FL PC-12 Accident Kills Family of 6

This is very sad for the Junction City/Manhattan area. Ron Bramlage's grandfather is the namesake of Bramlage Coliseum (aka the Octagon of Doom), home of K-State's basketball team. His wife is also the President of the Junction City board of education, and by extension, my sister-in-laws boss (or bosses bosses boss). Along with their four kids. RIP :(
 
RIP

What was the weather the time of the accident in terms of convective activity in the area?
 
Sad story for sure. This hits close to home, as I've got lots of friends out at KSU. Anyone else seeing these reports that they can't find a body of one of the children?
 
Seggy said:
RIP

What was the weather the time of the accident in terms of convective activity in the area?
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I was just north of there today. There were some very isolated storms but they were intense [I guess if you went up against one of them, you would lose but that doesn't make sense when one could easily go around]. The real bad stuff didn't hit that area until around 1430L.

There was a LOT of rain today and a seriously crazy amount of ice in the clouds.....more than I've seen here flying in two years. Not speculating, just making an observation.

Bad deal all the way around...prayers to family and friends
 
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Mark815 said:
Very sad, RIP to all involved.

Anyone know the tail/serial number?
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N950KA; Serial 730
 
I'm very interested in knowing what happened. The weather posted above doesn't seem that bad. Typical Florida this time of year, in fact we were flying around stuff in the Northeast today that was worse than that. One thing I find VERY interesting is the fuselage. While damaged heavily, it's pretty much in one piece. News reports say first signs of trouble were at FL260. There must have been some kind of distress call?
 
Not that it helps any, but my local newspaper only picked up the story because their research states that Casey Anthony's former attorney was the previous owner of this PC-12. It was her white bronco when she was released.

I was listening to the same frequency of Lake Wales Airport today around noon and heard an aircraft trying to contact another airplane that was flying at 600' near the airport. Wonder if that was related.
 
Mark815 said:
I'm very interested in knowing what happened. The weather posted above doesn't seem that bad. Typical Florida this time of year, in fact we were flying around stuff in the Northeast today that was worse than that. One thing I find VERY interesting is the fuselage. While damaged heavily, it's pretty much in one piece. News reports say first signs of trouble were at FL260. There must have been some kind of distress call?
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I would say the satellite image isn't really showing an accurate picture. We have not have just normal July rainstorms. It's been all day heavy rain with wind which is not Florida's typical short afternoon shower. It's been nasty on the ground, so don't think I'd want to see it from above.
 
amjon said:
I would say the satellite image isn't really showing an accurate picture. We have not have just normal July rainstorms. It's been all day heavy rain with wind which is not Florida's typical short afternoon shower. It's been nasty on the ground, so don't think I'd want to see it from above.
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Rainy, but not convective nastiness for the most part.
 
A whole generation wiped out in one accident. Very, very sad. And on another note, I'm not sure why I always get lured into reading the comments section at the bottom of these news articles, because I always end up regretting the decision.

Talk about ignorance. :rolleyes:
 
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