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Ok,
I just saw this in my AvwebFlash, and thought it was interesting.
from:
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/596-full.html#191783
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From The NTSB report:
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
So interesting defense claiming he was only along for the ride as a passenger.... of course the other two witnesses are dead so it's kind of hard to determine what's what here....
Something tells me there is something else here, but we are not in the know.
1) He didn't file the flight plan, the guy in the rear seat did.
2) He was in the front right, which is where an instructor usually sits.
3) The Avweb article lists him as an instructor, but the NTSB does not...
Hmmm.....
What do you folks think about this?
Regards,
Joe
I just saw this in my AvwebFlash, and thought it was interesting.
from:
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/596-full.html#191783
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[FONT=arial,helvetica,geneva]Pilot Says He Was A Passenger In Crash Plane[/FONT]
An Ohio flight instructor says the NTSB is wrong to assume that just because he was the only one aboard a plane with the proper credentials that he was the pilot in command. Matthew Sullivan, 24, of Dublin, Ohio, was sitting in the right front seat of a Bonanza when it crashed a mile short of Rock Hill/York County Airport in South Carolina in July.
"I was strictly a passenger," Sullivan told the Rock Hill Herald. There were two other pilots on board, including the owner of the plane, and both died in the crash. The owner, Dr. Bill Coulman, sat in the back and Eric Johnson, whom Sullivan understood to be an experienced ex-military pilot, was in the left seat. But it was an IFR flight and only Sullivan held the instrument rating.
He's also an instructor. And the story could be much more complicated. In a letter to the NTSB, quoted in the Herald, Sullivan said he had no idea he was the only one with an instrument ticket and he wasn't acting as an instructor. "Dr. Coulman owned the plane, filed the flight plan and made the decision as to who would fly the aircraft," Sullivan wrote. "Mr. Johnson actually flew the plane knowing he did not have the certification or authority to do so.
It would be an injustice to blame me (as an invited guest) for their errors." The crash had nothing to do with the weather. Fuel mismanagement led to a loss of power, according to the NTSB. The question of who was flying is, of course, important in determining liability and could have an impact on Sullivan's future flying career.
From The NTSB report:
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
On July 24, 2005, at 1100 eastern daylight time, a Beechcraft V35B, N9JQ, registered to and operated by a private pilot, collided with the ground during a forced landing in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The personal fight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot received serious injuries. The pilot rated passengers in front left seat ,and the rear seated passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Ohio State University Airport, Ohio on July 24, 2005, at 0900.
PILOT INFORMATION
Review of pilot records revealed the pilot was issued a commercial certificate on July 30, 2003, with ratings for airplane single engine, multiengine land and instrument ratings. Review of medical records revealed the pilot held a third-class medical certificate issued on February 1, 2005, valid when wearing corrective lenses during flight. Review of pilot records indicated that the pilot accumulated a total of 900 flight hours.
So interesting defense claiming he was only along for the ride as a passenger.... of course the other two witnesses are dead so it's kind of hard to determine what's what here....
Something tells me there is something else here, but we are not in the know.
1) He didn't file the flight plan, the guy in the rear seat did.
2) He was in the front right, which is where an instructor usually sits.
3) The Avweb article lists him as an instructor, but the NTSB does not...
Hmmm.....
What do you folks think about this?
Regards,
Joe