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Bill.Brine
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Flyingde
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NC
Reportedly doing a beach erosion survey.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local...gency-landing-on-st-augustine-beach-fhp-says/
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local...gency-landing-on-st-augustine-beach-fhp-says/
wireweinie
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Palmer, AK
Probably his mustache now.
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Fairbanks, AK.
Look at the video here: https://www.news4jax.com/news/local...gency-landing-on-st-augustine-beach-fhp-says/
Note the black appendages to the belly pod. My guess it's a camera system to record beach erosion (his alleged activity at the time), and the gizmo above the dash is a video monitor.
Edit: Could also be topographic LiDAR equipment as that's popular along coastal areas.
Gary
Note the black appendages to the belly pod. My guess it's a camera system to record beach erosion (his alleged activity at the time), and the gizmo above the dash is a video monitor.
Edit: Could also be topographic LiDAR equipment as that's popular along coastal areas.
Gary
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aktango58
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18AA
More stuff to obscure pilots' view of traffic?
courierguy
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Inkom, Idaho
“I feel badly we were in his way. I didn’t think he was landing or I didn’t know what he was doing.” Said witness and beach goer Julie Zoog, what a women!
Reminds me of the first time I met the new owners of the 40 acres below and off to the right of my place (new, after being in the same local family for 100+ years) his wife said, first thing : "if there's ever anything we can do to make your flying in and out of your place easier, just let me know." She can do no wrong, as long as we are neighbors.
Reminds me of the first time I met the new owners of the 40 acres below and off to the right of my place (new, after being in the same local family for 100+ years) his wife said, first thing : "if there's ever anything we can do to make your flying in and out of your place easier, just let me know." She can do no wrong, as long as we are neighbors.
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Notice they removed the belly pod and its valuable electronic contents
Gary
Gary
not if they get that spinner down into the sand and help the tail up to begin and then catch the tail when it comes over. only way i can see to do it unless theres a football team nearby. belley pods got to come off. thinking about it i would take the spinner and prop off also and mount a 2x8 or something on the crank.
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A easy way to get a plane off its back by hand is take an old Bushwheel tire or truck inner tube and stick it on the nose as you bring it over. Get some guys and walk it upright, make sure you have some ropes on the tail for stability and to help pull. As it go's over the top get some people to catch it as it comes down so you don't bend the airframe. A helicopter with a rope on the tail makes flipping a plane a 5 min job, usually the cheapest, and easiest way, you will spend more time thanking/paying the pilot than what it takes to do the flip. We get them flown in from the bush upside down a lot. NOTE: If the local wrench turners have not had experience in doing this anything can turn into a major goat rope.
DENNY
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Dillingham, Alaska
Well, you’ve got to protect that data plate !
wireweinie
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Palmer, AK
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Fairbanks, AK.
Insurance job? Maybe the owner's better off with something else in the end so revenue won't be down long.
Gary
Gary
gbflyer
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PAGS
Is that something new? Haven’t had a certified airplane in several years so I don’t know.
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N88452 7GCBC 12/7/16: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94474
Today: "Jury finds pilot blameless in fatal crash, awards widow $3.5 million. The estate of Mike Kelly sued Washington-based Micro AeroDynamics for damages, holding that Kelly was not made aware of the possibility of a tail stall after having vortex generators installed on his aircraft."
Previous NTSB finding: "There was no guidance provided by Micro AeroDynamics on how to determine adverse effect or how to conduct a subjective evaluation flight test. The manufacturer provided no information on how the slow flight characteristics would change what is published in the POM."
Gary
Today: "Jury finds pilot blameless in fatal crash, awards widow $3.5 million. The estate of Mike Kelly sued Washington-based Micro AeroDynamics for damages, holding that Kelly was not made aware of the possibility of a tail stall after having vortex generators installed on his aircraft."
Previous NTSB finding: "There was no guidance provided by Micro AeroDynamics on how to determine adverse effect or how to conduct a subjective evaluation flight test. The manufacturer provided no information on how the slow flight characteristics would change what is published in the POM."
Gary
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frequent_flyer
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Arizona, USA
NTSB does not appear to include the final accident report in the docket. It can be found by going to CAROL basic search and entering the NTSB number:
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
ANC17FA009
I found no mention of "tail stall" in the NTSB report.
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The pilot was conducting a 14 CFR 91.407 (b) operational check. Apparently the local jury was convinced he was not adequately informed or prepared for the task. Remains to be seen what legal maneuvers lie ahead.
Gary
Gary
mvivion
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Bozeman,MT
akavidflyer
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Soldotna AK
And this just proves why 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean is classified as a good start. Pilot is conducting slow flight and stall testing STUPID low to the ground and it's not his fault? What ever happened to doing testing 2-3 mistakes high? I fail to see how a guy with those ratings could not "recognize" a stall and know to lower the nose and add power.
