BNA Small Plane Crash

TripSix said:
I don't think the article stated, nor has anyone confirmed, it was an IFR inbound - because that's not what happened.

There's more to this than the media knows, or is able to interpret correctly to report.

And that's about all I've got for the interwebz on this matter...for now.
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I've read it was everything from vv000 to ova 002 so that'd be some ballz

Also interesting was it was a canadian registered flight club plane with someone there, "having no idea why the hell he was in bna"
 
aviatorx43 said:
I thought the LAX twr controller was a female, who quit ATC after the incident... I think that's what I saw on a documentary (I don't believe everything I see on tv though)... Gave a landing clearance when someone else was holding in position? Am I thinking of the wrong one?
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well all I can say is I got my info from a union guy years ago when we were discussing the event at work , I believe he said she moved t the Vegas area ??????
 
If you enter controlled space in stealth mode are there any automated alarms based on primary radar return or are controllers expected to do their job?
 
Sol Rosenburg said:
I've read it was everything from vv000 to ova 002 so that'd be some ballz

Also interesting was it was a canadian registered flight club plane with someone there, "having no idea why the hell he was in bna"
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Well yeah, the weather was IFR. Solid IFR. What I meant by IFR inbound is...you know, generally when you fly in IMC there are things like transponders and communications that come into play.
 
Here's a possibility: 3AM approach control passes the plane off to tower. Immediately after, tower clears the plane to land. After clearing the plane to land, there is a shift change with the controllers. Fatigued, the first tower controller forgets to inform new tower controller there's a Cessna on final. 3AM, most controllers don't expect GA traffic. Plane crashes, new controller had no idea.
 
roverk190 said:
Here's a possibility: 3AM approach control passes the plane off to tower. Immediately after, tower clears the plane to land. After clearing the plane to land, there is a shift change with the controllers. Fatigued, the first tower controller forgets to inform new tower controller there's a Cessna on final. 3AM, most controllers don't expect GA traffic. Plane crashes, new controller had no idea.
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Or, clueless pilot had enough toys to find the airport and fell out of the sky without any communication.
 
More amazing than the speculation in this thread is the lack of information from NSTB. I thought they had become a more transparent and forthcoming federal agency, ready to feed the public at the first opportunity.
 
tomokc said:
More amazing than the speculation in this thread is the lack of information from NSTB. I thought they had become a more transparent and forthcoming federal agency, ready to feed the public at the first opportunity.
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Not unless there are cameras.
 
Apparently the flight originated in Canada and did not maintain radio calls with anyone. Maybe the pilot went into panic mode when the weather deteriorated.
 
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