Twin Commanche. Ouch.
A very nice Twin Comanche. I knew the CFI and the owner well.
Condolences to you and the other friends and family. I have flown in and out of Billard a few times. Nice airport. Didn't know them.
Man, I sure hope it wasn't a case of the CFI saying, "Here, I want to show you something."
The pictures of the wreckage show a right prop where one blade looks pretty straight like it was stationary. I think you are correct a simulated engine out. If it was spinning with power it would be bent forward, and spinning at idle power bent backwards.That wasn't Kevin's style. At least not with me. It was a dress rehearsal for the checkride so it may have occurred during a single engine landing and they got low and slow under blue line. That's pure speculation on my part, the plane landed upright so it may have been just a hard uncontrolled landing. If I recall, the plane didn't have shoulder harnesses.
A very nice Twin Comanche. I knew the CFI and the owner well.
Wasn't meaning to imply anything bad about the CFI, like he was hotdogging. I know it was checkride prep, but on checkrides sometimes the DPE says, "Let me show you something." I was hoping it wasn't a case where something simple like that went wrong.That wasn't Kevin's style. At least not with me. It was a dress rehearsal for the checkride so it may have occurred during a single engine landing and they got low and slow under blue line. That's pure speculation on my part, the plane landed upright so it may have been just a hard uncontrolled landing. If I recall, the plane didn't have shoulder harnesses.
He was a single dad and was taking care of his adult son who has some significant medical issues. Don't know yet what's going to happen there. Sad stuff, learned a lot from him.
If I recall, the plane didn't have shoulder harnesses.
The pictures of the wreckage show a right prop where one blade looks pretty straight like it was stationary. I think you are correct a simulated engine out. If it was spinning with power it would be bent forward, and spinning at idle power bent backwards.
According to an 'aviation expert' it was a simulated engine out.
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/439520023.html
Though, I don't think you'd EVER do a T&G on a single engine as the article describes.
I don't know who that yahoo is, but I think his commentary is pretty ridiculous and disgusting. I suspect he's some self-promoting fame seeker who wants his name in print.
"As soon as he got offshore, he's looking at a black hole," said Robert Katz of Dallas, Texas, a flight instructor and 35-year pilot who tracks plane crashes across the nation. He contacted the Daily Courier after reading of the Belnap crash. "No useful horizon at all. You don't see a thing. There is no doubt in my mind this pilot became spatially disoriented."
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...f/2016/07/spatial_disorientation_may_hav.html
Seems he's trying to self promote as an Aviation Safety Expert. Most people just do that on POA but he took it a step further!
If he keeps at it, soon he'll be as knowledgeable as Mary Schiavo.
So, it's been over a year since this accident and there still isn't a Final report out yet from the NTSB. Anyone heard anything on this?