Thanksgiving Eve Crash Claims Six

[Admin]

Sad day for a family, father and his 3 children...in the media section:

 

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/thanksgiving-eve-crash-claims-six.30947/

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Boy tough when an experienced pilot like that flies into a mountain. Appears like therer may have been traffic above also...wonder if ATC was a factor there.........................................................Maj...

 

 

[dazza 38]

Has anybody thought about suicide.Its bad to think that.But the guy was a top notch pilot.Knew the area.It wouldnt be the first time, that a parent has picked up the kids and crashed something.Just a thought.Slim chance of it.Just though I would mention it.

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Well I thought of that also dazza. There are a lot of airports in the Pheonix area plus large Air Force bases such as Luke AFB which has a lot of fast jet traffic.

 

I think this will just be a case of a lot of traffic at that time, and probabily a controller overload, and of course a pilot forgetting how high that hill was. Always a shame but that's aviation...................................Maj...