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dstclair
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: PiperSport Crash in FL |
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http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2011/may/07/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-near-spring-hill/news/
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=b811d68d-77d4-413c-8570-0c0035986f33&Dynamic=1&Range=NOW&FromDate=05%2F7%2F2011&ToDate=05%2F9%2F2011&Category=%2Findex.cfm
No real details yet but this seems very strange. The PiperSport has a chute but perhaps it didn't work? The pilot was also a skydiver. Did he figure the descent rate was such he could ride it down? And why throw out the clothes -- maybe to change the CG to get out of unrecoverable spin? Lot's of quesions that are unlikely to get answered.
Hopefully this was a Dynon and Garmin GPS equipped plane and the NTSB can dump the data. Might be able to figure out what happened. |
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zdc
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| That is real strange. |
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designrs
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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More here:
http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2011/05/pipersport-lsa-pilot-killed-in-plane.html
Unless Piper/SportCruiser came out with a night lighting kit installed on that plane, what was the pilot doing flying a VFR day aircraft at night?
The pilot reportedly was a CFI with parachute experience... but it must have been really difficult to bail out of a low-wing canopy plane like the PiperSport. Very unusual crash.
Very sad and unfortunate, of course.
Condolences to all who were close with the young pilot. |
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designrs
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:33 am Post subject: |
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According to a SportCruiser post, preliminary reports say the plane came apart in the air. Perhaps a botched spin recovery?
http://czechsportaircraft.ning.com/forum/topics/pipersport-crash-1 |
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cogito
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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The sportcruiser I fly is set up for day/nt. vfr: nav, cabin, landing, nav. lights etc. The owner, a PP, flies it night vfr.
designrs wrote:
Unless Piper/SportCruiser came out with a night lighting kit installed on that plane, what was the pilot doing flying a VFR day aircraft at night?
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rsteele
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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No less than EADS is using a CriCri for an electic engine test bed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRVVdYU1c0M |
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