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To: TalBlack

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2009/february/pilot/safety-pilot-landmark-accidents-the-day-the-music-died

...The board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s unwise decision to embark on a flight which would necessitate flying solely by instruments when he was not properly certificated or qualified to do so.

Contributing factors were serious deficiencies in the weather briefing, and the pilot’s unfamiliarity with the instrument which determines the attitude of the aircraft...


20 posted on 02/03/2019 1:12:32 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: jjotto
"which determines the attitude of the aircraft..."

Never fly in a plane that has a bad attitude.

;)

57 posted on 02/03/2019 2:27:39 PM PST by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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