Flying: Slippery Slope Article

[201er]

In the February 2012 issue of Flying magazine, there is an article called "Slippery Slope" about a 400 hour VFR NJ pilot who took off into 300' overcast and came down in pieces. Interesting article and definitely something to think about including the slippery slopes of pilot attitude it brings up.

The reason I'm posting here is because they had a picture of what appears to be a Mooney accompanying the article without a caption. I was wondering if anyone knows it it was a Mooney involved in this accident that the article discusses?

[MARZ]

I read that as well - google search turned this up

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20091114X32349&ntsbno=ERA10FA062&akey=1

a Piper PA-28R-200

[John Pleisse]

Nevermind the Mooney thing....how did he last 10 minutes in it?

[201er]

Why did they put a picture of a Mooney on a Piper accident!? Or am I just seeing it wrong?

[KSMooniac]

I thought it was a Mooney too from the pic....but the article never mentioned anything.  In-flight breakups of Mooneys are extremely rare, and I had not heard of one like that mentioned in the column and am not surprised it was a Piper instead of a Mooney.

[Shadrach]

Quote: 201er

Why did they put a picture of a Mooney on a Piper accident!? Or am I just seeing it wrong?

[kortopates]

I didn't read the Flying mag article but did read the NTSB report. Its hard to imagine a more obvious example of  anti-authority/arrogance based on the statemenets made by the pilot's wife's and other reported details. But there is  Last night I attended the latest AOPA Air Safety Institute seminar that came to my local neigborhood. Their most classic example of anti-authority from 2009 that they discussed was documented in this report: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20090131X25145&key=1 The differences being the Seneca pilot took off in VMC heading for an area of widespread IMC while being 300+ lbs over weight and 3.4" beyond the aft CG limit and without a wx breifing - after witnesses advised him to re-do his weight and balance calculations and get a wx briefing. Result: 6 fatalities.

Just seems criminal when it involves innocent passengers.

[Hank]

Quote: N4352H

Nevermind the Mooney thing....how did he last 10 minutes in it?

[Hank]

Quote: kortopates

Their most classic example of anti-authority from 2009 that they discussed was documented in this report: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20090131X25145&key=1 The differences being the Seneca pilot took off in VMC heading for an area of widespread IMC while being 300+ lbs over weight and 3.4" beyond the aft CG limit and without a wx breifing - after witnesses advised him to re-do his weight and balance calculations and get a wx briefing. Result: 6 fatalities.

Just seems criminal when it involves innocent passengers.

[201er]

Let me just mention for those who don't get the magazine that the NTSB report turns out to be as descriptive if not more than the article which just sumaraized it. The conclusions from reading the factual are no weaker than reading it broken down for you in the magazine.

[John Pleisse]

Quote: Hank

Ten minutes is surprising to me, but that's apparently what the accident statistics boil down to. Looking at the track from his GPS, it was an interesting ride, tight 180's followed by tighter 360's in the other direction.