1 DEAD, another hospitalized after Fort Pierce PLANE CRASH!
A Piper PA-44-180 Seminole, crashed during a go around at Treasure Coast International Airport (FPR/KFPR), Fort Pierce, Florida.
The aircraft, using callsign WCP643 "Whitecap 643", was operating on a training flight out of KFPR. The flight radioed Fort Pierce Tower that they wanted to do an ILS missed approach to runway 10R.
One occupant perished and the other suffered serious injuries and the aircraft was destroyed on March 30, 2024.
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00:04 Description of the situation
00:24 Inbound for ILS approach and missed approach
01:52 "Traffic pattern went wrong"
02:06 Declaring an emergency
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22 year-old Maria Valentina Guillen was the person who perished. RIP young lady.
@pixamite1
Ай бұрын
🙏🏼
@marcomm7828
Ай бұрын
From what I've learned, she was a certified flight instructor, but sounded more like student here. I've been around aviation for quite some time, but never heard of anyone being an instructor at age like this. I know it doesn't take much to become one, but this accident just proves the requirements should be way higher. Still feel bad for the young lady. May she rest in peace and the student recovers well.
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183
Ай бұрын
@@marcomm7828I was an instructor at 21. It’s perfectly fine and it’s how the majority of pilots in the USA started their flying career. The requirements are fine and age has zero to do with it.
@johnh5358
Ай бұрын
My instructor is 21... a few years younger than me. @@marcomm7828
@marcomm7828
Ай бұрын
yeah, I've known a few at around 25, but did prefer the experienced ones personally. It just appears to me, she kinda panicked in this distress situation, but who knows. I don't wanna play smart here, it's just how I feel about it..
Valentina was my instructor for my discovery flight back in December of 2022. She created an unforgettable experience and I have so much admiration in my heart for her. She was the sweetest woman and made sure I was comfortable while still having a fun time. Thoughts and prayers to all of her loved ones and those affected. Rest in peace pretty girl
@V1AbortV2
Ай бұрын
You’re a cuck, ya know that?!
@tywingfield6953
15 күн бұрын
Well said.
April 11, 2011. My Navajo went down at KRIC. I survived with 65% burns, 2 amputated fingers, numerous broken bones, a completely destroyed and rebuilt nose, and 68 total surgeries (so far) for skin grafts, tissue reconstruction, and laser scar revision. I was on a fentanyl drip in a medically induced coma for over a month. NEVER take any day for granted. Each day we have is a gift. God bless.
@someotherdude
Ай бұрын
Small airplanes are just a dance with death. A very interesting pursuit, but ultimately not worth it for about 99% of us.
@anthonycarr6732
Ай бұрын
I completely agree with you. It’s so sad how many people are killed in small aircraft.
@andyburk4825
Ай бұрын
Here's hoping you're well along in your recovery . Why did you pull back both throttles ?
@emergencylowmaneuvering7350
Ай бұрын
TOO HIGH AOA. STALLED A strong airplane hard to stall. Panic Pull?
@user-ej9jq2zf1y
Ай бұрын
Wow! Sounds like it was a miracle you survived period!!!
I was a MEI with more than 250 hours of FT in a Seminole. If the engine dies on final, the plane is landing, period. That machine doesn't safely fly with one engine. Go around isn't an option.
@CanardBoulevard
Ай бұрын
Yup. I did all my multi rating in a Seminole. On my multi commercial checkride (which incorporated a multi instrument ride as well), I had to do a DME arc with one engine shut down (not just feathered). I could not for the life of me get it started again, I knew landing on one engine was a "you get one chance" deal - no going around. On the way back to the airport, which took about ten minutes, I did everything to get that engine going again, and finally got it to kick over and start, not long before I arrived in the pattern. Big sigh of relief!
@Willaev
Ай бұрын
It depends on when/where on final that the engine dies.
@Aonexia
Ай бұрын
Interesting... Do you think it is the shorter wingspan, coupled with the heavy dated engines?
@VLove-CFII
Ай бұрын
Oh great! I got my Commercial MEL rating in a Seminole.
@jarrettleto
Ай бұрын
I fly a baron and yeah priority is to land it at all cost, if I'm truly out of runway you need to know that before youre too low and if im going around though it's going to be straight out for like 10 miles so I can get some altitude before I turn back.
When she reported souls on board before declaring an emergency or mayday or something, it was SAD. You knew they were in trouble
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
I'm trying to understand why she mentioned souls on board so soon instead of focussing on flying the plane. Is doing so part of that flight school's training?
That went bad extremely quickly. As a former instructor, I have difficulty understanding how the plane couldn’t land safely- on either runway or anywhere on the airport- from a position on short final. Was she too high or was the instructor confused by something the controller said? Was the student switched from a go around mode to a landing mode at last second? In any event, fly the airplane first. and stop talking to ATC until the aircraft is stable.Very sad scenario. RIP.
@marcospark2803
Ай бұрын
Too many questions, we need to wait for the investigation report
@jimosborne2
Ай бұрын
@@marcospark2803 hopefully whoever survived can be interviewed because there’s no other way to know what happened in the cockpit
@JOSHL50
Ай бұрын
that is a lot of quarterbacking for a crash that just occurred a couple of days ago. let the investigators do their job. rip to the person who died and get well to the person who is in hospital.
@jimosborne2
Ай бұрын
@@JOSHL50asking questions isn’t the same as quarterbacking in my book.
@sesvid
Ай бұрын
My guess will be that the instructor took the controls at some point and flew the aircraft first. She then decided by herself to continue to communicate. Also it could be possible they started first the go around but decided to lad instead, but being too high. This could explain the request for another runway. We will have to wait for the final report. But it already shows how fast this can go south.
Communicate comes after aviate. When you have an emergency, you’re in the drivers seat. You don’t ask. Just do.
@just_another_brick_in_the_wall
Ай бұрын
Devil is in the details.
@chrisvickers1262
Ай бұрын
Actually it comes after navigate as well.
@kidlat9545
Ай бұрын
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate
With a proprietary FAA-approved callsign, they're clearly a training operation. They must have been doing the one-engine-inoperative ILS approach for the pilot's Comm'l Multi-engine rating. Training in twins requires a high degree of safety awareness and risk-management, and a highly skilled instructor. Terrible sad mishap. Terrible. I expect a blancolirio brief on this accident soon.
