Originally Posted by
tennesseeflyboy
Heard from mechanics at OLV, the engine was operating at full throttle, aircraft was nose down at impact, Shelby County Sheriffs were interviewing different people ................. This begs the question ............... WHY was that throttle wide open at time of impact ???
Its hard to figure out what would cause a cessna to crash in flat west tn. If you had lost an engine it is pretty easy to land it in a field. I would think an experienced Air Force pilot could handle that emergency. Maybe he became incapacitated in some way.