3 killed in Victoria, Minnesota plane crash
Three people died Saturday when a plane came crashing to the ground in Victoria, Minnesota, the NTSB confirms.
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Mooney M20 crash rural MN
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Ozelot
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Colleague worked him in to the ILS 10R into FCM. Shipped him to tower and then the incident occurred. Wondering if he got disoriented while flying the approach and lost control?
Appears both wings are still attached to the airplane in this still taken from the video, they appear to have snapped on the Spar?
RIP.
Appears both wings are still attached to the airplane in this still taken from the video, they appear to have snapped on the Spar?
RIP.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Hard to see in the capture, but it sorta looks like the stab is gone.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Jeeeeeezis.
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You have to SERIOUSLY g load a Mooney to break the spar. This is going way back in my brain from when I used to work for their support network, so the story may not be right. A J model Mooney flew through a thunderstorm in East Texas in the late 90s or early aughts, with predictable results. When they found the wreck, both wings and the H stab were attached but the wing spar was broken. I hope I'm remembering this right, I want to say that they determined the airplane had been subject to 9g positive and -2 or -3 before it finally gave up. Those planes are seriously overbuilt, and are incredibly sturdy.
Roger Roger
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One of my CFIs was the PIC in that crash
Finny
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Maybe spacial disorientation with the smoke while vectors to the ILS? I’ll be curious to see what the NTSB has to say.
Definitely not rural Minnesota. About 20-25 minutes sw of KMSP. Happened about 5 minutes from my house. Several of my wife's co-workers responded. Last article I saw was left horizontal stabilizer was found two blocks away. Was def cloudy that day but he should have been below any of that. Never a good spot but they were mere yards from several crowded buildings. Did my PPL/IR at KFCM and made a couple trips to AXN. Would generally contact tower over Lake Waconia just west of where the a/c went down, almost a straight shot to the field from there. Cant find the rate of descent but I imagine it was pretty bad after the horizontal stabilizer fell off.
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