Mid-air over Denver....
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Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
Key lime be like “it’ll make the next run right?”
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
I give Key Lime anywhere between 2 and 3 hours before they can have an engineering order pencil whipped for all the speed tape they're about to put on that airplane.
KLB
Well-Known Member
I recall the mighty metro being monocoque in design. You couldn't get the cargo door latch if the cargo wasn't positioned just right even with the plane being within CG because of the fuselage bow. An old freight trick was to rock the wings while someone else attempted to latch the door.
With that being said, I'm glad to see everything worked out ok.
With that being said, I'm glad to see everything worked out ok.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Not sure if CAPS has ever been used as a result of a mid-air, but that's one of my biggest irrational fears motivating me to fly the -20.
denverpilot
Well-Known Member
The Cirrus. Not my photos.
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
A couple times I think.
touch-n-go
Well-Known Member
Wow. This is definitely not a mid air over Boulder. It looks like the midair happened within the Class D airspace of Centennial Airport (KAPA), if the Metroliner was on final for one of the 17 Runways at APA. Wonder if someone got a Runway wrong or there was a mix up of left side vs. Right side. Pretty scary.
denverpilot
Well-Known Member
It’s APA.
Fun begins at 23:50.
FlightAware looks pretty much like your basic overshoot on base to a parallel.
KL was on a long straight in. He doesn’t know he was hit, thinks he just lost an engine.
Fun begins at 23:50.
FlightAware looks pretty much like your basic overshoot on base to a parallel.
KL was on a long straight in. He doesn’t know he was hit, thinks he just lost an engine.
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Listened to the tower recording on LiveATC - Metro was on final for 17L with Cessna traffic on the parallel. No Cirrus on the radio at the time.
Did the Cirrus ever come up on tower? I heard a Cessna on the parallel but no Cirrus.
Did the Cirrus ever come up on tower? I heard a Cessna on the parallel but no Cirrus.
denverpilot
Well-Known Member
They were running split tower frequencies. The LiveATC feed is a scanner so it was locked on to only one of them.
(Long ago I used to be one of the APA LiveATC feeds. Had the same problem. Too many frequencies, not enough receivers...)
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
I listened to the other tower frequency. Cirrus overshot - tower asks him not to overshoot as they apparently see the chute deploy. Cirrus had called the metro in sight before that.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Dude put the props on the locks before he shut down.
Well I guess technically "the prop".
Well I guess technically "the prop".
NovemberEcho
Dergs favorite member
Supposedly the Cirrus was doing 170kts on base, but I don’t know if that was as or gs
Bandit_Driver
Gold Member
Metroliner was lucky. A foot lower and he loses the tail....
Tower did a good job...
Tower did a good job...
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JordanD
Chinese Food Enthusiast
Judging by the Metro pilot's voice, probably still firmly on the seat. Guy sounded cool as a cucumber smoking a Camel.
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Holy crap!! Certainly ended up better than the last mid-air over Denver. I still remember that day all too well.
