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Annnnd he's back. Another 11 minutes of flight time.

Very sad. Looks like things went south immediately after takeoff. Stopping at the Starbucks next door to that Sonic was part of my "going to fly ritual" when I was training at GPM in 2007.

N4GA was a CJ3. That N-number is now on an '89 Bonanza also registered to AOPA.

Well, it flew again... apparently departing from 17, looping once around the field at between 500' - 600' AGL before (presumably) landing back on 35. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N352TD/history/20201202/1403Z/KVLD/KVLD

From the video, it definitely looks like he was having a problem maintaining altitude on one engine, and that the plane ultimately lost the battle against VMC and spun into the dead engine at low altitude. ASN's report includes a transcript of ATC communications between the aircraft and VGT...

"Estimated arrival." But yeah, the timing seems off relative to the reported accident time.

Yes. Four years ago, the Remos LSA I'd been flying since 2012 was involved in a fatal crash at a small airport north of Santa Fe, NM. I'd met both victims before, though I didn't know them well, but it was the loss of that little airplane - the first plane I'd flown as a certificated pilot, the...

I really, really hope you're right about that, though to me this was the second-worst outcome imaginable behind crashing in flames. He forced it into the air (and almost halfway around the pattern, at less than half the pattern altitude) and then somehow managed to successfully get it back on...

"According to information on file with the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute, the pilot of the PA-12 was denied medical certification in June 2012 by the Alaska Regional Flight Surgeon due to vision problems. The denial was appealed and sustained in July 2012." The PA-12 was also flying under an...

It's a Quest Kodiak. https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:13547597603496::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:29-JUL-20,QUEST+AIRCRAFT Photo: https://flightaware.com/photos/view/239302-47039efbe753af2c11cc7a0ee0dca407195a89fb

The same fear? I'm aware of the statistics, but as I don't know anyone personally who's died from the flu, no.

An aviation journalist I worked with several years ago died of COVID in May, and the brother of a high school classmate was the first fatality recorded in Nebraska. Another journalist friend was diagnosed and passed it onto his family, but everyone remained asymptomatic. An ex-girlfriend who...

At which airport did this occur?

A Volmer Jensen VJ-22. Photo: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001124522.html Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volmer_VJ-22_Sportsman ASIAS: https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:2791265015272::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:29-JUN-20,VOLMER+JENSEN

I believe the accident helicopter is N8375F, which reportedly took damage from a "high-powered" rifle in 2016. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/05/official-ar-15s-fired-at-houston-police.html Forget it, eman. It's H-Town.

Great job and video!

The final report is out... and paints the portrait you'd pretty much expect. https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20180122X32841&AKey=1&RType=HTML&IType=FA

The flight track may tell the story. :-( https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N43368/history/20200303/1830Z/KCAE/KTCL

Just a WAG, but I get the impression that Rogoway (whose writing I enjoy) has succumbed to the Mojave mystique and the lure of being the first to break a "revolutionary" aviation story that no other industry publication (that I've seen) is paying much heed. Odds are this experience will show...

Thanks!