When you're part of the members in aviation, especially as an aviator as known as a pilot, you do will come across a conversation of...
"Hey, you know?! XXX place gt XXX in trouble/crashed! XX person involved, currently..."
Everything can just happen in a second! I do wonder that when will be mine?! I admit that I did experience an engine quit in sudden with no reason before. Nevertheless, compare with many, it's just a small case to handle with in that kind of situation. For a much more critical one...when? Tomorrow? Next year? 10 years later...? Frankly speaking, the moment I heard all these cases, 1st few thing come to my mind is... : Are the pilot(s) OKay? What aircraft? From where and happen at where? What's the cause of it? Always, that 4 questions will catch my brain keep thinking. Well, learn from the mistake. To be exact, LEARN FROM OTHER PEOPLE MISTAKE! I do and never wish it will really happen to me. Maybe one day it will, and I do hope by that time it happen, I'm always ready to face it with calm.
I remember in aviation conversation, my friends and i came to the same view...
"Plan to the worst as you can never expect will happen for the next second"
It's freaking true. Be a pilot, you're always need to be ready with Engine failure/Power lost, engine on fire, Bird strike, Electrical failure, Alternator failure, Suction failure, Circuit breaker pop-up, Extremely bad weather, ...... etc. Anything you be able to mention in the aircraft, it will have its tendency to get malfunction. Even you have planned for a Nav., you'll need to plan "outside" than you routes for in case/emergency. You may not know that the runway is closed for temporary/the weather is bad enough and you need to hold/ you're required to divert/ your passenger isn't feeling well/... Always, that's the worst scenario has to be plan. Not only check for the destination aerodrome but to check with the aerodrome which may pass by/abeam/the nearest. Understand its plan view, length,... A lot. That's where a COMPLICATED flight can be brought up.
Recently I've been heading my head in NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board). Though I've too many stuffs on queuing, somehow, I still wish that i can spend some time to read up what had happened in the past air crashed which NTSB be able to investigated/pointed out. Understand the summaries can bring the help in more awareness.
I'll try my best in posting in each post... or reader(s) can also actually obtain it from NTSB website.
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The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (
Accident occurred Sunday, January 01, 2006 in Phenix City, AL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 3/28/2006
Aircraft: Piper PA-23-160, registration: N4370P
Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor, 1 Uninjured.
The private pilot was on a visual flight rules cross country flight when he began encountering instrument conditions. The pilot continued into the instrument conditions for about 30 minutes before asking Atlanta Approach Control for directions to the nearest airport for landing. The controller directed the pilot to two different nearby airports but both were below minimums. The pilot informed the controller that he was low on fuel and needed to land as soon as possible. The controller directed the pilot to the Columbus Metropolitan Airport, Columbus, Georgia. The pilot told the controllers that he would attempt an Instrument approach. The pilot attempted four unsuccessful approaches with the controllers talking him through each approach. On the fifth approach, at five miles from the runway the pilot stated that both engine's quit due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot called "mayday" and during the forced landing the airplane collided with trees and the ground separating the right wing, half of the left wing, and coming to rest inverted. The pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies with the airplane during the attempted approaches.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's inadequate decision to continue VFR flight into IMC conditions, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion."
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