Four Dead in Crash

[Joe]

www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/Fiery_Plane_Crash_Leaves_Four_Dead_127743843.html?ref=843

Very sketchy-- unlike my last post, this news is only about a day old. It happened at Burley, Idaho. I know someone who recently moved back to Twin Falls, Idaho, near there.

www.airnav.com/airport/KBYI

[Tom Goodrick]

That's a high elevation runway. Any indication high temps were a factor?


FS models the effects of high density altitude fairly well. It would be educational for us to try using RW at various high-elevation airports to see the effect.

[Tom Goodrick]

The NTSB preliminary report is available. The cause is pretty clear to me: hot day (91F), high altitude airport. full tanks for a long trip. The Cessna 210 stalled, crashed and burned up just at the airport boundary. It took 3/4 of runway to lift off. Pilot probably should not have retracted the gear. (Drag is increased temporarily.)

www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?
ev_id=20110815X10520&key=1

And a 6 kt tail wind?

[Joe]

That link isn't working for me.

My first thought was that 6 kts. wouldn't be that big a deal but will all those other factors it would be, especially if they got a nice solid gust at just the wrong time.