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Here's the prelim: https://ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20171107X60614&key=1

LOL, same here. I couldn't help but think a successful flight review should claim just one aircraft at most...

I'll be happy to be proven wrong, but there's plenty of evidence to indicate that Icon was already hanging by a thread before today. One way or another, I suspect we'll find out sooner than later.

FP, take a look at the video on the Icon homepage. Those scenes may very well have been shot at 501' AGL but they still encourage a style of flying that isn't very accommodating to low-time, low-experience pilots.

Ford and Chevy don't teach their customers how to drive Mustangs and Camaros, but Icon teaches its customers how to fly its planes... at the same time Icon's marketing pitches the plane to non-pilots and continues to tout the "adventure" of flying low and "fast" (such as that is in the A5)...

True enough, but I don't see how that similarity might "help" the company's situation. Icon keeps tight rein over its pilot training program.

The key differences being that both companies were already a) well-established, and b) profitable at the times of both respective high-profile fatals.

Sadly, I tend to agree. As of today, there are just 11 A5s in the FAA Registry that are clearly in private hands, including Halladay's. Another three show "registration pending."

FlightAware's "position-only" tracking shows at least two flights for this aircraft over the SLC area last week, both a series of tight back-and-forth patterns over the Great Salt Lake and surrounding cities. It's a good bet the aircraft was carrying camera and/or sensing equipment...

LiveATC has the archived feed. The pilot also indicated to the tower he'd had an electrical problem in the aircraft last Friday; FlightAware shows a pair of short round-robin flights from FFZ on that date.

It will be interesting to learn more about this accident. I wouldn't expect the plane to be sitting upright if they landed with the gear down.

I was a (very bad and easily flustered) waiter, then went into alarm sales, car sales, car alarm sales, auto detailing and window tinting, and driving a courier route. Oh, and I was also a customer service rep for a wallboard company.

Yep, that page loves trolling the media with false aviation stories. They received a lot of attention in December for an (admittedly funny) article claiming that Christian-owned airlines were responsible for wingtip position lights being red and green. First clue is that the N-number they use...

Nose, wingtips, tail. Evidence that the airframe impacted intact and it wasn't an in-flight breakup.

Same here. It looks like the accident flight track has been removed.

The DMN is now reporting three deaths. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/collin-county/2016/12/31/least-one-likely-dead-small-plane-collision-mckinney

My introduction to GA in the early 2000s was working for a regional ground courier service with a Part 135 sister operation. Our largest customer at the time was a very large national bank, which in our state alone paid for approximately a dozen weekday flights hauling bank mail in the AM...

I've never stayed at LAM long enough to use or recommend any of the on-field services, but back in 2013 I put together a PPT presentation for a local WINGS event on the arrival/departure procedures: http://www.slideshare.net/RobFinfrock/operating-into-los-alamos-municipal-airport-klam-23760516

Correct, it has to be no later than tomorrow (7/15) or nada.

Of those three, I agree that Cirrus would be the best fit. Icon announced back in 2012 that Cirrus was going to manufacture a significant portion of the A5 airframe; I'm not sure what, if anything, actually became of that. http://aviationweek.com/awin/cirrus-produce-airframe-composites-icon-lsa