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Sorry to hear this hits so close to home. My take on the photo as you try to make sense of it: Is the right wing at the site? hard to tell. ntsb will want to find all four corners. Check local police and sheriff tweets and media. Local tv too. No engine or prop looks like more than a spin...

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Bird strikes: close calls at 2k with a pair of Trumpeter swans, several Bald Eagles, a Osprey in my Seattle flying. And now a lot of young birds and fall migrating so they are out there. Long shot for issues here, but possible pilot incapacitation is a thing. But nevertheless, on the subject...

Here in Seattle recovery ops are still ongoing. Not much to add to the ads-b read out. Witnesses heard a variety of sounds. Scattered Cloud deck was a little low but nothing out of the ordinary. Hence the 1500 altitude. Tragic and the pilot was well known. Could be nearly anything including...

Any else thinking Monty Python’s Fish Slapping skit?

I suppose we can all agree that the FAA needs to re-write the FAR’s and have a definitive word on straight in finals and traffic patterns. Short of an emergency order, I’m not holding my breath for a NPRM process in the next years. So time to move on to another subject. We’ve beat this one...

“That's more like a person pulling out to make a left turn in front of someone where the left turning driver had sufficient time to make their turn but for the speed of the other driver.“ . . . and the pulling out driver had announced their intention and had a beacon that showed where they were...

Go arounds are taught to follow the guide for overtaking, to pass on the right. That allows the pilot to keep the conflicting traffic in view without aircraft structures blocking. The fact that the left wing was pulled off says the C152 was using a proper procedure in giving way to a plane on...

In driver Ed in 1970 it was drummed into us that a rear end accident is always the fault of the one that rear ends the car ahead as ‘last clear chance’ to avoid is on that car. The example given is why you don’t tailgate. To drift the thread downwind. . .

True, no doubt. But as an exercise in Philadelphia lawyering, let’s say the Cessna152 was simply landing according to FAA guidance in an established traffic pattern. Show chart to jury. The 152 then moved immediately to avoid the 340 when visually aware of the threat of a nonstandard high...

"The 152 should have had no one close behind him after turning final, unfortunately it appears he turned in front of the twin." IMHO perhaps: A three mile final report at normal speeds would indicate that one could reasonably think no one was close behind him at 120 mph approach for the C340...

Waiting for the NTSB report but I read that the C340 had banked hard right. Video seems to show the C152 without the left wing (could indicate that the C152 was stepped to the side on the go around?). Things will become clear in the weeks ahead but that video does not show a plane that is going...

Or it sounds like an unfortunate accident.

This happens every so often. Think of it as your detox from the site and it will come back when all the electrons line up correctly at the server.

The only problem I have had with my Stratux is the antennas are pretty flimsy. Easy to break off at the connector to the screw in part.

The back ramp theory is easily figured out. A young co-pilot who is not a loadmaster in any sense, decides to take a look to see how bad it is. Stressful situation, doesn't think of the tether, just wants to peek around the corner and see. Probably has very limited experience being in the...

There are some really ODD speculation on this thread, some of which tells me more about the psychology of the poster than the tragic victim. Let's just assume he was trying to help, looked out the back ramp without a harness and fell, OK? Anything else is just bringing grief to some family...

For a great sport aviation field that will be a good test of your skills, try S43, Harvey Field in Snohomish. They can also take into into Paine, where the Boeing 747-77-87 were made.

Cessna 310 had a right gear collapse and the sequence is on YouTube. The "Airbus" ADS-B was a Canadian canard that was in the air for six hours and one of the final ones to get in before the field closed for the night.

Looks as bad as Wednesday, direct hit.