This is the kind of accident that scares me the most. As someone
posted earlier, you'd expect a rookie pilot to get sucked into this
kind of accident, but not someone with the experience this pilot had.
Leaves me wondering if there are weather conditions out there that can
be misleading to experienced pilots, which means someone with less
experience (like me) wouldn't stand a chance of recognizing the risk
in a timely fashion.
Some details on the accident that I've picked up through various
media. The pilot and her husband owned KT Aviation, a seaplane
instruction and charter business in Maine. Both were pilots for
airlines when they started the business, but the husband's airline
went out of business allowing him to devote more time to KT Aviation.
Reports I've read said the fatal flight was enroute to pick up
charterers. A magazine article from more than a year ago said the
business was trying to expand the charter side of the operation since
that revenue source tended to be more reliable than seaplane
instruction.
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