Exactly. At first, I thought maybe they had just squeezed in an arrival before the bottom fell out, but they were departing(!). A sequence report like that would be about a 12/10 on my pucker factor scale…
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You have to wonder what was going on in the instructor’s mind. A sequence like that would have me inside with a cup of coffee.
I hope the NTSB and Diamond fully evaluate the survivability (or in this case non-survivability) aspects of this occurrence. A stationary aircraft of recent design, flipped over, should be survivable with little or no damage to the occupants. Were they appropriately restrained? Was there intrusion of any outside object into the pilot/passenger area, causing injury? Did the roll bar (in the case of Diamond designs located behind the front seat area) appropriately protect the pilots? A sad occurrence, for sure.
5kts gusting to 49kts. That’s pretty unbelievable.
Was that the METAR when he started the plane or, when he reached the hold short?
When I worked at ORD, a Barron arrived at night. While taxing in, he taxied behind a B747 who had just begun a maintenance runup. It flipped the Barron killing the pilot. Our only fatality during my years there. I was surprised then that it just flipping could have killed him.
From Kathryn’s Report:
AnonymousTuesday, September 6, 2022 at 10:51:00 AM EDT
They didn’t anticipate or intended to beat the rapidly developing buildup when the taxi began at 20:43Z (as captured in Adsbexchange track of taxi, linked at end of this comment).
Taxi was underway at 2043Z, with this 2041Z report:
KORL 012041Z 15011G16KT 110V180 10SM TS SCT041 BKN060 BKN095 32/23 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS TSB35 T03170233
They stopped movement on the taxiway at 2045Z. Then:
KORL 012053Z 12029G38KT 2 1/2SM R07/5500VP6000FT TSRA FEW020 BKN039 OVC060 27/22 A2995 RMK AO2 PK WND 11038/2053 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB51 TSB35 SLP142 P0009 60009 T02670222 55019
And:
KORL 012057Z 10043G54KT 1/2SM R07/2600VP6000FT +TSRA SCT022 BKN039 OVC060 24/21 A3002 RMK AO2 PK WND 12054/2055 LTG DSNT ALQDS PRESRR P0015 T02440211
Last ADS-B data point captured was 20:57:14Z.
Capture of the taxi track:
globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a52243&lat=28.545&lon=-81.338&zoom=16.6&showTrace=2022-09-01&leg=3&trackLabels