MARZ Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 https://www.click2houston.com/news/1-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-near-west-houston-airport-officials-say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontownMooney Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 From that article, what does "According to the other pilot, Waller's plane had become a collision hazard for several other airplanes. " mean?Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 18 minutes ago, moontownMooney said: From that article, what does "According to the other pilot, Waller's plane had become a collision hazard for several other airplanes. " mean? Maybe since he was VFR flying in IFR conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill98 Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, LANCECASPER said: Maybe since he was VFR flying in IFR conditions Might have been MVFR at the time. Been sitting here here today hoping fo fog to burn off, just a reminder to not even think of pushing the envelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 9:45 AM, bill98 said: Might have been MVFR at the time. Been sitting here here today hoping fo fog to burn off, just a reminder to not even think of pushing the envelope You're right KIAH was 1000 OVC 10 mi. visibility at the time, looks like he was VFR on top and ATC was trying to help him get through it before he ran out of fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_H Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 It's frustrating reading news articles on crashes. Reporters rarely seem to have any clue about what they're reporting on. Either that... or they intentionally report the story to get a "fearful narrative" across. In the article it also shows the Sheriff's "tweeting" reports about a crash incident he seemed to know very little about... I suppose I shouldn't be too shocked. People are afraid of GA because of a never-ending stream of misinformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 hour ago, David_H said: .....People are afraid of GA because of a never-ending stream of misinformation. True...but that doesn't belie the fact that there are far too many GA accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kortopates Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 One thread on this tragedy is enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 3 hours ago, fantom said: True...but that doesn't belie the fact that there are far too many GA accidents. There are too many. Know your limits and be careful out there guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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