NTSB: Selfies cause fatal CO crash
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AAPalmTree
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touch-n-go
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http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...499b-493f-8063-8429072e9a66&pgno=12&pgsize=50
The probable cause as reported by the NTSB...
In the closing summary of the report it also hints at the fact that a contributing factor may have been the pilots lack of IFR currency.
The probable cause as reported by the NTSB...
- The pilot’s loss of control and subsequent aerodynamic stall due to spatial disorientation in night instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction due to his cell phone use while maneuvering at low-altitude.
In the closing summary of the report it also hints at the fact that a contributing factor may have been the pilots lack of IFR currency.
touch-n-go
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Yeah. Reading the report what emerges is the image of a pilot who classically exhibits "dangerous attitudes." Why would one be taking off VFR in IMC at night with passengers in a presumably VFR only C150, without an IFR flight plan and without currency for IFR flying or night flying , and then be taking selfies at critical phases of flight in IMC! That just displays a blatant disregard for rules, common sense or safety. Too bad for the poor passenger who paid the ultimate price for this stupidity.
