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Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:04 am
by cat1
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2024 1:42 pm
by 100arw
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2024 7:05 pm
by raptor9
Should be classed as an accident or an incident, not a crash.
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:35 am
by C24
Reading the report it smacks of sloppy airmanship which resulted with no injuries to anyone not involved.
Which airline employs the pilot?
A similar attitude to the JP & Hunter incidents
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:47 am
by raptor9
23,000 hours!!!. Familiarity breeding contempt? However, nobody is perfect, probably lots of conversation with the back- seater, distractions . S..t happens. Glad it was a good ending. There is a VERY good reason why flight deck crews have a 'sterile cockpit' below 10,000 ' when the only thing being discussed is flying the aircraft. When I was throwing myself out of perfectly good aircraft, it was always the experienced guys, [I wasn't particularly] who were hurting themselves, legs, ankles etc. Novices did things by the book!. Doesn't matter which airline he works for. Check lists are mandatory in procedures.
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:21 pm
by Drinkmat
A fairly well known personality was the passenger. Not sure he would want his name associated with the forced landing, so I won't be the first to publish the name.
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:27 pm
by sdad
Checklists? I agree but have never seen general aviation pre-flight checks done holding one! In my (non-aviation) experience, if the checklist is done after the checks, everything is ticked whether it was done or not. The checklist needs to go round with the person and each item done one at a time.
Re: Sywell Spitfire Crash Report
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2024 9:00 pm
by raptor9
Yep, seen them used, used them myself early on as a student 'cos my instructor chappie liked them but only used them later with a non-familiar type.