She sounded so unsure and overwhelmed. :(
@Dhanushaglitter
Ай бұрын
She didn’t sound overwhelmed
@MartianSolarbuddy
Ай бұрын
She sounded “resigned,” one of the five danger-attitudes.
@hillarynicole5089
Ай бұрын
How would you sound in the air during an emergency?
@V1AbortV2
Ай бұрын
…like every single other FEMALE PILOT in aviation!
@Chriscutfries7
Ай бұрын
@@V1AbortV2How dare you, you nasty ignorant sexist, racist shuck
Former ME CFI. That looked like a miss approach single engine actual. She tried to land on runway 14 but overshot it. Then on the single engine go around she let it VMC roll and down it went.
This is so very sad. A terrible place to lose an engine in an aircraft that simply doesn’t fly on one. Two lessons/reminders for the rest of us to possibly take away from this tragedy are: 1) to remember that in an emergency all surfaces are now “runways”; grass, taxiways, and open areas are all to be considered as viable landing areas so don’t fixate on the actual runway, 2) and do whatever it takes to NOT stall spin; always fly through the crash as controlled and level as possible.
I tried this in a simulator. The best I could do was accelerate and dive to get cleaned up and then limp along. If I tried anything more aggressive I just spun towards the dead engine. I fear that the simulations these days are much more accurate than they used to be. So their only chance really was to power off the good engine and land straight ahead. At least crash upright. But I don't know what altitude they were at. Hopefully Blancolirio will analyze this crash.
@08turboSS
Ай бұрын
First two things, full pwr good engine, opposite rudder to counter, push yoke forward get nose down and DO NOT clean up the plane if you have any flaps and gear out, your asking for a stall spin and thats exactly what flight path lopks like along with rapid loas of speed combined with possibly the student (female) on controls witj cfi at same time, not good in any way.
@cageordie
Ай бұрын
@08turboSS And you killed them. Because you jammed in full power before accelerating above Vmc. So you didn't have the rudder authority, and you yawed due to asymmetric thrust, spun from low altitude, and crashed before you could even get the power off and try to recover from your error.
@CFITOMAHAWK
Ай бұрын
@@08turboSS LOL.. DO NOT CLEAN UP THE AIRPLANE? How the hell will you not go down with all that drag of flaps and gear? Dont bullshit us. YOU HAVE TO CLEAN FLAPS AND GEAR TOO OR WONT CLIMB.
@TheSoaringChannel
Ай бұрын
In any twin - that becomes single - it really is a glider. A really crap glider. If you lose an engine, your hands are on the throttles for a freaking reason. Close them both, pick a spot, and pray you survive. Crashing right side up is a whole lot better than crashing nose down inverted.
@TheSoaringChannel
Ай бұрын
@@cageordiewhen you do practice approaches - you always fly it above VYSE and the Seminole VMC is above stall speed so what are you even on about? Do you think they're flying an Aerostar or something? I have a lot of hours in Piper twins, including the Seminole. That's hogwash what you just asserted. It might apply in a 310, Baron, whatever. But certainly not if you fly approaches properly. All aircraft you fly the approach above VMC or at VYSE in case of a failure, so you can make it to the ground on the one remaining. In some light twins, you do a go around --- highly unusual to be able to do so. We had a Seneca with a Robertson STOL kit that was an exception to the single engine = crashing soon rule. That's the only light twin I've flown that would legitimately fly on one. And it was because (yes, in the STC as well) of the STOL kit. I loved that plane. If I could still have it today, I would. So easy to fly well! You always clean up the airplane AS you smoothly apply power. If possible, keep the descent going until it's clean so it cleans up even faster. If it won't do a go around - full flaps, idle, and dive for whatever runway or field is ahead. I don't care. That's more survivable than stalling on one engine.
I only have 13 hours of multi time but form I learned that if you have a dead engine in the landing configuration that thing is not climbing, you have no othe option but to put it on the ground. My guess is that they lost their right engine, tried to climb, got too slow, and entered a Vmc roll at a very low altitude. Rest in peace to the pilot who passed away
@MiguelAlejandro1969
Ай бұрын
Con tren abajo y un motor muerto es imposible si pierdes la mínima velocidad de control poder ir al aire,girar y ascender. Simplemente sigue recto sin potencia y aterriza adelante donde sea. Es así?
@Taino505
Ай бұрын
Si.
This flight school seriously needs investigated.. two fatal crashes in 6month span WITH CFIs onboard… Why on earth would you attempt to go around single engine in a Semiole??????????? At ATP we taught if you lose an engine in the PA44, you LAND at all costs straight ahead! No turning!! Its literally safer to bust minimuns and attempt to land than it is to go around single engine in a seminole… RIP😔
@xheralt
Ай бұрын
"Landing at all costs" is precisely what was attempted here, and is precisely WHY the crash. While counterintuitive, clawing for altitude gain and doing the full go-around would have been a better idea. If _simulated_ single engine failure at the moment equals go-round, _so does a real failure._ Unless the GOOD engine failed, and they were now gliding?
@xxhockeymaster03xx
Ай бұрын
@@xheralt what are you talking about? Low to to the ground in a seminole, land straight ahead. What went wrong is she tried to turn low to the ground (PROBABLY into the bad engine making things even worse) on a single engine and land on 14 when she was already lined up with 10R! Should have landed on 10R.. even if it meant land long. I really hope an actual failure happened and this wasnt all apart of a simulated failure…
@johnbasiglone1219
Ай бұрын
@@xxhockeymaster03xx I agree 100% and I am sick of all these phony virtue signalers who feign wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth when these people make hideous decisions and auger-in; they know nothing of the A/Cs performance and have next to no REAL WORLD flying experience. This is glaring to me, just as it was to you. People are flying today and being by trained by people who do not have the requisite body of knowledge to be at the controls of and aircraft and especially should not be instructing people on learning to fly an aircraft. Just look at the pilots in the KZread wonderland, that speaks for itself. Also, the only mishap debrief I am inclined to listen to, is Dan Gryder. Like his personality or not, he is not going to sugarcoat it, nor be afraid to speculate on the cause of the mishap for fear of offending the snowflakes in the audience. This is the court of public opinion, not a court of law. We are entitled to share our opinion, especially when we may have a little more real world experience flying the world than many of these content creators or virtue signaler.
@V1AbortV2
Ай бұрын
That’s what happens when these FL flight schools cater to female and MINORITY foreigners! You’re going to have a high accident rate!
