Very weird. Not being a pilot, I have a hard time understanding where on the plane the red "transfer" marks were found. Can someone give me a quick overview of their distribution? From what I can glean from the report, the marks are mainly on the left side but there is the "Top of right elevator adjacent to outboard hinge" marking. Any significance to the location of the markings?
The pilot's final transmission is "I needed to deviate...". Why the past tense? Is he asking permission to deviate from his flight plan because of the emergency?
For what it's worth, a Cessna 208B is a high-winged, single-engined, fixed-gear turboprop that's used as a light cargo plane and small passenger hauler.
Here is a link to Cessna's site on the 208B so you can see what it looks like.
As for that transmission...all I could think of is that maybe as the guy was riding the plane down, his thumb jammed the transmit button down and that was his version of the "Oh God oh God oh God" sometimes heard on CVRs?
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