Just because you have your instrument rating

That just looks UGLY.

Any idea what happened? The radar track shows a significant increase in ground speed while climbing back up to 1000'. Storm drive him back into the ground?
 
I'd suspect FlightAware is just FOS.

The only way he can climb 100 feet AND double his ground speed at the same time is if he's in a huge updraft with the nose pointed down.

I've seen FA give some ridiculous one-point speeds on my own flights. A 172 is not capable of 150 knots cruise in calm wind.

MUCH more likely is that he maneuvered faster than the sampling, at the previous lower speed. Meaning, he actually covered much more distance than FA thought he did.

Which would be consistent with disorientation.
 
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Yeah don't necessarily believe single-point numbers in FlightAware unless there is other data to corroborate them.
 
So he flew straight into severe convective activity? Some serious echoes there.
 
I know next to nothing about instrument flying, but, do I understand that this guy went missed in that storm? Of course I wasn't there, but it seems if it looked nearly as bad on the ground as that radar looks, you pretty much get one shot. Even if I bent the plane, I aint going around. I may be way off base and I am open to being straightened out. I am trying to understand it. Nevertheless, condolences to the family.
 
I'm not sure hitting terrain at 90 knots is better than hitting a thunderstorm.

CFIT accidents tend to be real bad.

And he didn't necessarily know he was headed into that echo. If he did, perhaps he might have diverted earlier.
 
MAKG1 said:
I'm not sure hitting terrain at 90 knots is better than hitting a thunderstorm.

CFIT accidents tend to be real bad.

And he didn't necessarily know he was headed into that echo. If he did, perhaps he might have diverted earlier.
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I would look at the tapes. I get vectors all the time for weather..... Width of storm, type of precip, direction of storm. Coulda been shear, outflow, microburst.... Who knows except for the guy they pulled out of the river.
 
That weather sure looks like nasty stuff,probably embedded in the clouds. May not have been aware of the severe weather when he started the approach. Sad RIP.
 
frfly172 said:
That weather sure looks like nasty stuff,probably embedded in the clouds. May not have been aware of the severe weather when he started the approach. Sad RIP.
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They would have been able to see this weather as soon as they cleared the pattern...or sooner.

Tragic accident nonethleless.
 
Hate to see this. Poor adm - why go forward when 180 behind you is that clear.
 
I have flown from ORL (his departure point) to TIX (destination) many, many times. In a C310 it's all of 10 minutes. From 2,000 ft off ORL you can see TIX. No way he should ever have left ORL as the storms had been building. I know - I'm currently in FL 30 miles from ORL. They still haven't released the pilot's identity. Pulled the plane up yesterday.
 
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