Mooney down in Norfolk

[par]

Just came across this: http://wavy.com/2015/03/04/communication-lost-with-small-plane-heading-to-orf/

 

 

[Marauder]

Another site is reporting the plane N is 66BB.

[FloridaMan]

Reports say there were three on board. Odd place to come down being that they were on the approach to 23. 

[par]

The WX here was pretty bad overnight as well. I think there was fog well below ILS mins. 

[FloridaMan]

Post removed; the reported pilot's name is not the owner. My apologies. 

[orionflt]

he has several incidents that I found dating back to 1994 in a G model mooney. Looking at his track record I might have rethought my love of flying.

 

Brian

[Marauder]

It also looks like he was not instrument rated and was flying in pretty bad conditions. Missed at his destination.

[wiguy]

If this is the same pilot that ran out of fuel buzzing his house, that's some bad stuff. One has to feel for any passengers onboard and their families.

[midlifeflyer]

It also looks like he was not instrument rated and was flying in pretty bad conditions. Missed at his destination.

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Yep. No instrument rating shown in the FAA Airman Database. 

[Dale Logsdon]

Looks like he was in the air close to 4.5 hrs.

 

May have been a fuel problem again.

[neilpilot]

Same pilot had another incident in a M20G back is 1994, also involving fuel starvation.   http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001206X01972&ntsbno=BFO94LA149&akey=1

[orionflt]

my daughter flew in from Colorado last night and I was watching the weather and delays around the country, Last night was not a good night for GA flying even for a proficient instrument rated pilot.

 

Brian

[midlifeflyer]

LiveATC feed: http://archive-server.liveatc.net/korf/KORF-Mar-04-2015-0830Z.mp3

[orionflt]

This was one of the Pilots that give the rest a bad name, unfortunately he took others with him.

 

Brian

[Marauder]

Yep. No instrument rating shown in the FAA Airman Database.

The FlightAware track also shows him at 7000 on this final leg.

[Marauder]

Same pilot had another incident in a M20G back is 1994, also involving fuel starvation. http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001206X01972&ntsbno=BFO94LA149&akey=1

Unbelievable! If this event in Norfolk is fuel starvation, I can't believe a person who had two prior fuel starvation accidents would do this again.

[aviatoreb]

430am - so dark, exceedingly low visibility - so this was an instrument flight in the dark by a noninstrument rated pilot?

 

And several previous crashes including a run-out of fuel while buzzing his own house?

[aviatoreb]

Unbelievable! If this event in Norfolk is fuel starvation, I can't believe a person who had two prior fuel starvation accidents would do this again.

 

Its amazing he lived, and continues to live through multiple crashes, even though his passengers are not so lucky.

[FloridaMan]

LiveATC feed: http://archive-server.liveatc.net/korf/KORF-Mar-04-2015-0830Z.mp3

 

"Are you getting pushed around by the wind; I'm showing you up and down and left and right..."

 

"6BB What's your fuel state" "I've got about an hour"

 

"6BB I'm showing you way left of course..." 

 

"Cancel approach clearance [to another pilot]"

 

"6BB you're way off the localizer"

 

"6BB you want to attempt this approach again?" "We'll take another swing at it"

[HRM]

Its amazing he lived, and continues to live through multiple crashes, even though his passengers are not so lucky.

 

Incredible, just incredible. This following a lengthy discussion of accidents involving non-IR pilots flying in IMC intentionally.

[par]

Unbelievable that he would make the decision to take off in the first place. I wonder if he ever checked the wx. Judging by the ATC feed, i'm going to guess he did not.

[Andy95W]

If these initial reports are true, hopefully he'll be prosecuted for manslaughter and have his license revoked forever.

[FloridaMan]

Did he survive?

[Marauder]

"Are you getting pushed around by the wind; I'm showing you up and down and left and right..."

 

"6BB What's your fuel state" "I've got about an hour"

 

"6BB I'm showing you way left of course..." 

 

"Cancel approach clearance [to another pilot]"

 

"6BB you're way off the localizer"

 

"6BB you want to attempt this approach again?" "We'll take another swing at it"

 

I don't think I ever heard a controller cancel someone's approach clearance while they were "on" the approach but they were so far off of the localizer. The entire audio portion made me sick...

 

Ground speed of 30 knots, telling the controller his gyros were precessing too much and that the turbulence was so severe that things were flying around in the cockpit. Not a good situation at all...

[Marauder]

Did he survive?

 

Don't know. I will check the Norfolk news channels.