@steven2145
Ай бұрын
@@xxhockeymaster03xx This....put it down even if you end up on the grass past the end of the runway, wheels up and even hitting the fence after skidding. If she was at Vref on final and had enough power to make that turn, she could have slammed it in on 10R. She may have had it in her mind to save the airplane and land it.
I'm sorry to hear that
Florida general aviation having a rough time recently
@Aonexia
Ай бұрын
Sure thing, by so many aviation accidents in the past year. I'm in Kissimmee, Florida near the home of "Crazy Horse- P-51 Mustang." It's been a heartbreaking 2 years in general aviation for this state.
@gumbyshrimp2606
Ай бұрын
@@Aonexia guessing it’s just because the weather down there is warm so people are flying.
@Aonexia
Ай бұрын
@@gumbyshrimp2606 I guess...
@freakfly23
Ай бұрын
Atc and pilot here. Lot's of training mixed with a lot of established ga, with a lot of commercial traffic. Flying cross country is like space invaders.
@Aonexia
Ай бұрын
@@freakfly23 True... Thanks for the reply. I so get the "Space Invaders" analogy. Haaa... I love you guy's!
Really confused how a flight with an instructor could crash a small twin when right over top of an airport with runways in every direction. All power off, put it down wherever an open space exists, grass, pavement, doesn't matter. Don't stall and spin at 100 feet. Sad to see.
@jadewickenheiser6776
Ай бұрын
We had the Chief flight instructor and a student gear up a Seminole because they forgot to put the landing gear down.
@Jimmer-tr6bi
Ай бұрын
As an instructors with barely any hours, becoming instructors to build time, is that what you’re referring to :-)
@Dhanushaglitter
Ай бұрын
Don’t talk if you don’t know what happened
@hillarynicole5089
Ай бұрын
She declared the emergency before the go around. She used the memory items we are taught at my school and the ACS. “Gear up, flaps up, full prop, power, mixture, etc” and when you’re this low, she should have idled the engines and landed straight in but she already lost directional control banking towards the inop engine (on the right) which is why she made an attempt to land on 14
@JohnChuprun
Ай бұрын
@@hillarynicole5089 Spent too much time worrying about communicating, trying to declare an emergency, worrying about souls on board and how much fuel left... worst stuff to be focusing on during a high stress and immediate situation. There was no presence of mind about what to do during an emergency before beginning the approach, something that should always be briefed or already thought of in the past. There must be some training about how marginal a PA44 is on single engine, especially in a go-around? it's not a 737.
Valentina was an incredible instructor, about to become a 4 bar instructor and I’m 100% sure she would’ve landed the aircraft if the scenario presented here was accurate but it isn’t, the comms are delayed and she was actually way closer to the middle of the runway when she lost the right engine. Everybody no matter how good u think you are has a shock moment (around 10 secs) in unexpected scenarios like this one, she chose to turn right and I’m sure she had a reason for it unfortunately 1 mistake is enough for everything to go south and that turn in combination with a slight pitch caused the spin. It’s easy to judge when you are not the one in her position but let’s have some respect for the family.
@gabrielakukolkaraoke4862
Ай бұрын
Soy tía de Valentina, prime hermana de su mamá, estamos todos destrozados😢
@yungrichnbroke5199
Ай бұрын
It seemed obvious to me that they must’ve been too high to make the runway. Losing the engine halfway down the runway while at 500 feet and moving fast isn’t a good situation. Lose it at minimums sure go straight ahead. In the climb after a possibly early missed? Your options aren’t so clear cut anymore.
@christianforero.
Ай бұрын
@@gabrielakukolkaraoke4862 Mi más sentido pésame, siempre recordaré a Vale como la increíble y linda persona que fue, yo era su roommate desde que llegue hace más de 1 año y solo tengo buenos recuerdos con ella, a los meses de llegar nos fuimos al downtown de fort pierce y me mostró el centro de la ciudad, tomamos fotos (me mostró su escultura favorita de la cual tengo fotos de ese día) y me contó que su papa a penas llegó ella por acá, le dibujo un mapa de como movilizarse dentro de fort pierce, nos reímos y le dije que eso no lo hace cualquier papa, ayer me vi con los familiares en la casa pero lamentablemente no supe como decirles cuanto lamentaba su perdida, les mando un fuerte abrazo a todos y sepan que Vale era muy querida por aquí y no será olvidada, cuídense mucho.
@christianforero.
Ай бұрын
@@gabrielakukolkaraoke4862 Mi más sentido pésame, siempre recordaré a Vale como la increíble y linda persona que fue, yo era su roommate desde que llegue hace más de 1 año y solo tengo buenos recuerdos con ella, a los meses de llegar nos fuimos al downtown de fort pierce y me mostró el centro de la ciudad, tomamos fotos (me mostró su escultura favorita de la cual tengo fotos de ese día) y me contó que su papa a penas llegó ella por acá, le dibujo un mapa de como movilizarse dentro de fort pierce, nos reímos y le dije que eso no lo hace cualquier papa, ayer me vi con los familiares en la casa pero lamentablemente no supe como decirles cuanto lamentaba su perdida, les mando un fuerte abrazo a todos y sepan que Vale era muy querida por aquí y no será olvidada, cuídense mucho.
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
No disrespect to Valentina, but a multi instructor (as any multi pilot) has to expect an engine failure at any time. It shouldn't take ten seconds to start to take action.
There must be security cameras footage of the last few seconds of this accident. I’m surprised that nothing additional has been published in two weeks. Also waiting to hear the accounts as related by the survivor student.
Most twins are disasters on one engine close to the ground and dirty. VMC is the speed just before the crash. Pilots still use it and they still die.
@bct_planespotter5598
Ай бұрын
Yep, got below Vmc and lost control, that's how they flipped
I think there are bots in the comments because they're all screaming about the pilot's English accent, her speaking was clear and concise.
@AndrewGrey22
Ай бұрын
Yeah, her thinking and preparedness, not so much.
@blair7473
Ай бұрын
@@AndrewGrey22it’s called panic go play MSFS you non pilot 😊
@davidbeattie1366
Ай бұрын
Sad that aviation in the USA attracts racist, misogynist xenophobes who believe that only WHITE, MALE Americans can fly airplanes. They are proven wrong thousands of times a day when foreign pilots safely aviate around the world. As far as accents are concerned, I hope these twits don’t ever fly overseas where everyone has an accent. Their head may just burst at the challenge.
