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Old 07-04-2019, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100 View Post
I haven’t flown a King Air since 1979, so my memory is foggy. However, the max gross weight people are referring to is a structural limit, not a single engine climb performance limit...isn’t it?

What was the weather in Addison that day, around 90 something degrees? So density altitude would have been above 3000 feet.?

What would the single engine climb performance limit weight have been for that?
Using APG numbers, structural is the limit.

With six adults an two kids in the back, (standard weights), just 240 lbs. pax baggage (standard 30 lbs a piece) min fuel with Legal IFR reserves, it does work with around 200 lbs to spare. But not a whole lot of fudge factor, and it can still be loaded wrong and aft of the limit.

I’m not saying what did happen, but even if all the i’s were dotted and t’s were crossed, this situation would be a lot to handle.

I figured 1000 miles, because I figured the typical route to expect. Direct is out Of the realm of possibilities due to all of the special use airspace, something is gonna be hot.
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