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07-31-2022 | 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by takingmessages

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/lo...263974426.html

Kathryn's Report: CASA C-212-200 Aviocar, N497CA: Fatal accident occurred July 29, 2022 at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU), Morrisville, Wake County, North Carolina

Saw this and is baffling! Very sad for the FO, seemed like a smart kid with a bright future.

07-31-2022 | 06:06 AM

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Maybe the pilot who landed asked him to do something stupid like look at the gear from an open door, and now since the guy died, he is claiming he jumped to avoid blame.

07-31-2022 | 06:06 AM

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Strange. With a landing gear problem it's somewhat plausible someone was having a look from a precarious position

07-31-2022 | 06:17 AM

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There's a possibility he was suicidal. Yes, being depressed is a real thing and real human emotion, despite what the FAA wants you to believe.

I guess that would be a huge coincidence that the time he decides to kill himself is also the same time he happens to have a gear failure.

07-31-2022 | 06:38 AM

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Strange. With a landing gear problem it's somewhat plausible someone was having a look from a precarious position

Hate to speculate but that was my first thought as well. Maybe looking out at the gear and fell out?

07-31-2022 | 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ShyGuy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n7-7QFilESA

I think that’s what happened! They were struggling over the nuclear bomb

07-31-2022 | 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Halon1211

I guess that would be a huge coincidence that the time he decides to kill himself is also the same time he happens to have a gear failure.

Probably. Although if he already had issues, and he made the landing that broke the gear in the first place, who knows?

07-31-2022 | 12:10 PM

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Anyone who has ever flown a jump aircraft knows that you're safer outside, than in. Generally that involves the option of a parachute, however.

07-31-2022 | 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EnergyManager

Maybe the pilot who landed asked him to do something stupid like look at the gear from an open door, and now since the guy died, he is claiming he jumped to avoid blame.

I read somewhere that they had a hard landing on the first attempt and the gear was damaged. He might have been checking the gear or it could have been something else. I’m not sure who attempted the first landing.