Well, I wasn't flying in that pattern, and I was confused
Same thing, same day, in Truckee Nevada, only, there they had snow, ice, 1/2 mile visibility, and mountains, and a non-precision localizer missed approach. Both in NV perished.
@xxhockeymaster03xx
Ай бұрын
Non-precision ILS? What? Theres no such thing.
@michaelhoffmann2891
Ай бұрын
@@xxhockeymaster03xx Unless my charts are hopelessly out of date, KTRK has 3 RNAVs, no LOC/ILS at all. 14.5deg offset, ouch. Certainly non-precision at least.
@xxhockeymaster03xx
Ай бұрын
@@michaelhoffmann2891 he said non-precision ILS approach initially but corrected it to localizer.
@davidbeattie1366
Ай бұрын
@@xxhockeymaster03xx Localizer approach uses same beam. You can be cleared for an ILS approach “Glide slope inop”.
@xxhockeymaster03xx
Ай бұрын
@@davidbeattie1366 thats not the point. He initially said “non-precision ILS”. He corrected it to say “non-precision localizer” after i pointed that mistake out. There is no such thing as a “non precision ILS”.
Rip. Looking forward to ntsb report.
Very sad. Breaks my heart.
This is so sad to hear. I lived in Vero S just north of Fort Pierce, and I knew of several pilots who flew to and from both air fields. My heart goes out to those involved and their families.
@zaynewyo8424
Ай бұрын
🙏
These other pilots need to listen to what's going on before keying up their mics! Talk about complete lack of situational awareness. 1. When someone declares an emergency, you open your ears and don't step on them! 2. When you're approaching an airspace, don't just dial up the freq and blab. Listen for a bit first!
@FlyingNDriving
Ай бұрын
Problem is not a single mayday call, atc basically had to declare the emergency
@briancooney9952
Ай бұрын
@@FlyingNDriving Exactly!
@redbaron6805
23 күн бұрын
@@FlyingNDriving She was cleared for the Option, meaning she was cleared to land already. The problem was trying to return to the pattern. The Seminole with the gear down will not climb on a single engine, so she needed to use the remaining runway of 10R, and just use the grass, the fence and the vegetation ahead. Fortunately at that airport, there are no buildings after the fence...
Guessing at this point, but maybe lost the right engine. Then stalled the right wing when they tried to turn to 14. Whatever they did was obviously too abrupt for the aircraft and they came down uncontrolled.
@richwilde4908
Ай бұрын
You don’t ever turn into the dead engine.
@BlueSkyUp_EU
Ай бұрын
I think you may be on to something. There's a panicked "635" comm at about 02:32 that I was trying to make sense of. I think it happens just as 643 turns right, so what we hear might be his reaction to seeing the plane flipping around after the wing stall. It might also explain why the plane crashed with the gear side up.
@user-lm2ix1xd4c
Ай бұрын
@@richwilde4908 right but the plane crashed, so they may have attempted to, leading to the crash is what is being said, obviously
@richwilde4908
Ай бұрын
@@user-lm2ix1xd4c that’s why you don’t turn into the dead engine.
@user-lm2ix1xd4c
Ай бұрын
@@richwilde4908 well no shit lol
So the engine failed after they went around?
Question: Did 635 step on top of 643 radio call while she was talking to the tower after declaring an emergency?
I sometimes wonder if the ATCs are conducting a contest on how fast and how garbled they can communicate vital information. You would think clarity would come first. On some of these recordings you get a concise and easily understandable radio call and on a lot you get what sounds like a burst of static. Are they trying to confuse?
@andremichau2455
Ай бұрын
The single biggest complaint I have about communication between pilots and ATC is the unnecessarily hurried speed of speech.
Prayers to all those impacted by the incident.
@zaynewyo8424
Ай бұрын
🙏
@V1AbortV2
Ай бұрын
You’re a cuck, ya know that?
Many of the comments have been about immigrants and language and some people showing their colors. But the issue is not about accents and immigrants, it is about the need and requirement for clear and concise language between pilots and Controllers...and that is not negotiable. Demanding that in no way is discriminatory against any citizen's origin, it is about safety in a complex three-dimensional world that is getting more and more crowded. Come on people!
@user-lm2ix1xd4c
Ай бұрын
agree its not about accents or immigrants whatsoever. too many racist sheep these days, not enough self-initiated thought - racist groupthink. if problems ARE being caused by communication breakdowns between english-first and non-english-first speakers, then the problem lies with the regulations, standards, and efficacy of the safety protocols that must be in place to curb those potential communication barriers. fucking obviously. the problem certainly does not lie in non-english-language speakers simply existing as pilots. i cannot with people.
@kewkabe
Ай бұрын
You can't have clear and concise communication if someone has an undecipherable accent and poor English language skills. By the way most these foreign students are here on student/work visas, not immigrant visas.
@JackIanLin
Ай бұрын
I’m was immigrant child and used to be a school teacher in a predominantly immigrant school as a a grown up. One of the stupidest things I keep seeing is monolingual Americans thinking that shouting the same words louder will help someone understand. They’re just ignorant and xenophobic.
@JackIanLin
Ай бұрын
@@kewkabe aviation English is a highly specialized version of English that is designed to specifically mitigate differences in accents and dialect. Everyone one these highly motivated individuals has to pass ICAO English proficiency tests. You don’t have to have a beer with them but you also don’t have to be a nationalistic prick.
@cdncitizen4700
Ай бұрын
@@kewkabe The unclear communications seems to mirror the lack of flying capabilities. Given they declared an emergency, they sure weren't flying like one.
RIP
I am a former glider pilot, so not as cued into communication protocol as many commenting might be, but I wonder if they could have declared an emergency sooner so the Tower could have handled things differently? And also the nature of the problem. But it is unclear to me when the emergency surfaced.
@cageordie
Ай бұрын
They could, but they'd have been better landing and worrying about telling people why later.
@BlueSkyUp_EU
Ай бұрын
Truth is that is little ATC can do other than clearing up the airspace around you and maybe providing clearances for approach and landing. It's up to the pilot to fly the plane and make a safe landing. In extreme emergencies you don't even have to waste time and energy with comms. You just focus on landing the plane and do the explaining later. In this particular case they were so close to the runaway that is extremely shocking and sad to see how it all ended...
