Rgbeard
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- Joined
- Aug 26, 2017
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- 4,353
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- Phoenix, AZ and Ensenada, Mexico
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rgbeard
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Last night, during one of the more intense storms to hit the Valley of the Sun, my wife and I both heard the unmistakeable noise of a GA piston engine going overhead.
Looking at FA, we found this SR22 skirting a squall line on it's way from Scottsdale AZ (SDL) to Lake Havasu, AZ (HII). Kinda going about 90 degrees off intended direction to find the end of this storm.
“Change of plan … we’re gonna go back to Goodyear. We’re in moderate to severe turbulence and ice we’re not able to pull off … “
Listening to "the tapes" - he seemed pretty rattled. We have two airports here, so close that their class D airspace almost intersects. Glendale and Goodyear. People here locally mix the two up, and our Cirrus driver seemed to be no exception. He told Albuquerque he intended to go back to Goodyear - but then seemed to indicate Glendale (GYR vs. GEU). The final solution - he landed at Sky Harbor. I understand Cutter has hot coffee.
Congratulations to the Cirrus driver for not becoming a smoking hole, or perhaps parachute-cloth-covered smoking hole. Personally, I think the preflight weather considerations by this pilot may have been sub-par at the very least. I don't believe the NTSB report would have been very complimentary.
Last night, during one of the more intense storms to hit the Valley of the Sun, my wife and I both heard the unmistakeable noise of a GA piston engine going overhead.
Looking at FA, we found this SR22 skirting a squall line on it's way from Scottsdale AZ (SDL) to Lake Havasu, AZ (HII). Kinda going about 90 degrees off intended direction to find the end of this storm.
“Change of plan … we’re gonna go back to Goodyear. We’re in moderate to severe turbulence and ice we’re not able to pull off … “
Listening to "the tapes" - he seemed pretty rattled. We have two airports here, so close that their class D airspace almost intersects. Glendale and Goodyear. People here locally mix the two up, and our Cirrus driver seemed to be no exception. He told Albuquerque he intended to go back to Goodyear - but then seemed to indicate Glendale (GYR vs. GEU). The final solution - he landed at Sky Harbor. I understand Cutter has hot coffee.
Congratulations to the Cirrus driver for not becoming a smoking hole, or perhaps parachute-cloth-covered smoking hole. Personally, I think the preflight weather considerations by this pilot may have been sub-par at the very least. I don't believe the NTSB report would have been very complimentary.
