NTSB, relative confirms 4 family members dead.

[JohnM]

KISSIMMEE — Four members of a Spanish family died late Monday while flying back to Fort Lauderdale from a visit to Walt Disney World with their teen-age son, a student pilot at the controls, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and a relative on Wednesday.

Full article : http://bit.ly/84FL6R

 

[surreal1221]

Uh oh. . .hope this instructor has his documentation in order.

 

[rp127]

If you read further into it it says He actually had his PPL for a few months. So sad, he was 19, brother 18 sister 16, and their mother.

 

[Bernoulli Fan]

The article begins by saying Manuel is a student pilot, but later says he got his "license" recently, and the quotes from the flight school imply he was a legitimate renter.

*edit*
D'oh! Pwned by a n00b!

 

[minitour]

Uh oh. . .hope this instructor has his documentation in order.

Why the worry? He apparently obtained his pilot's certificate. He's the pilot in command. He passed the practical.

-mini

 

[DPApilot]

KISSIMMEE — Four members of a Spanish family died late Monday while flying back to Fort Lauderdale from a visit to Walt Disney World with their teen-age son, a student pilot at the controls, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and a relative on Wednesday.

Full article : http://bit.ly/84FL6R

That's so misleading!

 

[surreal1221]

Ah. . .media.

Why the worry? He apparently obtained his pilot's certificate. He's the pilot in command. He passed the practical.

-mini

Yeah, sorry mini, didn't bother clicking to read the whole article Grand Sir.

Rather, I took the quote provided - albeit - from the article linked, indicating he was a student pilot.

To me that means one holding a student certificate on the back of his/her medical.

 

[minitour]

Ah. . .media.

Oh....I'm with ya now. I see what you were getting at. :beer:

-mini

 

[surreal1221]

Just go paint.

Either way though, student or PPL or Comm or ATP, there will be a records investigation I'm sure.

 

[minitour]

Just go paint.

Either way though, student or PPL or Comm or ATP, there will be a records investigation I'm sure.

So if I ball it up tomorrow, they're going to go visit every single instructor I've ever had to make sure they documented the training properly?

-mini

 

[surreal1221]

So if I ball it up tomorrow, they're going to go visit every single instructor I've ever had to make sure they documented the training properly?

-mini

No, but they'll go back - hmm - what is it - two or three years worth of records to make sure proper training was conducted. It's in that little blue (or whatever color) FAR/AIM book somewhere.

Don't make me eat your paint.

 

[minitour]

No, but they'll go back - hmm - what is it - two or three years worth of records to make sure proper training was conducted. It's in that little blue (or whatever color) FAR/AIM book somewhere.

Don't make me eat your paint.

But you aren't required to keep a record of all training conducted. Only certain items are required to be kept for 3 years.

-mini

 

[granlistillo]

Very sad

 

[BCTAv8r]

It was just a matter of time before it happened to me. Although I did not know the people, that was the last plane I flew before I stopped training due to being laid off. Really weird to know people died in an aircraft you've flown before. RIP


Me pre-flighting 5269X:

 

[Murdoughnut]

It was just a matter of time before it happened to me. Although I did not know the people, that was the last plane I flew before I stopped training due to being laid off. Really weird to know people died in an aircraft you've flown before. RIP


Me pre-flighting 5269X:

What's even weirder is when you get to see the post accident photos of the aircraft. Including the cockpit.

 

[granlistillo]

It was just a matter of time before it happened to me.

Am I missing something here? This plane was a flying timebomb somehow?

 

[CirrusMonkey]

This is so tragic on so many levels. Especially given the time of year. My prayers are with the remaining family members. RIP...

 

[BCTAv8r]

Am I missing something here? This plane was a flying timebomb somehow?

No. It was actually the first S model I had flown. Really nice airplane.

I just meant that it was just a matter of time before something I've flown, crashed (based on seeing other people's experiences here).

 

[texas_pilot]

It sounds like the flight, next to a 12,000 acre game preserve, above a lake- at night got the youngster's SA out of kilter and he couldn't maintain straight and level without visual reference. It's very tragic.
RIP

 

[subpilot]

No. It was actually the first S model I had flown. Really nice airplane.

I just meant that it was just a matter of time before something I've flown, crashed (based on seeing other people's experiences here).

I am at two now for planes that I have flown being destroyed and one for students I had who were involved in a fatal. These are both numbers I wish would have remained at zero.