@cageordie
Ай бұрын
@@BlueSkyUp_EU Once you have called MAYDAY it's all up to you, ATC can give you help, but you don't need clearance to do anything. Even a military airfield will allow you to land once you say the three magic words. Very few pilots get that in the US. Listen to the Thompson 757 MAYDAY at Manchester, the pilot doesn't ask for directions he tells ATC what he's doing, because that was an ex RAF pilot and he knows how this works. UK ATC are very accommodating too. I've only ever heard one airport try to turn away an emergency and that controller chose the wrong person. That was Scott Purdue in a B-25 at Las Vegas McCarran. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGyazJuPn6ubg6Q.html
@michaeljuster67
Ай бұрын
Great post Christian. So sorry for what happened 😪 Eng fail right when you add power to do a missed app, is THE worst thing in a low powered twin. May Valentina rest in peace 😪 And to the keyboard warriors - 2000 hours as a MEI..and another 16k in easy overpowered airplanes .
@Daishi0861
Ай бұрын
Not sure what ATC could've handled differently, to be honest. The announcement of the emergency wasn't really the issue so much as handling the aircraft. Flying one-engine in a light twin like the semi at low speed is a pretty critical situation and regardless of how soon the ATC was made aware of the emergency, the pilot can land and discuss it later.
Usually on these instructional flights.. The instructor does the radios.. So i think she was the instructor. Sounds like they were doing simulated engine out... Either the student stomped on the wrong pedal or they had a real engine out. Even though generally going around single engine on these light twins is not a good idea.. Changing runways while low and maybe unstable was definitely not a good one.
@Leo-fk9ch
Ай бұрын
MEII here. Absolutely never, ever intentionally idle or shut down an engine that low at that speed. Never. This must be part of the training pre flight rule from instructor to student.
@briancooney9952
Ай бұрын
Watch again and listen. they were doing practice instrument approaches. By the time a student is in instrument training, their radio work needs to be WAY better than this.
@user-lm2ix1xd4c
Ай бұрын
@@briancooney9952 but that's not the student on the radio is what the first person is saying.
@dakotaconners107
Ай бұрын
@@user-lm2ix1xd4c could be the first person is guessing because she was the student.
@kennyr5906
Ай бұрын
They were probably doing a single engine instrument approach (as req for the exam), but under no circumstance you should be doing single engine go arounds. Either shut down the engine and do a full stop taxi back (pretty stupid if you ask me) or idle one and throttle both back up upon touch down for the go around.
What happened??
Another sad story. It is really frustrating when there is an "instructor" involved in an accident. Other things I noticed were the poor radio communications skills all around except for the controller.
@a_goblue2023
Ай бұрын
The controller confused 2 different planes, he confused them just as much
@BlueSkyUp_EU
Ай бұрын
I think we shouldn't jump to conclusions about the instructor just based on what we know at this point. There could have been something terribly wrong with the plane. Or the student might have gotten scared and pulled up all of a sudden causing a stall.
@cfm1337
Ай бұрын
@@a_goblue2023 this was after he witnessed the plane crash. Would love to see how calm you stay in a situation like this.
@a_goblue2023
Ай бұрын
@@cfm1337 your job as a controller is to stay calm in situations like this, if you can handle it don’t become a controller, errors like that in a big airport could cause major issues
@GOOBENsticks
Ай бұрын
@@a_goblue2023 You can stay calm and still slip up by saying the wrong number for two very similar names. Especially when one of them is so in your mind due to a crash. And communication works two ways, you're simultaneously calling the pilots incompetent if they did not realize the controller's MINOR error and correct it. Everyone involved worked through this slip up seamlessly, and you're here calling for them to be robots.
Definitely some confusion on the controllers part, I don't understand why the incident aircraft appeared to attempt to circle vs, just landing on the crossing runway, I'm not hearing anyone else in the tower to help the controller (sounds like he is in the tower by himself).
@RetreadPhoto
Ай бұрын
Holiday weekend. Maybe trying to trim it out and keep wings level?
@bradmarcum2927
Ай бұрын
She was cleared any runway. She indicated single engine. VMC rollover.
@Iseeyoulurking12
Ай бұрын
My guess is she was too high to land on 10R and attempted to bleed off altitude by landing on 14L but doing so turned to sharply and stalled
Rip !
RIP 🙏🏻
Which number AQP scenario is this?
It's sad. So young Girl.
Single Engine Go Around and VMC Roll?
I've replayed this flight over twenty times on Flightradar24.. She was at 50ft crossing the threshold of RW14, at 68kts heading east. She then gradually turned south, holding altitude at 25ft. Then quickly descended towards RW14 but crossed it at a right angle and heading towards some structures. One appears to be a restaurant. Now she's showing zero altitude but at 60kts and turning sharply right (north) and avoiding buildings but barely slowing down until the plane apparently flipped. The pictures show the landing gear lowered. I believe that if they hadn't flipped we'd be telling a different story.
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
I believe you need to add 250 feet to those altitude figures due to the altimeter setting of 30.17.
@Taino505
Ай бұрын
@@igclapp so you’re saying she was at 300ft over the runway?
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
@@Taino505 Yes, between 250 and 325 feet MSL, which is about 225 to 300 feet above the runway.
@igclapp It's really hard to say what she should have done in that case without knowing what the chain of events that preceeded the crash. You could say landing in the grass is better then what appeared to be them spinning into the ground. I think she was trying to fix the problem. That is the worse case scenario for an engine failure. Approach speed, flaps out, and gear down. And listening to the video, it looked like she had around 70 seconds from engine failure to the end. I use to go to Aviator. I even was an instructor there. This is all just really sad.
Why did the controller get 643 and 635 confused, don't answer it's rhetorical? Looks like an engine failure on short final and the confusion in the call-signs is a problem. I freaking hate the flight schools with their BS call-signs and not the most English proficient pilots. Use your N number and keep this clean for everyone. Two Seminoles in the same pattern with a 600 ish call-signs and tower clears the wrong one to land any runway. If this ends up being a messed of go-around due to confusion as to a landing clearance when they could have cut power and landed that thing on either runway, well that's just sad..........
@Airpaycheck
Ай бұрын
Airlines use call signs instead of tail numbers. I'm just sayin.................
@lancomedic
Ай бұрын
@@Airpaycheck Part of that is advertising and part of that is so that at busy airports ground controllers can say “follow company” or “let Southwest pass in front”. No reason that flight schools need to do that.
@jimarcher5255
Ай бұрын
Count me in on the bs call signs. Home field currently has 6 different flight schools and it’s confusing as hell.
