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'Climb the airplane,' pilot told before California crash
“The first thing you do when you’re in trouble is call, climb and confess — and he did not do any of the three," Diehl said. “These are very basic rules that flight instructors tell their students.” (abcnews.go.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
What this diatribe of comments show is how easy it is for the uninformed to make rudimentary and speculative assessments based on their egos.
I have over 5000 hours as an Army aviator (now retired), both FW and RW, and many hours of IFR in the clouds in both types. All this in aircraft without all the electronic bells and whistles. If a pilot is "qualified" by FAA to fly IFR, then they must be proficient in hand flying the plane without a flight director or auto pilot. This means maybe shutting off the bells and whistles ever now and then and actually flying the aircraft IFR when you are in the clouds. If you can't do that well, you are an accident waiting to happen. Just my opinion from and old school pilot.
With over two decades of flying a Cessna 340 for a corporation on a daily/weekly basis I can tell you that if you watch the videos of that crash that is the most unusual attitude for a Cessna 340 you could possibly get it into. I have over 100 hours at Flight Safety C340/421 simulator in the Cessna 340 with other pilots and never saw anybody get into that unusual of an attitude. Very very stable aircraft in the roll axis. The 340 won’t just roll on its own, even with an engine failure the plane will stall before VMC in clean configuration.
The 340 is a VERY good iFR platform and they ALL came from the factory with a three access auto pilot. Most have been upgraded over the years.
Before you all go speculating this is going to take some time to work through. I believe it is not going to be a normal result like some of the things mentioned (spatial disorientation etc.). I’ll wait to see what the experts at NTSB say. Very sad and sorry for all involved
P.S The pilot had flown that aircraft a lot on that same milk run. Something went way wacko for the tragic result.
The 340 is a VERY good iFR platform and they ALL came from the factory with a three access auto pilot. Most have been upgraded over the years.
Before you all go speculating this is going to take some time to work through. I believe it is not going to be a normal result like some of the things mentioned (spatial disorientation etc.). I’ll wait to see what the experts at NTSB say. Very sad and sorry for all involved
P.S The pilot had flown that aircraft a lot on that same milk run. Something went way wacko for the tragic result.
In b4 vaccident...
My analysis of his ADS-B data and audio is that he was confused by his approach clearance. It looks like the moment he intercepted 28R ILS, he disengaged his auto-pilot and attempted to fly towards an extended centerline for 23, the runway he had clearance to land on while he was still outside the FAF and in IFR conditions. When ATC cancelled his approach clearance, it appears he was still hand flying the aircraft and did not re-engage his autopilot, perhaps because he was trying to get it to cancel the approach and switch to heading and altitude assignments, since that was how he was being controlled by ATC. Unprepared for the deviations, he was distracted from flying the aircraft, became disoriented, and barreled out of the clouds at an orientation and speed at which he was unable to avoid hitting the earth.
Has it occurred to anyone that engine failure may have occurred?That would have explained why the airplane couldn't climb.That would explain why it was having problems with directional control.Flying a light twin with an engine failed is a very demanding task.Being in the clouds makes it much harder.
A/P failure?
Possible, as a contributing cause. However, it could never be the real cause of the accident. If the Auto-Pilot failed and the pilot crashed, his inability to deal with an A/P failure is the cause of the accident. My guess is that any failure of the A/P to operate was due to it being purposefully disengaged by the pilot.