" BD confirms to fly at 160 until...
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Here is in french the aeronautical forecast for engine powered airplane for Switzerland valid the afternoon of that ill fated flight: What does is it tell? There is humid air coming from the West with an associated cold front. In the Northern part of the Alps (that includes the whole length of our country...