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Horrible. Prayers up.
Link
Air traffic Audio Plane Crash El Cajon San Diego California
https://rumble.com/vrilgj-air-traffic-control-audio-plane-crash-el-cajon-san-diego-california.html
“...clipped a power line...”
The pilot must have been flying real low.
For some reason that even the Air Traffic Controller can’t understand, the pilot decided to do a VFR landing with a 500 foot ceiling.
I’m not knowledgeable enough to say, but looks like a really dumb move. Why would you drop out of IFR?
The Learjet was returning from Medevac missions, with two pilots and two nurses aboard. A tragedy.
I saw an F-105 crash within 2 blocks of my elementary school in Las Vegas in 64. We were on the playground at 2 o’clock and the jet was vertical tail up and the after burner melted the flashing on the school roof. The jet crashed into homes down the street and killed 8 people. The last thing the pilot said was that he couldn’t hit the school. It exploded in a huge fireball. It left an impression on me and everytime I hear a plane nearby I cringe. The pilot was a hero.
I heard the audio the other day. I heard an impact just before the pilot starts to curse.
I thought it might have been a drone or a bird, but never considered a powerline.
He obviously didn’t know where he was but the video showed the plane literally dropping out of the sky…
Looks to me in the video that the plane banked to much and completely lost lift.
Never fly on a private plane.
The pilot of the DC-10 that lost an engine (fell off the plane) after departure from OHare just said “Oh damn”.
I think I’d be screaming something else, but that’s just me.
I’m not a pilot so this might be a stupid question .If you are certified to fly a jet then that means you are at the top of the heap in terms of flight training.Why didn’t the pilot look at his altimeter so he knew where he was in relation to the ground.
The video with the view from the cockpit is much better.
I've watched lots of "Air Disaster" episodes and it amazes my how many even commercial pilots don't seem to know how to use the four basic flight instruments: ADI, HSI, Airspeed indicator, and Altimeter.
While that certainly sucks for the pilot, that also has to suck for the Air Traffic Controller that had to listen to those death-screams.
I was flying into Chanute Air Force base at night in an F-102. The sky was clear of traffic and I was concerned about the amount of fuel. I called the tower for permission to come straight in, and it was granted. Now one of Chanute's runway parallels the Interstate highway. I throttled back, engaged spoilers, and descended to land between the blue lights. Well, crap, the blue lights went above my head and I saw headlights coming toward me! I pulled up the gear, and hit the throttle, climbing back out.
I called the tower and told them what happened. They said to parallel that by 400 feet and I'd be OK. I came around, offset the path, and descended once again. Woah!, The blue lights rose above my head again and this time I saw taillights trying to get off the road.
Again I called the tower, and asked him if his runway lights were really on. He said "Sure! Oh shit! How about now?". Now I could see real runway lights off to my right. I landed on that stretch of pavement, but ran out of fuel before I could taxi to the parking spot.
I asked him he how could mistake the lights along a highway for runway lights. He said under some weather conditions those mercury vapor lights look just like runway lights.
The weather was described as terrible. Best I can tell, this airport does not have an instrument landing system (ILS), only lights along side the runway that provide visual guidance for the correct landing glide slope.
I was an instrument rated private pilot in my past life long ago and would not have tried to make a landing at this airport in these weather conditions.