tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post2248273597627373157..comments2024-03-18T16:47:17.085-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: Cessna 210A Centurion, N9436X: Fatal accident occurred September 08, 2019 near The Florida Keys Marathon International Airport (KMTH), Monroe County, FloridaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-67408301491753981762021-05-24T22:33:54.113-04:002021-05-24T22:33:54.113-04:00Hello I was a close friend of Kseniya and we'r...Hello I was a close friend of Kseniya and we're going down to Marathon for a memorial get together with her family in early July. I just wanted to thank you for your good deed and your post. Please contact me if you have any more information that might help with closure. thepatriot707@hotmail.com Jay<br /><br />stornello5https://www.blogger.com/profile/05090283655285574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-33164712287505951262021-05-19T20:55:23.076-04:002021-05-19T20:55:23.076-04:00Paul had 40 years flight experience with a commerc...Paul had 40 years flight experience with a commercial pilot certification including 1,500 hours and had filed an IFR flight plan. He most certainly was flying the plane on instruments at the time the event occurred so I doubt if spatial disorientation was a cause.<br /><br />Still no final report from the NTSB but looking again at the preliminary report it would appear that the engine was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488073055105202978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-29494499408274473312019-09-25T14:42:27.408-04:002019-09-25T14:42:27.408-04:00This accident and the accident with the C-140 in S...This accident and the accident with the C-140 in South Dakota are essentially the same accident.<br /><br />Marginal light conditions. Lose sight of the horizon during rotation / takeoff. This flight over water. The flight in South Dakota over remote prairie (similar optical illusions). In both cases a hazy and poorly defined horizon. <br /><br />The biggest danger is that the pilot is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-37523080989699576082019-09-23T17:40:07.364-04:002019-09-23T17:40:07.364-04:00Was the AI corroded as a result of being submerged...Was the AI corroded as a result of being submerged in salt water for a short time? Was the rotational scoring a result of the impact with the ocean? Sounds like the conditions at takeoff were right for spatial disorientation and LOC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-780636096072823672019-09-22T13:30:30.504-04:002019-09-22T13:30:30.504-04:00NTSB: "The directional gyro was also disassem...<i>NTSB: "The directional gyro was also disassembled for examination. It's [sic] rotor and housing were corroded; however, one rotational score was observed on the housing."</i><br><br />So, the AI gyro was spinning. But I wonder if the corrosion suggests the possibility of the AI's poor condition that could have resulted in precession errors and indication errors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-30200232488099533842019-09-21T17:16:37.002-04:002019-09-21T17:16:37.002-04:00Reported separation of engine, both wings, detache...Reported separation of engine, both wings, detached/crushed cockpit suggests high energy impact event. Survival very unlikely, not able to swim out and tread water, so flotation devices or nearby boat for immediate rescue attempt would not have made a difference. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-48051932579156512012019-09-21T17:08:37.619-04:002019-09-21T17:08:37.619-04:00"So, could this have been developing over tim...<i><b>"So, could this have been developing over time, eventually failing, leading to the accident?</b></i><br /><br>"Broomstrawing" (NTSB forensics jargon for "splaying") indicates that the control cables were intact until they were broken by crash forces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-20997156441469363442019-09-20T21:10:08.620-04:002019-09-20T21:10:08.620-04:00Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 2800 ft agl
&q...Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 2800 ft agl<br />"The airplane reached an indicated altitude of 425 ft mean sea level about 90° through the turn, before descending in the turn and impacting the water."<br />"False Horizon– When the only or most distinct visual reference is a cloud formation, it can be confused with the horizon or the ground. A sloping cloud deck that extends Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-73169216929517685522019-09-20T11:25:20.868-04:002019-09-20T11:25:20.868-04:00"Control continuity was confirmed from all co...<i>"Control continuity was confirmed from all control surfaces (except for the right aileron) through cable breaks at the fuselage, to the cockpit controls. The cable breaks exhibited broomstraw features consistent with overload separation."</i><br /><b>So, could this have been developing over time, eventually failing, leading to the accident?</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-11855504022711126862019-09-17T12:24:06.575-04:002019-09-17T12:24:06.575-04:00It sounds like Mr. Brezinkski was "teaching G...It sounds like Mr. Brezinkski was "teaching Grishina to fly"[1] because of their shared passion for aviation rather than remuneration.<br />As the obituary beneath his handsome photo above indicates, Mr. Brezinkski "was an avid pilot for 40 years";<br />and Ms. Grishina was previously married to a successful, older businessman in the Dallas area who is a private pilot.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-92204399559290379642019-09-16T19:08:31.374-04:002019-09-16T19:08:31.374-04:00Blessings to you for your good-Samaritan deeds.
An...Blessings to you for your good-Samaritan deeds.<br><br />And thanks for the clarifying information.<br><br />Hopefully, the NTSB Preliminary Report will be out by around Monday, September 23, 2019.[1]<br /><br><br>References<br><br />1. "This report is typically available within two weeks after the accident."<br><br />NTSB. <i>General Aviation Accident Investigations: Information for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-23090749869192009372019-09-16T13:03:02.771-04:002019-09-16T13:03:02.771-04:00We were the mariners who discovered the bodies. T...We were the mariners who discovered the bodies. They were both out of the plane. I can't say whether they survived the impact for any length of time. I can say that we found a seat floating, and parts of a wing - on the bottom, several hundred yards from where I believe the USCG was sitting on the main wreckage, prior to even knowing there was a crash. The bodies were further away still, ospreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021560229792476532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-4765928145810315322019-09-15T19:42:28.505-04:002019-09-15T19:42:28.505-04:00A mariner discovered one of the deceased ?? Surv...A mariner discovered one of the deceased ?? Survived the crash and tread water for some time ? Old airplane manufactured 1961.CFI no mo'https://www.blogger.com/profile/04667716301835105268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-50637825269020158762019-09-13T14:46:15.865-04:002019-09-13T14:46:15.865-04:00According to the FAA, the takeoff time was 06:30:0...According to the FAA, the takeoff time was 06:30:00 EDT.<br />At that time, the sky was in nautical dawn (morning twilight).[1]<br /><br />N9436X might have been waiting to depart by the dawn's early light--which apparently it did.<br />However, spatial disorientation from the low light and the relatively featureless expanses of the gulf and the ocean is a possibility.<br /><br />Of course, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-80321148236435562962019-09-11T20:07:14.435-04:002019-09-11T20:07:14.435-04:00I doubt he was teaching her to fly at 6am in total...I doubt he was teaching her to fly at 6am in total darkness. Spatial disorientation or some people did something; in daylight (day vfr), I would suspect the fatalities could have been avoided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-48901688819871688002019-09-11T18:02:01.795-04:002019-09-11T18:02:01.795-04:00"Brezinski was teaching Grishina to fly ....&..."Brezinski was teaching Grishina to fly ...."<br />https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-towson-plane-crash-20190909-20190910-gdyfmonslffsddxb2y2voix76i-story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com