Post Mortem on Crashes Thread

[SixPapaCharlie]

We post about the plane down and argue about them. Not sure I see a lot of going back after the details come out from NTSB.

This Sierra went down in Denton, TX in 2014:
https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/plane-down-in-denton-tx.70272/

Wife died. Dad and daughter lived. Speculation was mechanical failure / loss of oil pressure.
This accident was why I gave up flying at night in the Tampico.

At any rate, seems he may have confused the prop lever with the mixture
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...-3358-4770-9ad6-45ef8059a159&pgno=1&pgsize=50

"A postaccident examination of the engine showed no preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. In a subsequent statement, the pilot reported that, although he thought he had his hand on the propeller control, he actually had it on the mixture knob. As a result, he inadvertently moved the mixture knob too far aft, which would have made the fuel-air mixture to the engine too lean and caused the engine to lose power."

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/04/denton-municipal-airport-kdto-texas.html

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

We post about the plane down and argue about them.

We could have parallel threads on each crash; one where people discuss the accident before the ntsb report, and another where people say we must not discuss the accident because we don't have any details yet.

 

[Zeldman]

At any rate, seems he may have confused the prop lever with the mixture
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...-3358-4770-9ad6-45ef8059a159&pgno=1&pgsize=50

"A postaccident examination of the engine showed no preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. In a subsequent statement, the pilot reported that, although he thought he had his hand on the propeller control, he actually had it on the mixture knob. As a result, he inadvertently moved the mixture knob too far aft, which would have made the fuel-air mixture to the engine too lean and caused the engine to lose power."

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/04/denton-municipal-airport-kdto-texas.html

I can't imagine how I would feel or even live if my wife passed away because I made a simple mistake like that. Just terrible.

 

[PPC1052]

I actually would love to compare some of the pre-NTSB probable cause report threads with the ultimate probable cause reports.

 

[PaulS]

Bad stuff happens when you get puckered up. I suppose that's why practice is important.