Breaking news...GA crash at DVT

ozziecat35

ozziecat35

4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
just turned the news on here in Phoenix, CBS 5 is in the air above DVT showing a GA plane crashed into a building just off the approach end of one of the 7's, off to the side a bit. Lots of fire intially. Fire is out now.

All you DVT guys check in.
 
Well that doesn't look good.

That was way off to the side..pointing the wrong way too it looks like.
 
I couldn't even make out what direction the plane was pointing...let alone type...NBC 12's pilot said it looked like the a/c nosedived into the ground.
 
It's hard to tell. Looked a first like the impact was heading North/South but I can't make out any pieces.

Reports are the plane was attempting the land on 7L
 
CNN said that the airplane was a Piper Archer flown by a female student pilot trying to land. The FAA confirmed that she is dead. RIP :(
 
A co-worker saw it happen and the aircraft went in 75 yards from his dad's shop. Not good! RIP to those involved.

This is from my co-worker: plane was over 17 and banking hard to make the field. Said the plane was almost in a 90 degree bank, when the nose dropped and the was it. He is not a pilot, just what he said he saw. We can all speculate from based on what he said, however, does it really matter? An aviator lost their life this morning....God Bless!
 
PGA07 said:
A co-worker saw it happen and the aircraft went in 75 yards from his dad's shop. Not good! RIP to those involved.

This is from my co-worker: plane was over 17 and banking hard to make the field. Said the plane was almost in a 90 degree bank, when the nose dropped and the was it. He is not a pilot, just what he said he saw. We can all speculate from based on what he said, however, does it really matter? An aviator lost their life this morning....God Bless!
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True, but we can learn from their mistake and make the industry safer by teaching correctly from the beginning. (Not that she wasn't necessarily taught correctly...)

If that was in fact the case, sounds like the classic scenario we all learned in our PPL stuff. Base to final isn't tight enough, try to overcorrect, cross control situation, bam. But if the wings were banked (even 70 degrees) an archer is going to want to put the nose down...

RIP to the pilot. Terrible news.
 
I heard on both channels (FOX and CNN) that several witnesses heard the "engine sputtering" shortly after takeoff. Sounds like (s)he was having some engine trouble and trying to make it back to the airport.



RIP.
 
As someone who has lost a friend to a stall-spin-die on approach, it makes me wonder if these fancy new avionics packages shouldn't include a horn that sounds when someone banks past 35-degrees below a certain airspeed.
 
Murdoughnut said:
As someone who has lost a friend to a stall-spin-die on approach, it makes me wonder if these fancy new avionics packages shouldn't include a horn that sounds when someone banks past 35-degrees below a certain airspeed.
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The PPL PTS should require Spin Entry and Accelerated Stall training.
 
dc3flyer said:
I heard on both channels (FOX and CNN) that several witnesses heard the "engine sputtering" shortly after takeoff. Sounds like (s)he was having some engine trouble and trying to make it back to the airport.



RIP.
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They always hear the "engine stalling"

Murdoughnut said:
As someone who has lost a friend to a stall-spin-die on approach, it makes me wonder if these fancy new avionics packages shouldn't include a horn that sounds when someone banks past 35-degrees below a certain airspeed.
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I am not sure how the stall warning system in the Cirrus works, but it should work the same whether you are banked or wings level.
 
z987k said:
That's a good point. Why is it the general public thinks an aircraft stall always includes the engine quitting?
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For the same reason a car going off a cliff must always burst into flames while still in midair and prior to impacting the ground below. It's what the movies show.
 
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