Looks like N757NY. Pilot survived, but passenger did not. He was a UK resident – the new owner along for the ride? RIP, very sad.
Registered to the trust commonly used in Europe (or at least the UK) for N reg ownership, so quite likely. From the reports on the weather conditions of the rescue effort, and from the track which showed them staying quite low after departure, there will be some learning points…
denopa wrote:
Registered to the trust commonly used in Europe (or at least the UK) for N reg ownership, so quite likely. From the reports on the weather conditions of the rescue effort, and from the track which showed them staying quite low after departure, there will be some learning points…
Yes, it is an unforgiving part of the world in poor weather. The weather was very bad according to the news articles.
Doesn’t “everyone know” that if the weather is bad, or forecast to be bad, in the Arctic, you just don’t go?
I once sat for four days in Resolute Bay just twiddling my thumbs because the forecast wasn’t great.
denopa wrote:
From the reports on the weather conditions of the rescue effort, and from the track which showed them staying quite low after departure, there will be some learning points…
Thought the same after reading the report. Why take off into a blizzard ??
172driver wrote:
Thought the same after reading the report. Why take off into a blizzard ??
Particularly in a Malibu which could climb through it. You either depart planning to climb on top, or you stay put. Flying along at 2000ft is stupid particularly as you won’t have planned that (hence presumably the CFIT). I bet they thought they were flying out over the water so stay low until the weather improves. They just ignored the hill between them and Greenland.
Timothy wrote:
Doesn’t “everyone know” that if the weather is bad, or forecast to be bad, in the Arctic, you just don’t go?
I can’t understand that. Even in the “easier” parts of the world I always say the passengers to be flexible for departure/return due to weather with possibility that we’re flying few days before or after planned dates. No way I would allow peer pressure to force me to depart in weather conditions that I’m not sure that the aircraft is capable of flying in.
Emir wrote:
I can’t understand that.
Um, what don’t you understand? That I make a special case of the Arctic? If so, the reasons are several-fold:
JasonC wrote:
You either depart planning to climb on top, or you stay put. Flying along at 2000ft is stupid particularly as you won’t have planned that (hence presumably the CFIT). I bet they thought they were flying out over the water so stay low until the weather improves. They just ignored the hill between them and Greenland.
Don’t look much in details but at some point they need to get above +8000ft MSAs better sooner than later?
Timothy wrote:
Um, what don’t you understand? That I make a special case of the Arctic? If so, the reasons are several-fold:
He meant he can’t understand why they went.