Didsbury Alberta
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Didsbury Alberta
Condolences to both people who were killed in Didsbury yesterday.
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Being foolish and doing power-on stalls at fairly low altitude.JL wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:37 pm TSB final report
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... w0057.html
I suspect that when one gets into a surprise spin, they typically don't do as well for recovery as when the spin is pre-planned, including recovery inputs.
Then instinct can take over which may be what happened here as the controls were moved to neutral twice but then went back to improper flight control inputs.
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Out of curiosity… how did the TSB manage to get the final moments of control inputs?
Re: Didsbury Alberta
"In addition, the investigation obtained a smartphone video of the last minute of the flight recorded from inside the aircraft. The video captured the aircraft entering an intentional power-on stall at 1100 feet AGL. A successful recovery was made followed by a transition into another power-on stall at 900 feet AGL with a steeper nose-up attitude. At the point of the stall when the nose dropped, the left wing dropped as well, and the aircraft entered a left spin. Power was reduced to idle, increased momentarily, and then reduced to idle again.TeePeeCreeper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:10 pm Out of curiosity… how did the TSB manage to get the final moments of control inputs?
During the spin, the pilot held the flight control stick aft and to the right. On 2 occasions, the controls were moved to a neutral position for less than 1 second each time before returning to the aft and right control position."
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Re: Didsbury Alberta
Ah, that makes more sense. Mea Culpa for having glossed over the report.
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Doing power on stalls at a low altitude, especially with a passenger makes this pilot a dumbass.pelmet wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:14 pmBeing foolish and doing power-on stalls at fairly low altitude.JL wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:37 pm TSB final report
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-repo ... w0057.html
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Re: Didsbury Alberta
Yeah I'm not sure if condolences are more in order or Darwin award congratulations are. Both?