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183
Ай бұрын
@@lancomedicadvertising? Come on man. 🙄. And no, it’s not so that ground can say: “follow company”. The call sign is the flight number. This way, airlines can swap airplanes, but still have the flight plan filed.
@lancomedic
Ай бұрын
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 Okay
Second crash from this flight school in 6 months
So tragic and sad!
RIP. As an MEI, I don't understand how the instructor let this happen. Aviate, navigate, communicate. Looks like the MEI forgot that, and that he was PIC. Who was flying, and why after the engine issue? Letting a student fly in emergency is fine - given the student, his experience, and circumstances. Real life CRM. They were perfectly lined up to land when the call was made about the engine, so why the go around? More often than not, a single-engine go-around is impossible due to weight, DA, and the low HP engine.
@marcomm7828
Ай бұрын
how do you know, SHE wasn't the PI here? She of course might have been in process of upgrading her license, but I really can't imagine a reasonable PI wouldn't have taken the charge.
@MarcPagan
Ай бұрын
@@marcomm7828 I'll wager you're correct, she was upgrading, and far enough along in training to handle everything - flying, instrument flying, and comms. The unknown MEI could have been a he or she of course. Statistically, a he. As 90% of pilots are men, plus or minus a bit. Of course again, the female might have been the MEI, handling comms whist giving the student a specific task or tasks. I did the same during a real engine out. But my student was a wizzo Air Force Lt. Col. working on his commercial twin, and rock solid on his VFR flying by then. I gave him the task to aviate - "You have the aircraft. Keep it straight and level, maintain heading 270. I have the comms and checklist".
@marcomm7828
Ай бұрын
@MarcPagan I'm guessing the engine didn't fail on short final in your case, so to let the student hand fly the plane gives perfect sense. In this particular case, the time frame was apparently very narrow, and things went south rather quickly. Can't wait what the investigation report reveals..
Rest in peace🥺
RIP....I got so many question about this incident, :/
Probably like Daytona - pulled the mixture - engine quit completely no restart - stall / spin
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
This was an avgas piston plane. The engine can restart fairly quickly when you move the mixture back to normal.
I don't think MOST pilots even think about an engine quitting. The ones that do always have a plan, instructing or not.
Despite the incident still a safe way to travel rip lost soul
It appears the right engine either failed or was shut down. Twin training is dangerous business. Why they didn't just land straight ahead is something the survivor of this accident probably knows.
Sadly this incident happened to a person whom I know. He's the one who survived this crash and I'm also sorry for the loss of the instructor
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear that. How is he doing? Is he able to provide any information about what happened?
Sad that this comment section has devolved by people who think their ancestors lived here 400 years ago and anyone with an “accent” isnt allowed to be here.
@dhardy6654
Ай бұрын
We are fed up with diversity and you are commenting about the blow back.
@lebojay
Ай бұрын
For some, hatred is an obsession and everything they see is an opportunity to apply their confirmation bias.
@jamesa5720
Ай бұрын
Do you not think it is a fair question to determine if language was an issue in this accident cause it sounded like it? What does that have to do with hating anyone?
@pgnandt
Ай бұрын
Well if you're a hammer everything looks like a nail. I couldn't understand her either.
@user-lm2ix1xd4c
Ай бұрын
@@jamesa5720 yeah, it's a fair question for the INVESTIGATORS to ask, not for bozos in youtube comment sections with about 15% of the total information needed in order to assess potential causes. obviously! there is no evidence***** here that her "accent" caused this crash. therefore it's fucking weird for so many people to be making hostile comments about an accent
There was a crash in FL yesterday, seems like it’s once a week now, really wanna see what when wrong.
@Jimmer-tr6bi
Ай бұрын
Get used to it! All these undertrained yo-yos are heading to the airlines
Very sad. RIP instructor. You sounded very professional all the way. I wish you would have just landed instead of going around. But you tried your best.
Total guess but they probably lost an engine and being so close to the airport were distracted by landing, forgot to feather, and stalled...Twin engine engine failure training kills more people than it saves...Just go ahead and say it..."Airport closed we've had a bad crash"...
The question[s] that arise after hearing that is 1) was the engine failure an actual one or simulated by the instructor?; 2) if the engine failure was actual did the instructor take flight controls and if not, why not?; 3) if simulated, why didn’t the instructor recover the simulation rather than let a bad situation become worse? 4) why was tower so deliberate about closing the airfield?; why did the instructor overload the student?; and 5) why did’t the instructor simply land the aircraft on Rwy 10R? The most import single action that a pilot can take in the event of a serious emergency (engine failure qualifies) is to land the aircraft safely.
@ericlarabell2177
Ай бұрын
Your questions are very Valid except for number 4. The tower called the airport deliberately closed so the fire truck from across the field could get to the crash site which the tower could see from the tower, The fire truck needed taxiways and runways. The big help came from the fuel service truck, they put out any prospective fire from one of the smoking engines as there was fuel spilling out of the wings. A sad note to the story, students from the academy showed up to take pictures with their phones.
@josephroberts6865
Ай бұрын
@@ericlarabell2177 agree with all. It seemed to me that A couple of minutes went by before Tower closed the airfield after seeing the crash. Maybe it was due to air traffic in the pattern, I don’t know, but seemed to be a bit longer than we normally see.
These frequent incidents are why many mechs prefer staying on the ground A&P/IA
Other planes either just switched to tower or weren't listening. At least 2 asked for full stop right after ATC declared field shutdown. Then one pilot asked if he could land on another runway. Really?
Rip;-;
So sad. I wonder why they didn't go for 10R. It's the longest and also required least manoeuvering from their position. Could the panicked "635" we hear at 02:32 / 02:33 be in fact the instructor from 643? If it was indeed 635, he regain composure quite quickly. And the women pilot speaking at around same timestamp, was she in the crashed accident? If so, her calmness is shocking.
What the hell happened here? Changed runways at last minute, missed it, turned too tight and stalled?
One engine inoperative landing is not very challenging. However, the worst and best decision they made was "go-aroud". It was max (go-around) power, sea-level, windmilling prop and landing speed which is very close to stall speed as well as Vmc. There are many people saying "why they did not put it on the ground?" But their survival instinct for the problem was go-around which is correct and works very well for most landing problems but not this time. That was just unfortunate. I guess I might take the same action...maybe...idk
@yungrichnbroke5199
Ай бұрын
“Why wouldn’t you have tried to go around instead you crashed a plane with a perfectly good engine” they didn’t have any great options so naturally people want to pick the one that feels most normal.
