"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:%hx1k.193831$yE1.173730@attbi_s21...
Here in Iowa City. One person -- the child being transported for medical
care -- perished. Read more he http://tinyurl.com/6dxct8

It's too soon to say for sure, but it appears the pilot attempted to
depart into stormy weather, apparently with a gusty tail wind. It rained
extremely hard here right before we heard the sirens, and the AWOS history
indicates a dramatic wind shift.

A TBM-850 is a very capable turboprop aircraft, and it was being flown by
a very experienced Angel Flight (like, 57 flights) pilot. Using the
aircraft's POH and the AWOS history, another pilot has determined that the
TBM would've needed something like 4200 feet to get airborne, given the
tailwind. Unfortunately, Rwy 30 is only 3900 feet long.

Be careful out there, guys and gals.
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Well that is ridiculously sad.