August 10, 200916 yr The Cessna was at or very close to ceiling altitude (12,000') with a summer density (13,000') in mountainous terrain. The pilot waited for close rising terrain in front and on both sides before trying to bank a U-turn to head back the way he came. He banked in excess of 45 degrees. This resulted in eventually stalling and impacting the trees and ground completely inverted, killing both himself and a passenger. The plane wasn't found for three years. For the purpose of collecting info for the forest service, he had mounted a VHS recorder in the cockpit, thus capturing his final moments and mistake(s) prior to the crash. The tape was allowed by the family to be used for training pilots only, but the "moratorium" expired after 20 years and now the video is public domain. The link below describes in detail the whole story, although I have doubts about the VHS tape hanging in the trees for three years and then being repaired for viewing. That just sounds far fetched. Video of crash and moments leading up to it. The turn and eventual crash takes place starting around 6:20. I didn't find it graphic, as there is no screaming or anything of that nature (visually or audibly), just the pilot telling the pax, "Ronnie", to hang on. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=316_1249535759Crash info and NTSB link: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=37640Short version of just the few seconds prior to turn and crash:http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/...ort-Version.wmv - Chris Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | Intel Core i9 13900KF | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB | 64GB DDR5 SDRAM | Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling | 1TB & 2TB Samsung Gen 4 SSD | 1000 Watt Gold PSU | Windows 11 Pro | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Thrustmaster TCA Captain X Airbus | Asus ROG 38" 4k IPS Monitor (PG38UQ) Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard | Intel i7 4790k CPU | MSI GTX 970 4 GB video card | Corsair DDR3 2133 32GB SDRAM | Corsair H50 water cooler | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (2) | EVGA 1000 watt PSU - Retired
August 11, 200916 yr Yea, i saw that posted on another forum a few days ago. Gave me the goosebumps throughout the whole thing, knowing the ending. - Red E8500 @ 4.1 | EVGA 275GTX (overclocked) | 2x2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline @ 1066 | Samsung 24inch LCD @ 1920x1080 |
August 11, 200916 yr Hardly anytime to be terrified. God rest their souls. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Zachary Waddell -- Caravan Driver -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zwaddell Avsim ToS Avsim Screenshot Rules
August 11, 200916 yr This is a popular video when teaching about mountain flying and human factors in flight.This shows that you should only fly at a mountain if you can see to the other side. Also turn away from the canyon walls and not towards them. Chris Miller
August 11, 200916 yr that's just too high an altitude to be flying in a light single engine airplane. you have no room for error, can't climb more than a few hundred feet a minute to avoid anything
August 12, 200916 yr Also the engine didn't sound like it was leaned properly. Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings. Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”
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