Looks like engine sim failed, failed for real with gear and flaps down. She needed to land it, but VMC roll or stalled instead.
Appears to be a vmc stall spin.
If your first instinct after watching this is to complain about immigration, there is something wrong with you.
@Whateva67
Ай бұрын
Why? Fuq em
@kevingraham2733
Ай бұрын
Never even come to mind, only yours it seems
@lebojay
Ай бұрын
@@kevingraham2733 my post was a reaction to comments I read here. It didn’t occur to me either. Like you, I was surprised that it occurred to others.
@MmmmJuicy
Ай бұрын
@@kevingraham2733 I was scrolling through the comments and noticed a surprising number of borderline racist comments. Like I know it's Florida, but that's really no excuse.
@lebojay
Ай бұрын
@@MmmmJuicy that’s what I’m saying Since my first post, a good number of misogynist screeds have come up to join the racist ones It’s like some people are obsessed with hate, and everything they see is an opportunity for them to apply their confirmation bias
My guess is she plainly lost control of the plane and it could be she was also new flying a twin engine. My reasoning is you basically don't start your IFR training in a TWIN and especially if you have low hours on flying the Twin. They don't say what kind of training was being done on this flight. Twin engine training or IFR training. It also; sounds like she was put on a fast track to obtain her commercial license by building twin engine time and getting her IFR rating at the same time.
@kennyr5906
Ай бұрын
Twin engine training requires a single engine instrument approach for the checkride though.
@dakotaconners107
Ай бұрын
@@kennyr5906 True however; I believe that that is required for a commercial rating but not required for your twin engine only rating. In general you get your IFR rating and Twin rate endorsement separate. If check ride is for getting your CFII or commercial with a twin then it may require a one engine approach
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183
Ай бұрын
@@dakotaconners107 I’ve seen your comments elsewhere, which have been incorrect. She was the instructor, not the student. Also, you have no idea what part of the training the student was in.
@dakotaconners107
Ай бұрын
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 Since there was no mention as to her status i made my comment based on her communication skills and the events leading up to the crash. Nice that you know for a fact she was the instructor. I didn't say what part of training was being done and neither did the video. The video only mentioned doing an IFR approach and go around then someone commented that they were doing it with one engine out. The only time, unless they changed the format in the last 30 years, that an examiner might require an engine out IFR approach in a check ride is for a commercial pilot rating. The IFR approach was not done if you were going for just a Twin Engine rating. Been There Done It and i have had my license for almost 40 years.
@yungrichnbroke5199
Ай бұрын
Seems obvious they were too high and far down the runway to easily land ahead with remaining runway.
Human factors are always such a big question in aviation accidents. At what point does a pilots trained decision making deteriorate into poor decision making? We had two C310's and a Baron. Fly straight ahead, (IVFS) pitch for blue line if not there, clean up the airplane and prepare to put the airplane down under control if blue line is unattainable. Messing with VMC/A is lethal, once that airplane starts to roll over you have no chance. See this interesting video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZ912saLd6rLirw.html Don't mess with being a test pilot, fly straight out. Then and only then do you give your brain a chance to apply proper single engine twin training. Tragic, RIP young lady. Interested to see what additional details come out about this accident.
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
Doesn't Vmca decrease with increasing density altitude and increasing weight?
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
@@maxtanicfilms No, Vmca decreases with increasing density altitude because maximum engine power is reduced and there is less yawing tendency from the operating engine. Therefore less indicated airspeed is required for the rudder to provide adequate counter-yaw.
I'm really confused why they didn't just land on Rwy 10? Were they too high?
looks like another attempt at the "impossible turn" back to the runway
@lebojay
Ай бұрын
Weren’t they already on final?
@confuseatronica
Ай бұрын
@@lebojayI thought so too but there's that hook at the ned of the track, I don't get it either. Maybe they just dropped a wing stalling and pulled out the other way before crashing?
@SierraBravo7970
Ай бұрын
Looks like it doesn’t it. However that’s not what happened here. They VMC’d the aircraft. Got to slow and rolled on her back. So so sad. There have been so so so many VMC accidents recently
did the engun propelor stop spinns
from the communication stand point. it doesnt seem efficient to have callsign such as those, where more than 50% of the call sign represent no valuable information, since Whitecap is the same for many aircrafts. it lends itself to confusion, takes airtime etc.
Who is doing these captions? 2:58 “extend your upwind” not ARFF1.
@the_flight_records
Ай бұрын
How a crashed plane can extend its upwind? 643 is disabled aircraft and it's on the ground. Controller said he'll send the ARFF (Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting) vehicle.
@JackIanLin
Ай бұрын
@@the_flight_recordswrong. The controller mistook WCP635 on the departure/upwind leg was WCP543. At 3:45 the controller refers to WCP635 flying runway heading as WCP543. You even highlighted the wrong callsign in red. 😏
@BlueSkyUp_EU
Ай бұрын
@@JackIanLin Auto translate says "I'll send you up one". That's what I also hear, but it doesn't makes sense. "I'll send you RF 1" on the other hand makes total sense given the circumstances.
What the Heck!
Unless the instructor is doing this out of love for instructing, its a time builder for many.
@billpugh58
Ай бұрын
Is that an accusation?
@gordo1163
Ай бұрын
Its a foreign pilot mil.
@johnbasiglone1219
Ай бұрын
@@billpugh58 It is most likely the truth. They either love instructing or building time to move on to get an airline gig. Generally, most instructors do not like instructing. It gets old very quickly and is more frustrating than teaching a teenager to drive by magnitudes of the nth degree.
@user-rt8jc5lh2t
Ай бұрын
@@billpugh58 no...an accurate observation
She was lined up on the runway and could have landed in that emergency. Instead chose to fly away from the runway and it appears attempt a tight turn to the crossing runway, stalling and crash the plane.
I had to land a duchess single engine (pretty much the same airplane) back in the early 2000s. Ironically it was runway 10R in Fort Pierce when I was doing time building with Ari Ben Aviator.
Took the controller long enough to stop airport operations.
@kewkabe
Ай бұрын
That's an airport manager decision, not controller.
