Missing 182 from Sept 2006 found 5 miles from Sedona

[TangoWhiskey]

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events03/media/02_2700Q.txt

I know some areas out there are very remote--I've been to Sedona. Things can be hard to spot from the air. To think that it took 2.5 years for somebody to find this accident, in an area of this "remote area" that is relatively actively flown over, hiked, etc.... sobering.

http://www.n2700q.com

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events03/media/02_2700Q.txt

I know some areas out there are very remote--I've been to Sedona. Things can be hard to spot from the air. To think that it took 2.5 years for somebody to find this accident, in an area of this "remote area" that is relatively actively flown over, hiked, etc.... sobering.

http://www.n2700q.com

Something doesn't add up with this story. SAR had the initial estimation of the fire location from the crash by the hikers from early on. How much area could that be, even out west here? Then they use the same data to find the plane years later...

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

It's a really remote area out there, not accessible very easily - it's a long drive out there, you're nuts if you go in anything less than a jeep, and then you're left with a few more miles of hiking, at the minimum. There's a reason that's where a whole bunch of Indians lived - you're hard to find up there.

Still, it's kind of surprising that when there's a picture of an actual fire that's reported, in an area that is kind of prone to forest fires, it wasn't found right away. Wonder what happened.

 

[SteveinIndy]

It was a breakdown in communication across several agencies (local, regional, state and the US Forest Service). Also the NTSB and FAA had the wrong fuel amounts in the reports they issued that were used to help with the search and this was apparently not corrected even when it was brought to their attention. I have been talking to the father of one of the deceased persons from this crash and we are hoping to continue to help organize people to find the surprising number of missing aircraft out there today in the US.

 

[Obi Heed Kenobi]

It was a breakdown in communication across several agencies (local, regional, state and the US Forest Service). Also the NTSB and FAA had the wrong fuel amounts in the reports they issued that were used to help with the search and this was apparently not corrected even when it was brought to their attention. I have been talking to the father of one of the deceased persons from this crash and we are hoping to continue to help organize people to find the surprising number of missing aircraft out there today in the US.

I was expecting something like that - something like the fire report going to the local dispatch, and the message not making it to the searchers.

Somewhat ironically, there is another wreck from a few decades ago (we're talking the 30's) in that general vicinity (it's up on the rim itself and has to be accessed from 89A once you pass the switchbacks on the way to Flagstaff). It's just sitting there, no one has ever hauled it out.

Anyway, good luck.