SUS Aero Commander Accident

arkflyr said:
Yeah it is Central Air, and still run by the Towner’s. Pour one out for another freight dog. Hard to believe that that place as lasted as long as it has.

www.kctv5.com

Pilot killed when plane operated by Kansas City business crashed at Missouri airport

Central Air Southwest confirmed it owned the plane that crashed at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield.
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What do they even do now that bank checks have been dead for a couple decades and Amflight/FLX/wiggins has basically consolidated the Brown feeder market?
 
Roger Roger said:
What do they even do now that bank checks have been dead for a couple decades and Amflight/FLX/wiggins has basically consolidated the Brown feeder market?
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FLX has been gone for what, 15 years? At least. Probably closer to 20.

When they weren't out of business and I was working for them we saw CASW guys all the time. Back then they were more like 25 than 65, wonder how this guy wound up there.

Stronk "remember when" vibes, and of course condolences.
 
Boris Badenov said:
FLX has been gone for what, 15 years? At least. Probably closer to 20.

When they weren't out of business and I was working for them we saw CASW guys all the time. Back then they were more like 25 than 65, wonder how this guy wound up there.

Stronk "remember when" vibes, and of course condolences.
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I thought FLX got rolled up into Amflight, but a google search appears to show they were bought by the same PE firm that bought Airnet.
 
Roger Roger said:
I thought FLX got rolled up into Amflight, but a google search appears to show they were bought by the same PE firm that bought Airnet.
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I always wondered what happened to all of those 210s. Ludicrously high-time, but also surprisingly well-maintained, and a fair number of them were 550 conversions and had TKS. If one had the (significant) money to gut-rehab one of the nicer ones, they'd probably have gotten themselves a deal.

Probably just flying drugs in South America or beer cans now, though.
 
Boris Badenov said:
I always wondered what happened to all of those 210s. Ludicrously high-time, but also surprisingly well-maintained, and a fair number of them were 550 conversions and had TKS. If one had the (significant) money to gut-rehab one of the nicer ones, they'd probably have gotten themselves a deal.

Probably just flying drugs in South America or beer cans now, though.
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I don’t do much maintenance or GA stuff anymore but I seem to remember the 210s have been hit pretty hard by some wing ADs (like pretty much all of these aging GA aircraft) recently-ish. So I imagine those latter options are most likely.
 
Roger Roger said:
I don’t do much maintenance or GA stuff anymore but I seem to remember the 210s have been hit pretty hard by some wing ADs (like pretty much all of these aging GA aircraft) recently-ish. So I imagine those latter options are most likely.
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Yea, I think 210s had an AD for spar corrosion that resulted in many of them needing new wings.
 
Central ships medical tests for the 2 big med corps, Quest and Labcorp (I think)
The fly ancient commanders with over 50k hours and steam gauges.
The pilots are usually newbies who are over worked and under trained.
They tend to lose about one a year or so...

Didn't even know they were still in business.

Pilots who survive a year or 2 end up being absolutely supreme pilots.
(but will need work on crew ops tho)
 
Boris Badenov said:
I always wondered what happened to all of those 210s. Ludicrously high-time, but also surprisingly well-maintained, and a fair number of them were 550 conversions and had TKS. If one had the (significant) money to gut-rehab one of the nicer ones, they'd probably have gotten themselves a deal.

Probably just flying drugs in South America or beer cans now, though.
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My father had a P-210. Sometime after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis and sometime before we took his car keys, he authorized a G1000 install.

Between the unpaid G1000 bill and required $40k AD, I sold it soon after his death. It had 8000 hours but was super clean.

It didn’t have any sentimental value but I like the thought that my dad continued to think about flying well into his decline. He kept spending money too.

I flew with him about a year before his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Damn, he could fly. He had no interest in keying the mic, but I just assumed that he had delegated that task to me. In retrospect, pure denial on my part.

On my last flight with my father, he shot approaches at a dozen small airports on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He never flew again. He knew.

I had intended this post to be about the costly P-210 spar AD. It kinda went in another direction.
 
Pilot Fighter said:
My father had a P-210. Sometime after his Alzheimer’s diagnosis and sometime before we took his car keys, he authorized a G1000 install.

Between the unpaid G1000 bill and required $40k AD, I sold it soon after his death. It had 8000 hours but was super clean.

It didn’t have any sentimental value but I like the thought that my dad continued to think about flying well into his decline. He kept spending money too.

I flew with him about a year before his Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Damn, he could fly. He had no interest in keying the mic, but I just assumed that he had delegated that task to me. In retrospect, pure denial on my part.

On my last flight with my father, he shot approaches at a dozen small airports on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He never flew again. He knew.

I had intended this post to be about the costly P-210 spar AD. It kinda went in another direction.
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Definitely worth it! I’m glad you have those fond memories.
 
DropTank said:
Central ships medical tests for the 2 big med corps, Quest and Labcorp (I think)
The fly ancient commanders with over 50k hours and steam gauges.
The pilots are usually newbies who are over worked and under trained.
They tend to lose about one a year or so...

Didn't even know they were still in business.

Pilots who survive a year or 2 end up being absolutely supreme pilots.
(but will need work on crew ops tho)
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This was another

Crash of a Rockwell Grand Commander 690A near Mesa: 6 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

www.baaa-acro.com www.baaa-acro.com

Theres a guy on youtube posting good videos.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AUTviw3osDk&pp=ygUWQWVybyBjb21tYW5kZXIgc2FmZm9yZA%3D%3D
 
DropTank said:
Central ships medical tests for the 2 big med corps, Quest and Labcorp (I think)
The fly ancient commanders with over 50k hours and steam gauges.
The pilots are usually newbies who are over worked and under trained.
They tend to lose about one a year or so...

Didn't even know they were still in business.

Pilots who survive a year or 2 end up being absolutely supreme pilots.
(but will need work on crew ops tho)
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I did two seasons of Air Attack in these. One was a 75 and the other a 69. They were well maintained. Fly like a big Cessna. Steam gages. Guess I'm lucky to be alive.
 
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