Holy cow, this airplane has been on a bad streak of luck. The crash site at Lake Berryessa is about 13 miles from my hangar and I fly over that lake a lot.
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Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
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Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
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- FastEddieB
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Re: Icon--There Will Probably be More Such Crashes...
What a morbid thread title.drdehave wrote:...as more of these airplanes get out there, . . .
Bill Ince
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Re: Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
Agreed. Thanks for the heads-up.
- CharlieTango
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Re: Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
I don't see this as a float plane issue. The thought of entering a canyon when I'm cruising around at 50 some knots really bothers me.
I canyon fly 3 days a week and even at 13,000' I want my AI to be reading 95 knots, spare energy can be useful for exiting a canyon in an emergency.
I canyon fly 3 days a week and even at 13,000' I want my AI to be reading 95 knots, spare energy can be useful for exiting a canyon in an emergency.
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Re: Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
I'm unfamiliar with this area and only have seen the pictures from the crash site. From those, it appeared that the canyon "floor" was lake. With the luxury of time to consider options, was immediately landing in the water and taxiing out of the canyon an option for them at all? Or was it "we're screwed" situation once they made the turn into the wrong canyon?drdehave wrote:Holy cow, this airplane has been on a bad streak of luck. The crash site at Lake Berryessa is about 13 miles from my hangar and I fly over that lake a lot.
- Bruce
Re: Icon Crash--Up a Box Canyon with No Way Out
Pretty narrow...likely the 'we're screwed' feeling.