Jaybird180
Final Approach
This month's issue of Plane and Pilot (sorry I can't find the link to the online article, I get the print edition - anyone?) has an article about an accident that occurred in 2003 with a 250TT something IR student with 57 training hours. The student was 'close to his checkride' according to the CFII and he had 19 VFR transition training hours in his new SR-22 (please no Cirrus bashing in this thread).
The family sued Cirrus and UND and lost after an appeal. Here's the NTSB report http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/ouemaq45drqz2wvnc2yfvt551/I08272012120000.pdf
I was thinking about the article and what caused the pilot to succumb to spatial disorientation and I think I have a theory:
The desire to maintain VFR in IMC conditions is the culprit. No seriously, that's it! I theorize that if one accepts that he is in IMC conditions, and flys the airplane without regard for what is outside the window, chances of a successful outcome increase.
I think VFR-IMC accidents always include PANIC. And it is PANIC that kills.
The family sued Cirrus and UND and lost after an appeal. Here's the NTSB report http://dms.ntsb.gov/aviation/AccidentReports/ouemaq45drqz2wvnc2yfvt551/I08272012120000.pdf
I was thinking about the article and what caused the pilot to succumb to spatial disorientation and I think I have a theory:
The desire to maintain VFR in IMC conditions is the culprit. No seriously, that's it! I theorize that if one accepts that he is in IMC conditions, and flys the airplane without regard for what is outside the window, chances of a successful outcome increase.
I think VFR-IMC accidents always include PANIC. And it is PANIC that kills.