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Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?
After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense or a way to suppress "get home-itis." I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false sense of security. So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things. Ron Lee |
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On 12/13/2005 08:26, Ron Lee wrote:
Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time? After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense or a way to suppress "get home-itis." I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false sense of security. So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things. .... that would be all pilots ;-) and it's good advice. Ron Lee -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Sacramento, CA |
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Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?
Within 24 hours, you can get the local METAR data from the FAA 24-cycle files, on a FTP site. Generally the weather, in the form of a METAR, is part of the FAA preliminary accident report, but the one for the Cirrus crash lists the weather as unknown. After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense or a way to suppress "get home-itis." All mistakes are "operator error" of some sort. That's the nature of mistakes. The real question is how the error or errors could have been averted. Is there something in the design of the equipment that is causing the operator to make errors, etc. I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false sense of security. That's been the charge, and a suspiscion of pilots since the system was announced. However, there still have been a number of accidents, including this one, where the parachute was not deployed. It does not appear that there are too many parachute incidents, whereas the 'chute was deployed when normal piloting technique would have recovered from the problem. So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things. Of course. |
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So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things. ... that would be all pilots ;-) An unsafe pilot is one who no longer considers him/herself to be a student. |
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"JohnH" wrote
An unsafe pilot is one who no longer considers him/herself to be a student. Well, I sure as hell don't consider myself to still be a student. Not after 20,000+ flight hours. Bob Moore ATP B-707 B-727 L-188 Flight Instructor Airplane/Instrument Airplane USN S-2F P-2V P-3B PanAm (retired) |
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Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time?
("Charles Oppermann" wrote) Within 24 hours, you can get the local METAR data from the FAA 24-cycle files, on a FTP site. Generally the weather, in the form of a METAR, is part of the FAA preliminary accident report, but the one for the Cirrus crash lists the weather as unknown. The crash site is in the southwest corner of Minnesota - 15 miles east of the South Dakota border, 70 miles north of Iowa. Montblack |
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:59:32 -0800, "Charles Oppermann"
wrote in :: Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time? Within 24 hours, you can get the local METAR data from the FAA 24-cycle files, on a FTP site. You can go back a little farther than that he http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=oax but there is better historical data available. According to the report at: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5777938.html David Johnson, Mark's brother, said the three were leaving Wayne, Neb., after attending a birthday party for Arthur's sister and were headed toward Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie [the evening of December 10, 2005]. Assuming that the departure airport was: KLCG Wayne, NE, USA Wayne Municipal Airport And the destination airport was: KFCM Minneapolis, MN, USA Flying Cloud Airport Here is the December 10, 2005 observed weather around 9pm local: KLCG Wayne, NE, USA Wayne Municipal Airport http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KLCG.html D Time Wind Vis. Weather Sky Cond. A (cst) (mph) (mi.) Temperature (ºF) T Air Dwpt E 10 22:11 NW 13 G 20 10.00 Overcast OVC029 36 32 29.93 NA 10 21:51 NW 13 G 17 10.00 Overcast OVC027 36 32 29.93 NA 10 21:31 NW 13 10.00 Overcast OVC027 36 32 29.93 NA 10 21:11 NW 12 10.00 Overcast OVC027 36 32 29.93 NA 10 20:51 NW 13 10.00 Overcast OVC027 36 32 29.93 NA KFCM Minneapolis, MN, USA Flying Cloud Airport http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KFCM.html D Time Wind Vis. Weather Sky Cond. A (cst) (mph) (mi.) Temperature (ºF) T Air Dwpt E 10 22:53 N 16 G 25 10.00 Partly Cloudy SCT031 25 14 29.72 1007.3 10 21:53 NW 20 G 29 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW036 27 16 29.68 1006.2 10 20:53 NW 18 G 25 10.00 Overcast OVC039 30 19 29.66 1005.5 10 19:53 NW 21 G 29 10.00 Overcast and Breezy BKN031 OVC041 31 21 29.63 1004.5 |
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Ron Lee wrote: Is there a way to get a weather report from that location/time? After looking at the pic my thought was that there are too many senseless crashes resulting in death. I suspect that in many it is pilot error and I have no idea how you instill in pilots common sense or a way to suppress "get home-itis." I also wonder if the Cirrus parachute system gives some pilots a false sense of security. So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things. To a point. However, in the end we are all responsible adults. We are fortunate that the gov't still allows us to be responsible in aviation. We could live in a horrible world where the FAA regulated everything to a point this accident can't happen. Having the freedom to make your own decisions and choices carries with it the ability to hurth yourself. I, for one, am thankful that I live in a county where I still have the freedom to hurt myself. -Robert |
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So for the student pilots reading this...don't do stupid things.
... that would be all pilots ;-) An unsafe pilot is one who no longer considers him/herself to be a student. Please give me the wisdom to realize whats stupid. I believe stupid is a slippery slope. Paul |
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