Why is CFIT dangerous?

[Mavmb]

17) The vast majority of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents are fatal because of high impact forces.
True.
False.

...That is my favorite question from the flight instructor renewal exam lol.

 

[KVNC]

This some sort of trick question? lol

 

[Dugie8]

It's not the flying, it's the sudden and abrupt stopping.

 

[Mavmb]

Lol not a trick question. I guessed True and I was correct.

 

[Roger Roger]

False, because the real risk is that if you CFIT no one will care that you didn't wear a backpack or leather jacket, just that you were that blankety blank that flew a perfectly good airplane into the ground.

 

[USMCmech]

It's not the flying, it's the sudden and abrupt stopping.

"It's not the fall that kills you, nor even the sudden stop at the end. It's the shocking realization that yes, you were that freaking stupid."

 

[Romulus]

My sig line FTW!

 

[KVNC]

Lol not a trick question. I guessed True and I was correct.

I figured it'd be some technical trick question. "While high impact is a contributing factor, CFIT accidents are fatal due to the brain accelerating through the brain case" Or something like that..

 

[CFIT99]

I feel I'm being picked on.....

 

[FloridaLarry]

I feel I'm being picked on.....

You might want to go to the section on changing your screen name.

 

[ArcherII]

It's a strange question because it implies that there's a statistic on the matter somewhere.

Nevertheless, it's a pretty straightforward "true" answer, but we know about pretty straightforward answers don't we?

 

[pete2800]

"Because physics."

 

[Deleted member 27505]

17) The vast majority of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents are fatal because of high impact forces.
True.
False.

...That is my favorite question from the flight instructor renewal exam lol.

Huh? Wait. Can you repeat the question?

 

[CFI A&P]

According to this guy, that checks out.

 

[CFIT99]

You might want to go to the section on changing your screen name.

NO! why should I change my name! he's the no talent ass clown!

 

[Hacker15e]

"blunt force trauma"

 

[saxman]

According to this guy, that checks out.

Psht. Gravity is just a theory!!

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

"blunt force trauma"

See the NTSB docket for the Chalk Oceans crash, Comair 5191, and UPS 1354 at BHM for the human factors injuries report. Extreme graphic detail that one wishes no one would publish and read. But it is their job and they do it well.

 

[MaRiO FDZ]

Wondering if this question's purpose is to figure out your level of wise as ness.

 

[Toobdrvr]

See the NTSB docket for the Chalk Oceans crash, Comair 5191, and UPS 1354 at BHM for the human factors injuries report. Extreme graphic detail that one wishes no one would publish and read. But it is their job and they do it well.

No, thank you. After an internship with the NTSB, several classes with "Wild Bill" Waldock, and some other stuff, I have seen, heard, amd read enough "graphic detail" to last a lifetime...