NASCAR driver and family in plane crash

The single pilot exemption is a logbook endorsement

I think I’ve seen the “requires SIC” on a cert. if you have the exemption in your logbook are you compelled to update your cert?

They were also flying to Bahamas which I think would have required a typed SIC. Of course, the Caribbean isn’t known for compliance.
 
SIC required is imposed when you get your type as a crew, on a single-pilot airplane. My Phenom 300 type has the same limitation, as it was done at NetJets, where everyone trains as a crew. If you get a single pilot type, there is no limitation. That being said, a 61.55 is just a logbook entry. Anyone can literally get one, and that is for an aircraft that requires one. I believe any rated pilot can sit in the right seat of a Citation without that endorsement if the aircraft is certificated for single pilot. The SIC required is a pilot certification requirement, not an aircraft certification requirement.
 
SIC required is imposed when you get your type as a crew, on a single-pilot airplane. My Phenom 300 type has the same limitation, as it was done at NetJets, where everyone trains as a crew. If you get a single pilot type, there is no limitation. That being said, a 61.55 is just a logbook entry. Anyone can literally get one, and that is for an aircraft that requires one. Any rated pilot can sit in the right seat of a Citation without that endorsement if the aircraft is certificated for single pilot. The SIC required is a pilot certification requirement, not an aircraft certification requirement.

I was aware that SIC didn’t need to be typed, thought it might add something to the conversation. I can imagine the task saturation trying to get back to airport in the soup.
 
I think I’ve seen the “requires SIC” on a cert. if you have the exemption in your logbook are you compelled to update your cert?

They were also flying to Bahamas which I think would have required a typed SIC. Of course, the Caribbean isn’t known for compliance.
If you did your initial type rating in any 500 series other than a I/SP or II/SP you would have the SIC Required on your cert because those are the only two that are FAA certified for single pilot ops. Even without that limitation, you would need a SIC to operate any other 500 series as PIC because the rest were certified for two crew.

Unless you get the Single Pilot Exemption endorsement which is specific to each airframe, it doesn't blanket the entire series. You need an individual endorsement for each model and it's only good for 12 months, though SPE recurrent satisfies the requirements of 61.58

I think
 
If you did your initial type rating in any 500 series other than a I/SP or II/SP you would have the SIC Required on your cert because those are the only two that are FAA certified for single pilot ops. Even without that limitation, you would need a SIC to operate any other 500 series as PIC because the rest were certified for two crew.

Unless you get the Single Pilot Exemption endorsement which is specific to each airframe, it doesn't blanket the entire series. You need an individual endorsement for each model and it's only good for 12 months, though SPE recurrent satisfies the requirements of 61.58

I think

That’s what I was saying above in my post. This jet was a II, not a II/SP, assuming not having any Exemption endorsement. My CE-500 was done in a II/SP, and shows as just that: CE-500. No “SIC required”, as the check was done as a single pilot.
 
That’s what I was saying above in my post. This jet was a II, not a II/SP, assuming not having any Exemption endorsement. My CE-500 was done in a II/SP, and shows as just that: CE-500. No “SIC required”, as the check was done as a single pilot.
Fair enough, I guess we were talking past each other. You are correct, the II is not certified for single pilot ops, however it may be operated single pilot if the PIC has the SPE endorsement and is current in the airframe regardless of a "SIC Required" limitation on their type rating.
 
Fair enough, I guess we were talking past each other. You are correct, the II is not certified for single pilot ops, however it may be operated single pilot if the PIC has the SPE endorsement and is current in the airframe regardless of a "SIC Required" limitation on their type rating.

Your explanation and clarification was much better detailed than mine was. I shouldve said “that’s what I was trying to say above”.
 
The NTSB said the airplane had a CVR and it's being sent to Washington for analysis, hopefully it was working. It did not have a FDR, but neither would've been required for the flight regardless.
 
Not only that but he was lined up with the runway and hit the fence coming into the field.

Possible he was trying to get quickly down into VMC underneath that 400 ft overcast, find the airport in the 2.5 mile viz and maneuver for a final to a quick landing. Not sure if both engines were running or not, or why the descent into the perimeter fence was either from an early initiated descent, or a descent that that wasn’t planned or able to be controlled.
 
Possible he was trying to get quickly down into VMC underneath that 400 ft overcast, find the airport in the 2.5 mile viz and maneuver for a final to a quick landing. Not sure if both engines were running or not, or why the descent into the perimeter fence was either from an early initiated descent, or a descent that that wasn’t planned or able to be controlled.
I’m hearing conflicting things, like much higher ceilings even technically VFR
 
I’m hearing conflicting things, like much higher ceilings even technically VFR

I was just going by that posted hourly, as well as the ground fog that can be seen in the background of photos. But who knows how far that extended horizontally or vertically, and how far out from the field?
 
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