JFK was in a spiral from about 5000 feet when he crashed. A 200 foot
error in his altimeter was the least of his problems.

He had more training for in IR than most do when they pass the test.
This was a case of a pilot who, it would seem, was crossing the sound
with an auto pilot engaged. Radar showed a smooth flight until that
point when most would have started down to pattern altitude from 5000
feet. The airplane went from pretty straight and pretty level to
impact in less than 30 seconds.

The NTSB report is vivid and frightening.



On May 19, 10:52 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
On May 18, 7:23 pm, Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
...

Also, I read somewhere that JFK Junior's plane crashed probably
because he did not trust his intstruments. What's the likelihood of
that?
-Le Chaud Lapin-

Approaching an airport with limited VFR usually
requires a radio call for barometric altitude reset,
to the airport intended for landing, especially if
flying into a Low pressure, which causes barometer
reading of the altitude to give a false higher altitude.

His altimeter may have been reading 200' when he
was at sea level...that's a big oops.
Ken