Any pilots out there want to weigh in on this?
In both engines at the same time?
The poor man just lost his son but they still must take their dig. Sick.
I have only been in a light aircraft once in my life and know very little about aviation.
Still I bet some pilots could have landed it and some not. I remember seeing an interview of Bob? Hoover on TV. He said that Chuck Yeager was probably the only pilot in the world who could have saved the Bell X-1 when it went out of control and into a spiral, also knocking him unconscious.
Didn’t senator Inhofe experience something like that?
Something that actually looked like a murder attempt?
Earlier thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3090075/posts
High workload plane that few fly alone. Doesn’t have regular ailerons and here is a special license u need for these babies. Plus you have to re licence like crazy —they’re fussy weird birds, these ones.
It was also a small plane crash.
Sounds like a twin with one Engine out. (Witness) In this situation during approach airspeed is critical with a motor out. If you get too slow and try to maintain airspeed and or altitude you van get below a speed called Vmc air (Velocity min. control) where continued increase of power can cause the Pilot to lose rudder authority and lose control due to a loss or reduction of Rudder authority. This is a concern in any non centerline multi engine plane and a concern we used to address all the time in the Military. (This based on the witness saying an engine and prop were not running) Good article at this site:
http://www.rapp.org/archives/2012/02/vmc-rollover/
..And due to the design of the flight controls...
...requires prompt recognition and execution of engine-out procedures in order to handle the emergency and land safely.
Dr. Inhofe - RIP
I’m not a pilot, but it looks like he crashed less than 10 miles from the airport. Incredibly close.
A client of mine survived a crash (at night) a few years ago. He pointed out to me that Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma are easy to find an emergency landing spot in, since its so flat and mostly clear of trees.
I wonder if Inhofe was so close to an urban area, that he lost that advantage, and did not have endless flat terrain to land in.
“Controversial Republican Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe...” What?
I had the pleasure of living in Tulsa for three years, and got to know Mayor Inhofe about a year after I moved away. My first meeting with him was in his office in Tulsa and he talked about a recent trip he had led to Central America on a relief mission. The mission consisted of people who owned and flew their own aircraft, and that was just one of their activities. From all I have seen of him, controversy was probably about what anyone in public office would encounter.
Go take a peek at the site that shall not be named and you can see all of the DUmmies dancing on the grave of this poor guy. These people are full of such hate they would kill you If ever given the power and the opportunity – don’t forget that. It’s what leftists do.
The Mitsubishi MU-2B is a fairly high performance aircraft but also fairly old so takes a bit of skill to fly and has a history of biting those that are not well trained in its flight characteristics. The FAA requires special certification for this plane and although it can be flown by a single pilot it probably should be flown with two, especially if they are low hours pilots as it can get away from you very quickly in an engine out situation. Not a good plane for a week-end warrior and noticed that the guy has only been flying since 2009 so probably doesn’t have as much experience as you would want with this type of plane.
Prayers up.
I pray I die before any of my children
Very sad. This kind of news could break a lot of men. Hopefully, it will not break the good senator.
The Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 has a reputation of being a very difficult aircraft to handle in an emergency. The aircraft had a terrible loss record until transition training was put into place to keep people from making mistakes when losing an engine.
If Dr. Inhofe was not familiar with this particular aircraft, it could well have been pilot error. If he had been trained in the peculiarities of this design, it would be harder to say.
Prayers for Jim. I have donated to him in the past, he is a TRUE conservative.