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Pilot error likely in first in-service Skycatcher crash
What appears to be the first in-service crash of a Cessna C162 Skycatcher - the company's new light sport entrant - will likely be ruled as pilot error. (www.flightglobal.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I'm not exactly a fan of Cessna's new strategy, but as others have said, it really doesn't matter in this case. If you're interested, the plane is apparently available here:
http://www.aigaviation.com/aviationsalvage/salvagedetail.aspx?SalvageId=1109
What I can't figure out is why taking off with a quartering tail-wind seemed like a good idea. I have accepted the fact that a lot of pilots don't understand/bother with density altitude (I don't understand why), but surely the asos would have alerted this pilot that maybe he should have taken off the other direction.
Never mind, I read the narrative. It says the pilot "estimated" the winds were light and variable and weather was approaching. I agree, this is definitely "pilot stupidity."
http://www.aigaviation.com/aviationsalvage/salvagedetail.aspx?SalvageId=1109
What I can't figure out is why taking off with a quartering tail-wind seemed like a good idea. I have accepted the fact that a lot of pilots don't understand/bother with density altitude (I don't understand why), but surely the asos would have alerted this pilot that maybe he should have taken off the other direction.
Never mind, I read the narrative. It says the pilot "estimated" the winds were light and variable and weather was approaching. I agree, this is definitely "pilot stupidity."
It is a Cessna designed aircraft, built in China and assembled by an approved service facility (not Cessna owned). Regardless, as several others have stated no aircraft can survive a stupid pilot. Remember all the hype about the little girl "flying" cross country who crashed in Cheyenne? She had a flight instructor with her who apparently had no experience with mountain flying. If you don't think you have to follow the laws of physics, eventually they will get you.
Get home-itis afflicts more pilots than I care to mention. Having an airplane built in China or Bosnia does not excuse using common sense or better yet your darn check-list. Use this as a tool for safety the next time you and your instructor have a meet..
It's terrible that this pilot didn't put more effort into his preflight and ruined his aircraft!
Well now my Flight School has one now...hmmmm
Incidentally, I too have done a takeoff downwind in a 162. This was inadvertent, and caught me off guard. I was up practicing landings at my local field (controlled) and the wind changed direction in a very short time. I had done about 5 landings and on my next time around the pattern I noticed that my crab angle on the base leg seemed wrong to maintain the right ground track. I proceeded on and noted that my ground speed seemed a bit high. Then I seemed to drift further down the runway than normal in the flare. It's a 6000 foot runway, so I wasn't concerned about running out of space, but the 'go' part of the touch-and-go took up a lot more room than I expected. On climb out I heard the tower say to someone (as if the mike was keyed unintentionally) "yeah I know, it just happened, I'm going to have to turn it all around". He then instructed me to maintain heading while he sorted everyone else out before issuing me instructions to turn around and cleared me for a touch-and-go in the opposite direction and announced a new weather observation was active. Anyway, I'm low-time, so it was all a new experience for me to be a part of and I enjoyed it.