Hitting trees is bad....mmmmmkay?

[JeppUpdater]

That'll buff right out.

Apparently happened about a week ago. Didn't make the restriction at NUCIL, struck trees, climbed and squawked 7700 and diverted to MEM.

 

[Inverted]

Ouch

 

[Champcar]

Kudos to that bird for taking that damage and keep on flying

 

[MikeD]

He should've just landed, then made a query to no one in particular on Unicom "was that tree supposed to be there?"

 

[NickH]

F90 is best King Air....

 

[Roger Roger]

@Capt. Chaos you still have pictures from when Ace tagged the tree in the cut?

 

[derg]

That's a nice FBO. Sat there for a few hours waiting for the Grizzlies to show up. Golden Tee machine in the break room and it was more fun watching the corporate guys contort when I turned the TV off Fox and put on The Kardashians.

Oh, silly old people.

 

[BlueMoon]

Kind of reminds me of this.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2012-08-01/fly-plate-and-you-wont-get-hurt?amp?client=safari

 

[bp]

Son of a birch!

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[deadstick]

He should've just landed, then made a query to no one in particular on Unicom "was that tree supposed to be there?"

A friend on the field said vis was maybe 1/4sm.

 

[Capt. Chaos]

@Capt. Chaos you still have pictures from when Ace tagged the tree in the cut?

It's was more than one.. I'll have to dredge through some old hard drives and see what I can find.

 

[Soul Brotha']

Golden Tee machine in the break room and it was more fun watching the corporate guys contort when I turned the TV off Fox and put on The Kardashians.

Oh, silly old people.

 

[Inverted]

A friend on the field said vis was maybe 1/4sm.

Sounds like a crappy pilot then. He needed a mile acccording to the approach plate.

 

[av8tr1]

He should've just landed, then made a query to no one in particular on Unicom "was that tree supposed to be there?"

Bird strike.....might have made the news for being a hero. Too bad there wasn't a big body of water nearby.

 

[Finny]

That's a nice FBO. Sat there for a few hours waiting for the Grizzlies to show up. Golden Tee machine in the break room and it was more fun watching the corporate guys contort when I turned the TV off Fox and put on The Kardashians.

Oh, silly old people.

There are some FBOs where the owner will not let them change the TV channel from FoxNews on any TVs that are in public spaces. I kid you not.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Sounds like a crappy pilot then. He needed a mile acccording to the approach plate.

Well maybe a crappy pilot since he, you know, hit the trees and everything. But there's nothing wrong with flying an approach you know you're probably going to miss (under 91). Isn't that like 95% of training?

 

[derg]

There are some FBOs where the owner will not let them change the TV channel from FoxNews on any TVs that are in public spaces. I kid you not.

Ha!

Sensitive butterflies!

 

[Roger Roger]

There are some FBOs where the owner will not let them change the TV channel from FoxNews on any TVs that are in public spaces. I kid you not.

I'm pretty sure there's an FAR that says FBOs must be tuned to Fox News.

 

[mshunter]

Well maybe a crappy pilot since he, you know, hit the trees and everything. But there's nothing wrong with flying an approach you know you're probably going to miss (under 91). Isn't that like 95% of training?

Yes, but visibility is controlling. So now was this 91, or something else (135/121 needs vis to start the approach)? And how would he justify landing out of an approach that was reporting 1/4 mile when 1 mile is required?

If the vis is below, for me at least, the requirement listed in the approach, I'm going to bail to an alternate unless there is exceedingly rare circumstances. And I just can't see how a King Air couldn't make the climb gradient. Something is amiss here.

 

[Roger Roger]

And I just can't see how a King Air couldn't make the climb gradient. Something is amiss here.

I think what they're saying is that he was below the stepdown descending on the approach. I mean if you're gonna sneak below mins, at least do it on glide slope.