Parowan Fatal Crash

On Jul 2, 3:00*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On Jul 2, 11:05*am, Ramy wrote:

accidents. Both pilots had plenty of altitude to recover even without
immediate proper recovery technique.

Ramy

Ramy -

1) Wasn't the Parowan crash at the top of a tow? *I read a report that
implied it was only at 2000' AGL or so - not a whole lot of altitude
if you do not use proper recovery technique.

2) See the comments about spiral dives. *Failure to recover from that
is a much worse outcome than failure to recover from a spin (with
relatively low speeds and low g-forces, compared to a spiral dive)

3) Remember we're all speculating. *We can say that a spin-type of
event may have been part of the accidents, based on eyewitness
reports. *BUT we don't know what caused them. *Anything from a
mechanical failure to a medical condition could have complicated
matters or explained the lack of recovery. *This is where we have to
sit back and wait for the NTSB - as tough as that is...

Take care,

--Noel

A bit more illuminating article
http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...WS01/907020318