[quote]Speaking of learning some lessons ... There seems to be a misconception amongst pilots that if you enter a flat (or otherwise non-vanilla) spin, YOU WILL DIE This is totally false. It is quite simple to flatten and/or accelerate a spin, both upright and inverted, and yes you can recover from ...

I understand that adding power causes the airplane to pitch up, but wouldn't the additional airflow over the tail have increased elevator effectiveness and helped breaking out of the spin? It may have a very slight effect but not enough for the elevator to provide a sufficient nose down moment to o...

I agree with many others, the photos show an impact consistent with that of a flat spin. No evidence of lateral or forward movement, collapsed cabin, aircraft relatively intact,corn field undisturbed around wreckage. I instructed over 30yrs ago and during that time I took about 20 hours of Aerobatic...

Two engines or one engine..he still should have made it to the runway..what prevented him from doing so? back to square one..ice?..blizzard? or?

On the contrary Capt Cranium, no one here is attacking this poor guys character. How do you "force opinions" onto people through an aviation forum? The thing I get out of this thread is that this relatively inexperienced IFR pilot's decision making was highly influence by his employers attitude and ...

"Aircraft filed IFR ywg-kq3 crashed at 1000, reported to have left ywg at 0715. (once again 2h45....roughly a 90 kt groundspeed for a pa31-350??)" According to the TSB and FlightAware, the aircraft launched at 0751hrs. I never flew the 350 but I used to fly a PA31-310 and If memory serves me correct...

The NT air accident was caused by an oil leak and problems which developed when the oil depleted to a level at which other events would occur. I'm not sure how SMS would have prevented this, unless the NT Air SMS mandated a land as soon as possible decision in these circumstances, which I doubt it ...

For what it is worth, the CADORS for this (2011P1817) reports they had both oil pressure and oil temperature indications. Here it is, in part: "The Northern Thunderbird Air Beechcraft Kingair 100, C - GXRX, operating flight NTA204, departed IFR Vancouver (CYVR) to Kelowna (CYLW). Vancouver Area Cont...