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I would say it's somewhat clear that the wing(s) shown at a distance weren't on the part of the plane that hit the apartment building. My guess is a panic pull when the ground first came into sight. :/ From what I know from other accidents the fuselage often doesn't stay intact, with the wings...

I fly a PA-30 and maintain at a shop that's pricey and particular. At around 200 hours a year I think $170-$200/hr for total costs is reasonable. It will all depend on what condition you buy in vs. maintain to and what upgrades you do while owning it. I have about 1100# useful load with up to 90...

Ok, finally, the long awaited report is out. But it's a factual report, not a probable cause. Does that mean they'll not release probable cause? The news headlines are about fuel pumps causing it. But I read the whole report and to me it sounds like 5 of the 6 pumps were working just fine, and...

If you buy a 20R sitting for several years plan on overhauling the engine after about 400 hrs if not before.

I understand better now your sensitivity and motivation. I have no idea how you teach your students, but I'll just say before I leave you with this thread and whatever it is you want people to think that I would never confuse being told to head to Freeway with being given a heading. A heading is...

Wow. Brad, I'm not sure what your beef is, with three posts now doubting the experience I've had, my having completed the training, or having competence to follow directions. I am not an expert at these things, only a commercially rated pilot that as I've said has flown into CGS a couple dozen...

I took the course and followed the procedures. I just found that VFR I got vectored all over the place, often with completely new headings when passed to a new controller. I found arriving in CGS to be easier IFR, and departing to be easier VFR. But I've only been in there 15-20 times so in no...

I did the paperwork about five years ago in half a day as well. College Park is a great little airport to fly into, just watch out for deer when arriving at night and remember it's a pretty short 2600' runway. I went in there many times from Georgia in a Cherokee, and a few times in a Twin...

I could be wrong, but I don't think that having the word "Charter" in an LLC that "owned" a single aircraft would necessarily require it to be operated as a charter company. According to the records I've seen the dentist/pilot was not commercially rated. News reports gave conflicting information...

This may sound old fashioned, but in my opinion earning your instrument rating without glass forces the development of thinking skills related to situational awareness that you just don't have to learn when flying on a glass panel. VOR and ILS/LOC approaches under the hood without a moving map...

Thanks for your message Ronnie, I hear what you're saying. I'm not trying to rush to judgment on this, or be critical of the pilot. Perhaps I am too preoccupied with initial reports, but I find that except in unusual cases (this will probably be one of them) I might not be very timely in my...

I see. That makes sense. He actually may have not feathered the first engine thinking it was still producing some thrust. And you're right, if he was low and slow when the second quit there wouldn't be much time. I noticed when I listened to the one-sided recording that the controller went so...

So that could make it difficult/impossible to restart the one that failed at 12,000 feet. But 10 miles out when the second failed it might not have been a factor for the second engine, as I would imagine him not having much altitude left. In any case, it seems your theory about running an aux...

There is a 1975 Seneca, N1467X, registered to a similarly named LLC with the same address as the LLC for the accident airplane. I would assume it was his. The plane was only registered in May, but since 2006 had been in a similarly named LLC with an Ashland address which I think I recall being...

Both fuel pumps failed, and neither prop feathered? Could he had been flying on the boost pumps with inop engine driven pumps? Otherwise wouldn't he have electric pumps to use in case of mechanical pump failure?

Thanks, that's what I thought. I realize we will know a lot more in a week or so when the preliminary report comes out, but this one really bothers me not only because of the obvious extraordinary human tragedy involved but because it occurred while at FL120 in cruise, when one would assume the...

Hi Kristin, This was a rough weekend for twins. :/ I was curious, and thought you're just the one to ask: If an engine wouldn't feather, but was seized so not windmilling, wouldn't a Navajo still be able to maintain a decent rate of decent, even if it couldn't climb? I know he was trying to get...