not when you are already scud running and can't see that rock... if they had
been up at altitude and already above MEA.. then they would not have hit the
rock so fast.. might have been able to handle the in-flight fire.. or at
least had time to handle it.. scud running low altitude is not the best time
to get an in-flight emergency..

BT

wrote in message
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the fire may have been a contributing factor... but not the cause..
the low weather could have been a contributing factor.. but not the
cause..

BT

Yes, but I think it is strange that it was not listed as a contributing
factor. You know that fire didn't make flying into IMC any easier.
One would think that these pilots probably could have handled VFR into
IMC (they were instrument rated) under most other circumstances.