Cirrus SR22 crash near Santa Barbara

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According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the crash occurred around 2:16 p.m. near Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. The aircraft has been identified as a Cirrus SR22 with the tail number N124LZ, registered to LIMA ZULU AIRCRAFT CORP. CNN has confirmed that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is affiliated with the company. His publicist, Michelle Bega, released a statement saying, "Two professional pilots whom Mr. Zemeckis routinely employs were flying the aircraft. There were no passengers on board."

Small Plane Crashes Near Highway 101 in Goleta, Two Seriously Injured

GOLETA, Calif. – A small private aircraft crashed in an open field just north of the Storke Road offramp on Highway 101 Wednesday afternoon, leaving two

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Ground track via ADS-BExchange:

 

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N124LZ HUD view in FlySto (simulation is based only on KML data):

Note on the animation… it’s only based on Groundspeed. If they can recover the SD Card they’ll have IAS and full AHRS.…

BTW, watch the video again and only look at the VSI… very interesting.… at 260’ (~MSL) -6000 fpm… then slowed down toward approx -3000 fpm or less just before last ADS-B data point. Seems a last-second "save" by the BRS.

 

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