tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post5948521590615118519..comments2024-03-28T21:15:11.065-04:00Comments on Kathryn's Report: Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer, N3606A: Fatal accident occurred November 07, 2020 in Dunn Center, Dunn County, North DakotaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-52848065440228234742020-11-17T12:41:37.306-05:002020-11-17T12:41:37.306-05:00Checking maps rather sure I spotted the small gras...Checking maps rather sure I spotted the small grass runway near Emerson where he took off which even that is a head scratcher to try in the dark. The hills are fairly low around there looking at the terrain which makes me wonder if why he didn't get much altitude, not that he should have been flying in the first place.<br /><br />So many questions on this one. Where was he going? Why was he Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370646322329032930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-6218324209731654752020-11-13T17:03:48.808-05:002020-11-13T17:03:48.808-05:00Don't know if he was freshly minted or not. Y...Don't know if he was freshly minted or not. You can't trust the Airmen Cert link on the FAA website. I rec'd my ticket in 1996 and when I paid the $2 for the new credit card size license, it came with an issue date of 11 March 2019. So if you go by the website, I'm a "freshly minted" pilot after 24 years at the controls. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-67248931216528101732020-11-11T17:25:02.658-05:002020-11-11T17:25:02.658-05:00Yeah come on ADM,more like "A Dumb Move"...Yeah come on ADM,more like "A Dumb Move"..sorry but true and it cost this guy his lifemartin moffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812578254869426661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-25433688961478466082020-11-11T10:47:38.911-05:002020-11-11T10:47:38.911-05:00Bad Judgement & Newbie is the Key word here.....Bad Judgement & Newbie is the Key word here....Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519237112047139454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-75408506382534575932020-11-10T20:20:43.588-05:002020-11-10T20:20:43.588-05:00gretnabear, we have seven Tri-Pacers and Pacers in...gretnabear, we have seven Tri-Pacers and Pacers in our group near Portland OR, two of those have good IFR panels (no icing of course)<br />But it's a fact that a freshly-minted pilot with low hours departing in a single engine plane after dark, in the fog, from a rural strip amongst the hills is a really bad idea.<br />If you cannot see the ground as you depart you don't get to choose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-14549725162750959872020-11-10T13:32:44.628-05:002020-11-10T13:32:44.628-05:00At least he didn't take anyone else with him.
...At least he didn't take anyone else with him.<br /><br />I'm curious to see if the autopsy will show if anything contributed to his extremely bad judgement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-24514317139651728222020-11-10T09:29:18.661-05:002020-11-10T09:29:18.661-05:00Freshly minted. Apparently his instructor forgot ...Freshly minted. Apparently his instructor forgot to include ADM in the syllabus. Very sad.C-172 Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530800131389242069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-43237551801114762472020-11-09T06:09:58.545-05:002020-11-09T06:09:58.545-05:00N3606A, 1953 PA-22-135 was registered to his name ...N3606A, 1953 PA-22-135 was registered to his name on 04/23/2019. <br /><br />Airmen Registry has him:<br />CHRISTOPHER RUSSEL HANS<br /><br />Medical Information:<br />Medical Class: Third Medical Date: 12/2019<br />Certificate: PRIVATE PILOT <br />Date of Issue: 6/13/2020<br /><br />Ratings:<br />PRIVATE PILOT<br />AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-56039865425972187802020-11-08T22:17:22.470-05:002020-11-08T22:17:22.470-05:00no self respecting life loving instrument rated pi...no self respecting life loving instrument rated pilot would have flown under those conditions with a tri pacer's era panel!gretnabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532199082129778356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-38504630914881213452020-11-08T20:03:28.910-05:002020-11-08T20:03:28.910-05:00I'll go one beyond: was the pilot even rated f...I'll go one beyond: was the pilot even rated for a PPL. We've read many a story here on KR about rural non-rated pilots killing themselves (and a few urban non-rated who kill others with them). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060827553081940333.post-69740062341854886972020-11-08T18:54:17.259-05:002020-11-08T18:54:17.259-05:00"took off in the dark from a private runway i..."took off in the dark from a private runway in a heavy fog".... IN A TRI PACER. $500 says the deceased did not have an instrument rating, the airplane was not appropriately equipped or certified for flight in IMC conditions, and that he had done this before. <br /><br />That Darwin, he's a heartless bugger. TexasAviator1946https://www.blogger.com/profile/08174191250891580532noreply@blogger.com