tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post2063269462768800630..comments2024-03-28T21:15:11.065-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II, N42CV: Fatal accident occurred December 28, 2019 near Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT), Louisiana Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-72505069083497035682021-09-17T10:21:54.396-04:002021-09-17T10:21:54.396-04:00Reading docket, I wonder if "unknown drag&quo...Reading docket, I wonder if "unknown drag" will be a failure to feather prop on a troubled engine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-84545424085957771102021-09-17T08:15:58.715-04:002021-09-17T08:15:58.715-04:00Docket is now available for public access, no fina...Docket is now available for public access, no final report yet.<br /><br />One item of interest in the docket is that the elevator trim tabs were positioned for full nose up as found in the wreckage. See pg 4 through 6 of the Systems Factual Report. <br /><br />The powerplant factual report does not appear to indicate trouble with engines or props.<br /><br />Docket:<br />https://data.ntsb.gov/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-45417649401119585542021-07-25T21:44:02.106-04:002021-07-25T21:44:02.106-04:00Yes I have been in this airplane. It had a glass c...Yes I have been in this airplane. It had a glass cockpit. But I believe it was too damaged for data to be pulled. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910433195073820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-74228403870176676342021-07-25T21:42:27.053-04:002021-07-25T21:42:27.053-04:00He would have been late for the game had he not le...He would have been late for the game had he not left until 11am. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910433195073820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-30060636139759287412021-07-25T21:32:30.604-04:002021-07-25T21:32:30.604-04:00The airplane had a brand new glass cockpit. The airplane had a brand new glass cockpit. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910433195073820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-55611946951384911402021-06-09T21:43:00.223-04:002021-06-09T21:43:00.223-04:00Pilot made a very poor decision to take off under ...Pilot made a very poor decision to take off under those conditions. I have no problem holding him and his company accountable for that. Five people put their lives in his hands and perished. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-9957338474319777172021-02-05T07:21:10.703-05:002021-02-05T07:21:10.703-05:00Sheeeze . . . commenting about illegal charters. ...Sheeeze . . . commenting about illegal charters. What is your axe to grind with these people you are trying to take down? Are you running a competitor ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-45683168954237531962021-01-14T12:33:19.435-05:002021-01-14T12:33:19.435-05:00This. The plane seemed to clear into a space where...This. The plane seemed to clear into a space where some control may have been regained. I understand get-there-itis and I guess they were racing to get to an event of sorts in that delaying an hour would have meant being late but reason with this, make it there an hour late or make it your early grave, which would you prefer? <br /><br />As others noted here including a person that lives close toColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370646322329032930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-7599307585772252232020-09-14T11:42:39.878-04:002020-09-14T11:42:39.878-04:00EXCELLENT point.EXCELLENT point.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756372638733298816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-52506261942983464912020-09-03T21:12:32.836-04:002020-09-03T21:12:32.836-04:00Not hard to say at all. Spatial disorientation. Not hard to say at all. Spatial disorientation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-7872126916369563002020-08-16T10:45:41.831-04:002020-08-16T10:45:41.831-04:00Minimum is not the same a minimal. There has to b...Minimum is not the same a minimal. There has to be a minimum standard.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853710959125872573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-15263959205562729732020-08-08T21:49:32.757-04:002020-08-08T21:49:32.757-04:00About an or or so later, the weather was really ni...About an or or so later, the weather was really nice. I live near the crash site. VV was about 200 reported.. it wasn't a cloud based ceiling it was all fog. Once the fog cleared (before 1100), it was partly cloudy and unr vsby. The pilot should have waited a bitDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086989123846636820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-52896842986178015522020-08-08T21:39:31.976-04:002020-08-08T21:39:31.976-04:00All the pilot needed to do was wait about an hour ...All the pilot needed to do was wait about an hour or so when it became unrestricted and party cloudy , VMC. I live nearby and heard the crash. It was very foggy- not "cloudy". VV was 200ft maximun.. not a ceiling of cloudsDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086989123846636820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-27099063807704421802020-07-07T23:26:38.249-04:002020-07-07T23:26:38.249-04:00“climbed at a rate that varied between 1,000 and 1...