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Gary Drescher wrote:
Exactly. A "circle to land" under a 200' ceiling can't possibly be legal
or
safe, so the very request already shows serious confusion about
elementary
IFR procedure (even though the crash itself didn't occur until the
subsequent approach).

OK, I agree on this specific point. My OP on "getting your ticket
punched" was more addressed at the suggestion that a 1400 hour pilot
was unlikely to be involved in a fairly common, garden-variety accident
mode. I still think it's grasping at straws to suggest that it was CO
poisonin or a medical, but I suppose one could make a case for it. I
still think the fact he was from Phoenix says an awful lot,
potentially.

Ordinarily I'd agree, but the testimonials about his flying all over the
place (not just in Arizona) suggest more familiarity with IMC than I'd be
inclined to assume just from his hours and certificates. But yeah, I
probably am grasping at straws--there just doesn't seem to be a really good
explanation yet for this crash.

--Gary