Dave wrote:
On Oct 2, 3:14Â*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
es330td writes:
That wreckage looks brutal. Â*It took me a while to figure out that
orange and white painted piece of metal was the trailing underside of
a wing.

What could be the cause? Â*He was presumably a good pilot, and from what I
understand the weather was clear. Â*And yet the news says it looks like the
aircraft hit the mountain head on. Â*Mechanical failure? Â*Sudden incapacitation
of the pilot? Â*Bad piloting (seems unlikely, with all he had survived
previously)? Â*Suicide?

Another mystery is why no one witnessed the crash (and resulting
fire). Mammoth Lakes is a small city - and the
surrounding area would have had many people about on a holiday
weekend.

The Mammoth Lakes area is a huge wilderness area and you can go for
hours without seeing signs of humans; he didn't crash in the city.

--
Jim Pennino

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