On Sep 9, 6:22 pm, Kevin Clarke wrote:
2 reports on the evening news today (Boston area) on small plane
crashes. A C172M crashed at Mansfield, Ma. 4 people on board, 2
fatalities. This was on Saturday, a day that produced record high
temperatures for the area. Density altitude/overloading problem?

Then we had a C150 emergency land on Route 3. Ran out of gas. No
injuries, no damage. Tied up traffic though.

Incident 2 was certainly avoidable, incident 1 was most likely as well.

We're the stewards of GA's reputation. Take care out there. Being sloppy
is not only dangerous but it injures all of us. Preaching to the choir...

KC

I have found that heat has an adverse effect on piloting ability as
well. When it is 90F outside, the cockpit could be 110 or higher. All
that heat and sweat and makes me irritable and impatient, and wanting
to get airborne as quickly as possible to get some cool air flowing.
It is easy to make poor takeoff decisions under those circumstances.