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"Hilton" wrote: Neil Gould wrote: Recently, Hilton posted: Having said all that, yes, the decision to go was extremely bad - that's why I called this thread 'Angry'. But once the pilot was in IMC, why could he not do a 180 after he had just very recently finished the training and checkride to do just that? As I read it, part of the problem was that he was lost, as it sounded like he was in IMC soon after he was up. So, the likely outcome is that he would have crashed elsewhere. He took off, turned east, flew a few minutes, and entered IMC. Kinda obvious the airport was west. Sure he asked ATC to get back to the airport, but he wasn't lost in the sense that he didn't know his (approximate) position. Saying "...the likely outcome is that he would have crashed elsewhere." doesn't make sense. I have heard numerous ATC recordings of people that fly into IMC and had ATC to help them to a VFR airport. Had this pilot maintained control of the aircraft using instruments, I have no doubt ATC could have vectored him back to E16 or even SJC. Hilton There is another factor not mentioned here. About 10 years ago, a friend did some radar surveying for San Jose and found a radar hole in the vicinity of South County, up to about 3000 ft. It is possible that the pilot, thinking he would have instantaneous radar, took off, attempted to raise SJC Approach and maintained heading right into the hills. There is no excuse for his instructor(s) or flight school to turn him loose without at least a rudimentary knowledge of the risks involved with scudrunning (especially at night, in the hills). -- Remve "_" from email to reply to me personally. |
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