Tragic. Cleetus McFarland (Garrett Mitchell) broke the news really quickly after the crash. Not cool imo.
NASCAR star Greg Biffle....
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Shaman
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They were friends. I imagine that he's in shock.
That's fair but keep your pie hole shut for a bit. Mourn privately. Allow friends/relatives to get a phone call instead of finding out from a viral post. Hell, start making the calls to those you know to let them get emotionally ahead of the story.
Many of the aviation youtubers have a policy of not commenting on any crash for at least 24 hours. That gives official channels time to do their thing. It's not a bad policy imo.
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Shaman
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I agree with all of that.
But I also know that if I lost a friend suddenly like that (sadly, I have), I might slip up. There's a few friends in recent years surrounding racing and motorsports that come to mind. Had a really hard time with them, mentally. RIP Tim, Jose, Grant, Ali. Ain't forgotten you.
Obviously nothing concrete yet but right engine seems to have a bunch of damage. Radio call from the plane said it was running rough. Right baggage door is not obviously in the wreckage. That door has opened and been torn off before on similar planes. When that happens, luggage goes into engine. Pilot did not appear to have a single pilot certificate for that plane (or there was a paperwork error or they got it very recently).
Flaps and gear were out and that jet can't fly single engine with flaps and gear and maintain speed. It looks like they ran out of energy on a single engine VFR turn to land and settled it into the ground.
With the benefit of hindsight, flying straight ahead and landing at a huge airport would have had far better odds and a similar flight time. Clean plane, single engine and it should be ok to fly. No need for sharp turns. Single pilot in emergency situation was likely task saturated. Tragic.
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Sorry for posting in Fallen Riders. I didn't realize which section the original thread was in. Thanks for moving my posts.
Flaps and gear were out and that jet can't fly single engine with flaps and gear and maintain speed. It looks like they ran out of energy on a single engine VFR turn to land and settled it into the ground.
With the benefit of hindsight, flying straight ahead and landing at a huge airport would have had far better odds and a similar flight time. Clean plane, single engine and it should be ok to fly. No need for sharp turns. Single pilot in emergency situation was likely task saturated. Tragic.
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Sorry for posting in Fallen Riders. I didn't realize which section the original thread was in. Thanks for moving my posts.
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Saw footage from a nearby business' surveillance cameras of the crash. No one was surviving that.