“climbed at a rate that varied between 1,000 and 1,900 feet per minute”<br /><br />Isn’t 1900 ft / min way too much VSI in these IMC conditions?<br />Why not climb out at 500 ft min until you get some altitude?<br />The ol’ steady as she goes scenario jmw_Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658944444946288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-60238452054383427562020-04-29T08:03:51.894-04:002020-04-29T08:03:51.894-04:00Hard to say what happened here, so won't specu...Hard to say what happened here, so won't speculate. Referring to an earlier comment about workload on climb out in IMC; I can think of two occasions when I told a controller to "standby, flying the airplane right now." They completely understood the situation and I was complying within 15-20 seconds. Aviate first, always. Controllers can wait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-7074890434222788912020-04-24T18:52:29.141-04:002020-04-24T18:52:29.141-04:00I worked at this facility and worked on and fueled...I worked at this facility and worked on and fueled this airplane. I can promise you this plane was not misfueled, but the pilot was not super qualified as he did not have a ton of hours in type. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-68091886057438616782020-02-22T18:07:15.350-05:002020-02-22T18:07:15.350-05:00Survivor from the plane is doing well and has been...Survivor from the plane is doing well and has been discharged from the hospital (17 Feb). Story and photos:<br /><br />https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/plane-crash-survivor-released-from-hospital<br /><br />Also have 19 Feb status on the person who was ground-injured (see the Gofundme page):<br /><br />https://www.gofundme.com/f/britt-family-medical-expenses/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-66446825790075096922020-02-04T16:52:38.507-05:002020-02-04T16:52:38.507-05:00That story makes sense if you parse "called m...That story makes sense if you parse "called me one night" + "were laying on their sides" + "he straightened up" as meaning there was a cell phone call while it was happening and he got the new pilot out of trouble. As long as the "years back" is not before cell phones.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-85605499613596148212020-01-31T13:29:52.927-05:002020-01-31T13:29:52.927-05:00OMG. How did he survive? Got out of IMC and reali...OMG. How did he survive? Got out of IMC and realized he was in a spiral?pantdinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230869804983501724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-43666277289636644122020-01-21T09:12:26.033-05:002020-01-21T09:12:26.033-05:00I was a training captain at a small cargo airline ...I was a training captain at a small cargo airline flying 402s years back... one of the new pilots called me one night and told me that all the gyro instruments failed in IMC. Both horizons were laying on their sides, HSIs spinning around crazily... I told him that he almost killed himself and he needed to pay attention, quit, or die. He straightened up and was hand flying to 1800 RVR next month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-87294836948465020912020-01-18T22:37:20.405-05:002020-01-18T22:37:20.405-05:00Seems like there will always be SD accidents from ...Seems like there will always be SD accidents from pilots who "get by" in occasional IMC by relying on that working autopilot to do the flying. They don't hand fly enough IMC to recognize and ignore the conflicting inner ear inputs, so if the autopilot can't fly the plane for them, there is no "plan B". <br /><br />But those same pilots still think they could hand fly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-39844549357714344552020-01-18T16:50:23.791-05:002020-01-18T16:50:23.791-05:00Two injured in deadly Lafayette plane crash contin...Two injured in deadly Lafayette plane crash continue making progress Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-12118014803487441462020-01-18T16:48:15.788-05:002020-01-18T16:48:15.788-05:00https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_...https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_6becee18-3976-11ea-9901-cf1f5d8a101f.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-34590058495520111672020-01-13T05:43:10.469-05:002020-01-13T05:43:10.469-05:00Textbook graveyard spiral with a last second snap ...Textbook graveyard spiral with a last second snap correction once he got below the clouds but too late. Might have been structural failure at that point.<br />From personal experience a steam gage attitude indicator is very small and the 2 degrees drift described wouldn't even register on it or barely. One generally has to cross check with the directional gyro to make small inputs to maintainMarcPilotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-91575594119693899332020-01-11T08:51:15.969-05:002020-01-11T08:51:15.969-05:00Thanks. Looking at the video, it appears that it w...Thanks. Looking at the video, it appears that it was equipped with <br />perhaps a Garmin G500 or G600 which is an excellent display. I would be <br />interested to know if that system has any type of memory that will <br />reveal it's condition, notably was there a failure of the Attitude <br />Heading Reference System (AHRS) or any sensors. If there was a failure <br />of the AHRS the pilotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com