A Cessna 120/140 ground looped in a quartering tailwind. There was a lot of convective activity that day and the time of day was mid-afternoon.
I think it would be a fair assumption to say that it was due to a thermal.
The pilot is ok but it sounds like he was a bit shaken up.
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CEN4 (High River, AB) crash?
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Re: CEN4 (High River, AB) crash?
How can you blame a thermal? would't the ground loop have been caused by opting for the quartering tailwind?
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Re: CEN4 (High River, AB) crash?
Somebody explain what a thermal is to him.
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Re: CEN4 (High River, AB) crash?
Why was a cessna 120 or 140 landing with a quartering tailwind?
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Practice?mag check wrote:Why was a cessna 120 or 140 landing with a quartering tailwind?
Re: CEN4 (High River, AB) crash?
I think what they're saying is that winds can change quickly when there's convective activity around, and I agree, I'd bet the pilot was approaching with a headwind. Ever notice the windsock spinning around on one of those days?
