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NTSB: Pilot's actions likely caused Earnhardt plane crash
A pilot's inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew's decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family in 2019, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Wednesday. The NTSB's final accident report points to actions by the pilot and co-pilot in the Aug. 15, 2019 plane crash at an airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Earnhardt was with… (www.yahoo.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Food for thought. Which is more embarrassing, having to make a go around with the boss on board because you are high and fast or busting his airplane? Remember you are the Ace of the base, except you spell it differently than I do.
By eye witness, the first touchdown was about 5+G's with a big bounce over a third way down the RW. the landing gear was damaged the first IMPACT, not a touchdown.
The weather was good, wind on their nose. Came in high and fast impacted the RW then tried to force it on the ground which was successful if you consider a crash a successful landing. Just pure Amatures landing in a panic for no reason. It has auto throttles. Just select toga pitch it to 10, flaps to approach and all will be fine for another try. I call it "Get on the ground itis panic syndrome".
The weather was good, wind on their nose. Came in high and fast impacted the RW then tried to force it on the ground which was successful if you consider a crash a successful landing. Just pure Amatures landing in a panic for no reason. It has auto throttles. Just select toga pitch it to 10, flaps to approach and all will be fine for another try. I call it "Get on the ground itis panic syndrome".
By eye witness, the first touchdown was about 5+G's with a big bounce over a third way down the RW. the landing gear was damaged the first IMPACT not a touchdown.
The weather was good , wind on their nose. Came in high and fast impacted the RW then tried to force it on the ground which was successful if you consider a crash a successful landing. Just pure Amatures landing in a panic for no reason. It has auto throttles. Just select toga pitch it to 10, flaps to approach and all will be fine for another try. I call it "Get on the ground itis panic syndrome".
The weather was good , wind on their nose. Came in high and fast impacted the RW then tried to force it on the ground which was successful if you consider a crash a successful landing. Just pure Amatures landing in a panic for no reason. It has auto throttles. Just select toga pitch it to 10, flaps to approach and all will be fine for another try. I call it "Get on the ground itis panic syndrome".
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And regarding the owner/drivers: With engines costing upwards of 30k, and having to have at least two, and various parts, and the frame and coverings costing more tens of thousands, the 'sport' as gotten out of hand. It's lost a great deal of its soul. It's sad, really. It more resembles 'big-time wrestling'. tragic.