Mooney Crashes in Backyard

Maurus said:
I'm trying to figure out how he could top a thunderstorm at only 8,500 ft.
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My reason to call him an idiot.

WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT PRE-FLIGHT PREPARATION, THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING FROM FLT SVC, BUT NOTED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF A COLD FRONT IN THE AREA. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD AN INSTRUMENT RATING. ACCORDING TO FAA RECORDS, HE WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
 
Itchy said:
True to a certain extent. Rather crash in a volvo than a kia. But, if you are hitting a cement abutment at 150mph, bottom line is still the same.
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I would imagine a spin in a Mooney would tend to be flatter once stabilized (assuming CG within limits). Once the spin stabilizes, the vertical component of the descent might only be 50kts or so. If the spin is aggravated to flatter attitude it could be much less than that. 60kts still translates to a 6000fpm descent rate... For a decent chance at survival, descent rates should to be under the 3000fpm range.

Above all, it's the angle of arrival that seems to have the greatest influence on the chance of survival.
 
Absolutely. Spread energy over time, you have a chance. Absorb it all in a fraction of a second, uh uh.
 
The guy referenced in the original post took off right behind me when I was doing a touch and go at Coulter Field Saturday morning. I was testing an in-flight video camera that morning, and when I heard a Mooney from CFD crashed that morning I did a Warner Wolf, "let's go to the video tape." Sure enough it was him.
My wife said, "I don't like that people around you are crashing."
I said, "He was a long way away from me when he crashed."
That didn't help.
 
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