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Hi, have you guys heard about an SR22 that ditched in the English Channel about 15 nm north of Cherbourg, France on Sunday. A pilot from Jersey, Channel Isles GB died. No mayday. Tragic loss of a 25 year old newly qualified. Reports below written by me as I am journalist at na ewspaper in Jersey. Investigtations...
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Rick, yes, I have at least an idea where approximately the accident was. Go to Google Earth, search for LSZH. You'll see the airport from above. Rwy 14 is the northernmost of the 3 runways. Zoom in to the approach end, until you can read 14 on the runway, then tilt the view. You can see the approach...
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Timm Preusser
on 25 Oct 2008
Filed under: accident, speculation, fatal, LSZH, fatal accident #42, Switzerland, Zurich
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Power failure? Is this an accurate report? Statistically, in a single engine piston plane, the most common cause of an engine failure is running out of fuel. But I always find these early reports on what actually happened bordering on comical as the media, knowing very little about aviation, almost always...
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So, IMC with ground contact but no runway and a 'power failure', this is why you drill PULL CHUTE into your head. Scenario based training has me pulling the chute anytime I am IMC with low ceilings w/o an engine. And by low I mean around 2500 feet. If the ceiling isn't high enough to allow...