Another fatal ... Near Seattle

This one hits really close for some reason - I feel like that could have been me. RIP folks.
 
You just never hear about 17 year olds dying in small plane crashes.
 
You do if you've been flying long enough. :(

While I hate hearing of any fatals, hearing one where the "mission" for the flight and the demographics of the people on board match your own, always gets your personal attention a touch more than the others.
 
We lost one last Fri near Rock Springs Wy...... 320 Cessna left Sydney, Ne for a stop in Riverton, Wy... CAP flew the route looking for it... Den /SLC center had a fix on the VFR target that left Sydney.. Last radar hit was at 11,000 msl a mile or so where the wreckage was found... Maybe ice.:dunno:.

The guy ran the FBO in Winnamuca NV.....

Godspeed fellow aviator.:sad::sad:

http://silverpinyon.com/breaking-ne...local-plane-goes-down-in-wyoming-pilot-killed
 
HEY cut him some slack.... Living where he does the prolonged oxygen deprivation takes a toll. You have to give the folks from Baja Wyoming a little consideration. :D
 
gcd89 said:
I wonder what the cause was.
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When it happened last month the TV shots of the site showed a very contained debris field, like it had gone straight in from altitude. Weather wasn't great at the time but not out of the ordinary for the time of year. Structural failure???
 
Threefingeredjack said:
Weather wasn't great at the time but not out of the ordinary for the time of year. Structural failure???
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The flight left KVUO around 2320Z, and the accident was about halfway between KSPB and KKLS. I have no idea what happened, but there was not a lot of sky available for doing primary maneuvers that afternoon.

KVUO 150153Z AUTO 11010KT 10SM -RA BKN020 BKN025 OVC030 06/04 A2981
KVUO 150053Z AUTO 12009KT 10SM -RA BKN023 BKN029 OVC034 06/04 A2982
KVUO 150015Z 12008KT 10SM -RA BKN024 OVC031 07/05 A2982
KVUO 150008Z 11007KT 10SM -RA SCT024 OVC031 08/05 A2982
KVUO 142353Z 11006KT 10SM -RA BKN024 OVC031 08/06 A2982

KSPB 150153Z AUTO 14006KT 9SM -RA BKN008 OVC015 07/07 A2978
KSPB 150134Z AUTO 13005KT 6SM -RA BR BKN008 OVC013 08/07 A2979
KSPB 150116Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM -RA BR BKN011 OVC017 07/07 A2979
KSPB 150053Z AUTO 08005KT 5SM RA BR OVC017 08/07 A2980

KKLS 150155Z 16005KT 9SM FEW026 SCT042 OVC055 08/06 A2978
KKLS 150135Z 16004KT 10SM FEW030 FEW042 OVC049 08/06 A2978
KKLS 150115Z 17004KT 10SM OVC049 08/06 A2979
KKLS 150055Z 15006KT 10SM BKN049 OVC060 08/06 A2979
KKLS 150035Z 15009KT 10SM BKN048 OVC060 08/06 A2979
KKLS 150015Z 15010KT 10SM OVC060 08/06 A2980 RMK AO1
KKLS 142355Z 14011G14KT 10SM SCT041 SCT047 OVC060 08/06 A2980
 
Tom-D said:
Yeah, anything northwest of Denver is near Seattle.

Flatlander thinking.
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That was direct from the original KOMO story. That's what they called it. I just summarized what they had on the page at the time. Probably revised by now.
 
Arbiter419 said:
Don't know why I click on these things anymore...dammit people, fly safe.
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It reminds us that we are doing the right thing when we cancel a flight.

I felt a little bad about canceling on the flight to help at Minam. It was the right call but still...
 
Tom-D said:
Yeah, anything northwest of Denver is near Seattle.

Flatlander thinking.
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Well, that's the first time I ever heard the term "Flatlander", and Denver in the same post. :rolleyes:
 
Oy. Rather unusual to hear about fatals from primary training flights. Reminds us we're all of us mortal. RIP.
 
Anthony said:
Well, that's the first time I ever heard the term "Flatlander", and Denver in the same post. :rolleyes:
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Actually... We are the "Queen City of the Plains"... :)

We're in a natural "bowl". Native Americans that first settled here noticed the bowl shape of the land at the confluence of the rivers was often significantly warmer than the grassy plains "where the buffalo roam(ed)".

They were just surviving utilizing something we today know as a "temperature inversion".

Which was also the cause of the infamous "brown cloud" over Denver prior to emissions controls on particulates.

More information than you ever wanted on Denver's geography. It's Monday. I aim to please. ;)
 
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