Piper Aerostar down near springfield, IL

[Grum.Man]

"During August 21-23, 2019, the pilot received initial training in the Piper PA-60-601P airplane from Advanced Flight Training International, Sarasota, Florida. The flight instructor who provided the training stated that the pilot had received a certificate of completion that was limited to visual flight rules (VFR) operations. The reason the certificate of completion was limited to VFR operations was because the airplane had a malfunctioning horizontal situation indicator during training, which prevented an evaluation of the pilot's ability to fly solely by reference to instruments under IFR"

And no mention in the maintenance logs of that being overhauled.

 

[denverpilot]

The links to the report are now throwing an error at the NTSB website but weren’t a few minutes ago.

 

[Jim K]

The links to the report are now throwing an error at the NTSB website but weren’t a few minutes ago.

Here's the link to Kathryn's report:

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/01/piper-pa-60-601p-aerostar-700-superstar.html

Text of preliminary is available there.

And no mention in the maintenance logs of that being overhauled.

To be fair, the report doesn't say it wasn't fixed, although it is quite a coincidence.

Im amazed what they could tell from the doorbell cameras.

 

[Tantalum]

"During August 21-23, 2019, the pilot received initial training in the Piper PA-60-601P airplane from Advanced Flight Training International, Sarasota, Florida. The flight instructor who provided the training stated that the pilot had received a certificate of completion that was limited to visual flight rules (VFR) operations. The reason the certificate of completion was limited to VFR operations was because the airplane had a malfunctioning horizontal situation indicator during training, which prevented an evaluation of the pilot's ability to fly solely by reference to instruments under IFR"

And no mention in the maintenance logs of that being overhauled.

Oh My God.

 

[Jim K]

Saw @Tantalum mention Aerostars in another thread and it jogged my memory of this crash. 2 years tomorrow, still no final report.