Ameriflight Beech 99 crash?

jrh

jrh

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A friend of mine who formerly flew at Ameriflight told me today that one of their Beech 99's went down last week in Montana. Two fatalities. I searched here and on Google but couldn't find any details. Does anyone know anything about this?

For any of you who might have lost friends in this crash, I'm sorry. :(
 
Another article.

I heard it was a new hire just finishing training before his 135 check ride, and the instructor pilot. Might not be accurate information, though, since it's third hand info. (edit to add: nevermind, stuckingfk's article says the same thing.)
 
Yeah, sad deal.

Didn't really make the news big, but then again... cargo crashes never seem to. The public doesn't care unless the public dies.

The training captain/check airman, left behind a wife and three young children- 3 yrs. and twin 18 month olds. The other pilot was furloughed from Comair and was just finishing training and was engaged.

RIP...:(

Appears to be a mistake that any one of us could've made, too. Accidents like this really hit home, for me at least. If it could happen to him- very experienced training captain and check airman in both the 99 and 1900- it could easily happen to me. I'm the first to admit it.

Be safe out there.
 
EatSleepFly said:
Appears to be a mistake that any one of us could've made, too. Accidents like this really hit home, for me at least. If it could happen to him- very experienced training captain and check airman in both the 99 and 1900- it could easily happen to me. I'm the first to admit it.
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Maybe I didnt get it, maybe you learned more elsewhere, but do all I saw was no contact once they started the approach. Trying to learn from this tragedy. Please assist. I don't want to second guess what happened, but thought I would ask.

Fly Safe!
 
ComplexHiAv8r said:
Maybe I didnt get it, maybe you learned more elsewhere, but do all I saw was no contact once they started the approach. Trying to learn from this tragedy. Please assist. I don't want to second guess what happened, but thought I would ask.
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I assumed it to be a CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) scenerio of some sort. That's the only explanation I can think of for having no distress call. Specifically what happened, if it was a descent below minimums, or mis-tuned VOR, or what, I have no idea though.
 
I really don't want to say a lot, but...

There was a course change at the VOR on the approach. Looking at that, and where the wreckage was located...
 
Oh my god what a relief, my former instructor is flying for them. I went crazy for one second.
Still a very sad story, my condolences to the families.
 
EatSleepFly said:
Yeah, sad deal.

Didn't really make the news big, but then again... cargo crashes never seem to. The public doesn't care unless the public dies.

The training captain/check airman, left behind a wife and three young children- 3 yrs. and twin 18 month olds. The other pilot was furloughed from Comair and was just finishing training and was engaged.

RIP...:(

Appears to be a mistake that any one of us could've made, too. Accidents like this really hit home, for me at least. If it could happen to him- very experienced training captain and check airman in both the 99 and 1900- it could easily happen to me. I'm the first to admit it.

Be safe out there.
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Yes, can't forget how dangerous this field can be. We could lose a JCer at anytime. All it takes is one mistake. So sad.
 
Glad they don't make a big deal out of these accidents in the media, my mom is already nervous about me flying cargo.
 
PFactor said:
Glad they don't make a big deal out of these accidents in the media, my mom is already nervous about me flying cargo.
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My parents are nervous about me flying period. And the news stories about GA accidents do not help. Also, the fact that my dad's friend died in a plane crash does not help--even if the guy was being stupid, doing things I would never dream of doing, it still scares my dad.
 
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