@yenxid
Ай бұрын
It's not the controller's responsibility 😂
@johnbasiglone1219
Ай бұрын
I landed at night on a taxiway at the controllers request when a V-Tail Bonanza landed gear up on the one runway. Why should the other runway have been shut down. It was not a factor. It was well clear of the mishap. In my opinion the arriving flights should have been able to continue to land and at least taxi to a specified location. When I was coming into Fox Field, I was number two following the Bonanza. The tower advised me of the Bonanza gear up on the runway and gave me the option to take the taxiway. I said I could do it and loved it. AND THIS WAS AT NIGHT. After I landed I went out to the runway and was talking to the Bonanza owner and his son who were bringing the plane back from the East Coast as they just bought it a couple days before. The owner said it was a long trip across the United States and was excited to get home and forgot to drop the gear.
@alan_davis
Ай бұрын
@johnbasiglone1219 aren't you a legend... pity you understand f-all about airfield ops.
Whitecap 635 heard there was an accident and still wanted to do a full stop landing! OMFG!
@comcfi
Ай бұрын
Settle down blasphemer
@FollowTheJohn
Ай бұрын
@@comcfi okay tool!
Gear was down? Why Go around power Go around flaps Positive rate gear up. Rudder into good engine Or power to idle… just land straight ahead Either way. Poor ADM
@CanardBoulevard
Ай бұрын
It's a Seminole. There is no realistic "positive rate" on one engine. If you lose an engine, you are landing. Going around is suicide kissing Vmc.
Interesting, a flight school that seems to lean heavily on EASA Flight Training. Not that it should matter for standards but does explain the foreign students.
I once taught as a school where the chief CFI was a rich idiot. He could not fly IFR even with glass panel, Not if some winds, and hated steep turns. LOL. But was always wearing wings and well dressed.
Whats going on with General Aviation in the USA? It seems there is a serious accident every day. There can only be two reasons. Aircraft maintenance and pilot incompetence. Looking at NSTB data the latter is the main cause. In many cases it private pilots with minimal skills and experience trying to get home facing approaching darkness of bad weather, or simoply bad decisions. Looking at licensing, the max hours I could find to get an IFR in the USA is 40 hours. Some will do it in a day. In Australia its an 8 week full time course with 220hrs flight time. Thats just IFR. This is in addition to the minimum 150 hours for your pilots license. The minimum hours to get an airline pilots job here is 1500 hours including 500 multi engine.
@stevefisher2553
Ай бұрын
My guess is new money
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183
Ай бұрын
None of what you said is correct. A private pilots license in the USA requires 40 hours. Same in Australia. (Certain schools in the USA and Australia can bring that to 35 hrs) Instrument rating is next. Takes an additional 40 hours in the USA. Roughly the same in Australia. A commercial license in the USA takes 250 hours of flight time. It takes 200 hours in Australia. ATP license is 1500 for both the USA and Australia.
@michaelspunich7273
Ай бұрын
The US GA accident rate has been coming down for years. ANd it is way below the average so far this year. Your words are all false.
@stevefisher2553
Ай бұрын
@@michaelspunich7273 watch the news, daily carnage.
@igclapp
Ай бұрын
Private aviation has never been safer. There were literally four or five fatal crashes per day decades ago.
The controller got the two Seminole Aircraft call signs confused. Definitely part of the problem and creating confusion in the entire scenario. He’s got one job and failed miserably when he was needed most.
@andremichau2455
Ай бұрын
He seemed to become flustered, yes, but I cannot see how the ATC caused or contributed to the incident.
Si..we speak many languages. You?
Until flight instruction becomes a true profession with rigorous qualifications and a curriculum that meets airline standards with real life scenarios, this crap will continue. Amazing that so many "pilots" have no knowledge of what keeps an airplane in the air. Disgusting!
@Richard-iu9sf
Ай бұрын
Agreed
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183
Ай бұрын
Majority of pilots in the USA started their careers as an instructor. It has worked fine for over 50 years. Do accidents happen? Sadly yes, but that doesn’t mean the system is broken.
@hillarynicole5089
Ай бұрын
The school pays $15/hr… hard to have a true profession when there’s no incentive. You also don’t have the facts, so to immediately put the blame on pilot error is incredibly insensitive.
@jennypeters4012
Ай бұрын
Ummm you have NO idea what happened...
Stall is not your friend
Indecision at the wrong time and little to no experience (both pilots). A fatal combination that rarely works out well. I've had more simulated engine failures during part 135 check rides than I can count. Always with real airplanes (LR25/35, C310R & E110) and experienced check airmen. Better do everything right immediately and without hesitation. These incidents are becoming disturbingly common. We play for keeps in this profession...
Gezzz I don’t understand what happened.
Very sad. Barely a student, teaching a student. Puppy-mill training is all well and good, until an emergency happens. Seeing too many inexperienced instructors snd their students getting killed recently. Actually Way too many GA accidents. Whats going on?
@michaelspunich7273
Ай бұрын
The US GA accident rate has been coming down for years. A itnd is way below the average so far this year. Your impression that there ae tons more accidents is just incorrect.
@tymatt4555
Ай бұрын
Lots of training going on. I agree accident rates aren’t unusually high. And teaching in the twin is a very unforgiving. I was an instructor at aviator in 95. Started at 300hr and didn’t move on until I had 900hr of duel given in the twin. Even very experienced instructors have messed up teaching or giving checks in the light twins. Very unforgiving.
@someotherdude
Ай бұрын
@@michaelspunich7273 I find that very hard to believe, that the GA accident(fatality?)rate has been declining for years.... and I want this to be true. Can you post the specific stat? Flying requires an excellence and focus in people that our culture doesn't create any more. Basically, we don't have what it takes as a society, even as GA grasps ever more people to sustain itself, while putting forth the lie that GA is 'safe'. It isn't.
@michaelspunich7273
Ай бұрын
@@someotherdude Overall accident rates decreased from 4.69 to per 100,000 flight hours to 4.28 and the fatal accident rate decreased from 0.84 to 0.77 from 2020 to 2021, respectively.” Non-commercial airplane accident rates fell slightly, with the fatal accident rate declining to 0.86 and the accident rate decreasing to 4.87. The YT channel, Probable Cause, with host Dan Gryder goes over every single GA fatal accident that occurs in the US. You should check it out.
FAA should mandate glider time before allowing the step up to power training. Far too many fatals caused by the inability to perform basic maneuvers. It can end up saving the pilot money because many glider hours can be used for Private and Commercial ratings.
As a former X-15 jockey, Shuttle commander, and Concorde captain, I completely agree with the guys comments below.
Seen a lot of Seminole training wrecks in the last few months, MEI training is definitely lacking.
Your training is complete.
Why go around with single engine?