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12/08/2014 at 12:59 • Filed to: None
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"rhorizon" (rhorizon)
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It was reported this morning that three people died when a Embraer Phenom 100 crashed into a neighborhood 1 mile NW of the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, MD. The aircraft was on final approach to the airport and eyewitnesses report that the plane seemed to "wobble" 100-200ft above the ground before banking to the left and diving down, impacting the ground and setting nearby homes on fire. All three persons aboard the aircraft died while no one on the ground was harmed.
The NTSB is on its way to the crash site and a preliminary report will soon be available.
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Personally? I'm assuming a "too low, too slow" scenario, especially since the aircraft was arriving behind a Cessna 172.
Jayhawk Jake
> rhorizon
12/08/2014 at 13:24 |
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Sounds like a stall. Pilot error, unfortunately
Rev Hang Slows My Roll
> rhorizon
12/08/2014 at 13:32 |
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my elementary school is 1 mile west of the airport
macanamera
> rhorizon
12/08/2014 at 13:36 |
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I sometimes work right there, less than like a tenth of a mile from the Airpark. In fact, I did my LSA pilot classes there.
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rhorizon
> Jayhawk Jake
12/08/2014 at 14:32 |
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That's exactly my thought
doodon2whls
> rhorizon
12/08/2014 at 22:20 |
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Six dead. Mother and two children in the house that was hit. Likely overcome by fumes/smoke.
This pilot has crashed at this air park before in 2010. It will be interesting to read the NTSB report on this one. Cockpit voice and data recorders recovered in good condition.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/…
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rhorizon
> doodon2whls
12/09/2014 at 12:17 |
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Absolutely tragic. Given the pilot's prior history, that he was reportedly flying an instrument approach (which, at KGAI only supports a VOR approach or a GPS/RNAV approach - my bet is that he was flying the RNAV if true) in visual conditions...
I'm expecting:
- The pilot to have had autopilot on, fixed on the approach, and he neglected to enable autothrottle control (if it's even available in the Phenom 100). He may have been distracted by something else.
- The plane "freaked out" during the absence of necessary power, dropped altitude and speed and attempted to recover without throttle control (total absence of available necessary power/thrust + pitching up = aggravated drop in altitude and a severe pitch up in attempt to maintain altitude)
- The pilot freaked out and tried to correct by using wing control inputs (during an imminent stall scenario, leads to the ailerons being borderline unresponsive and tipping the plane at an angle, which causes an aggravated stall and a sudden rotation, as described by the plane rolling to over 90* and impacting "belly up" — violently pitching down would increase sink rate in a low lift scenario, causing the plane to drop even faster) with a last second firewall of the throttle (which would have taken 5-10 seconds at a minimum for the engines to spool up to maximum rated thrust)
/armchair NTSB