The known circumstances of this incident suggest spatial disorientation leading to loss of control, resulting in overstressing the aircraft and structural failure prior to impact–an all too common fact pattern.
Agreed.
You might be referring to the TBM-700 (N731CA) crash in 2011, also a single engine turboprop, but not a PC-12. That crash was clearly the result of ice. This one is not clearly the result of ice, if you look at the radar data. It looks a lot more like loss of control due to spatial disorientation after the autopilot was turned off or switched itself off. Icing might have played a role in the autopilot disengaging. Interesting there was no distress call. The NTSB will hopefully work it out over the next 2-3 years. One thing is pretty clear, though: the parts that separated from this aircraft are not likely to have caused this crash.
Yep.
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Why can we just say NO? Sad.
Why can we just say NO? Sad.
The pilot should have made a NO GO decision from his weather report. Two pilots would not have made a difference. Take a look at the crash from American Airlines from Dallas to Little Rock the weather they were dealing with. 9 people died in that crash.You just never know when it’s gonna bite you in the tail.Lets take a look at the pilots proficiency. Human factors take a real good look at that. I see the pilot got in way over his head should’ve waited on better weather conditions. As for the patients if needed to go at that time better figure out another way to do it. This is a problem I’ve seen in corporate. I got to get there now we don’t have no other way and it forces and pushes the pilot to go.What I have Witness
In my 37 years in aviation.
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