Post by walterleo on Dec 2, 2022 16:37:20 GMT
Hi friends:
During this summer a Cessna Citation 551 Austrian registered OE-FGR flew more than 4 hours from Jerez de La Frontera in Spain with all persons on board including its single pilot dead over half of Europa on autopilot and after consuming all fuel it crashed in to the Baltic Sea. It was followed by air forces of 5 nations which could do nothing more than filming the aircraft and the persons on board already dead and the pilot in his seat without using his oxygen mask. Some 43 minutes after take-off flying already on FL 360 the pilot commented to Spanish ATC that he had problems with the pressure-cabin. That was the last communication from the aircraft. Among the passengers was a former CPL rated pilot with flight experiences in Learjet. But seems he was not sitting at the right pilot's seat. The pilot in command 72 years old was licensed for single pilots' operations, but had very low flying experience in the jet.
The preliminary report is now available and counts several points which led to the tragic accident, e.g., that the pilot did not comply any step of the prescribed procedures in case of loss of cabin pressure, starting with not using the oxygen mask for the pilot immediately.
www.austrianwings.info/2022/12/absturz-der-oe-fgr-nach-geisterflug-zwischenbericht-liegt-vor-pilot-72-verhielt-sich-falsch/
My title of this thread was an unofficial saying when the first Citation appeared on the market and soon Cessna pressed the FAA to allow single pilot operation.
Some weeks after that accident another German family lost their life travelling in a privat Piaggio P180 Avanti operated by a 66-year-old single (professional) pilot crashing on approach to Limon Costa Rica (MRLM).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Schaller
All the nice words about the easy operation of the modern "time-machines" are obscuring the fact, that airplanes can bite and they do it sometimes.
“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”
Kind regards
Walter
During this summer a Cessna Citation 551 Austrian registered OE-FGR flew more than 4 hours from Jerez de La Frontera in Spain with all persons on board including its single pilot dead over half of Europa on autopilot and after consuming all fuel it crashed in to the Baltic Sea. It was followed by air forces of 5 nations which could do nothing more than filming the aircraft and the persons on board already dead and the pilot in his seat without using his oxygen mask. Some 43 minutes after take-off flying already on FL 360 the pilot commented to Spanish ATC that he had problems with the pressure-cabin. That was the last communication from the aircraft. Among the passengers was a former CPL rated pilot with flight experiences in Learjet. But seems he was not sitting at the right pilot's seat. The pilot in command 72 years old was licensed for single pilots' operations, but had very low flying experience in the jet.
The preliminary report is now available and counts several points which led to the tragic accident, e.g., that the pilot did not comply any step of the prescribed procedures in case of loss of cabin pressure, starting with not using the oxygen mask for the pilot immediately.
www.austrianwings.info/2022/12/absturz-der-oe-fgr-nach-geisterflug-zwischenbericht-liegt-vor-pilot-72-verhielt-sich-falsch/
My title of this thread was an unofficial saying when the first Citation appeared on the market and soon Cessna pressed the FAA to allow single pilot operation.
Some weeks after that accident another German family lost their life travelling in a privat Piaggio P180 Avanti operated by a 66-year-old single (professional) pilot crashing on approach to Limon Costa Rica (MRLM).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Schaller
All the nice words about the easy operation of the modern "time-machines" are obscuring the fact, that airplanes can bite and they do it sometimes.
“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”
Kind regards
Walter