Turbine Otter down-Puget Sound, 10 on board
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...in-puget-sound
One body found, nine still missing including a child. DHC-3 Turbine Otter operated by Northwest Seaplanes. It went down in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island, about 30 miles NW of downtown SEA. NTSB is sending a 7 person team in investigate. |
Controversial YouTuber Dan Gryder has put together a pretty good case for what happened in this accident. Apparently the plane went down at a steep angle. Dan looked up 3 previous reports of accidents & incidents on the same type of equipment and he believes it was a flight control failure just like the 3 previous:
https://youtu.be/J2MqTGx3Xq4 |
Seems Dan Gryder was correct. The FAA has issued an emergency AD for the tail section on Otters. They claim it isn't related to this accident.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive concerning Otter seaplanes. Released Tuesday, the directive warned of potential cracks and corrosion in a part called the elevator, a movable surface of the horizontal tail that controls the plane’s pitch." https://apnews.com/article/seattle-w...8d041144328d1f
Originally Posted by AirBear
(Post 3490280)
Controversial YouTuber Dan Gryder has put together a pretty good case for what happened in this accident. Apparently the plane went down at a steep angle. Dan looked up 3 previous reports of accidents & incidents on the same type of equipment and he believes it was a flight control failure just like the 3 previous:
https://youtu.be/J2MqTGx3Xq4 |
Originally Posted by AirBear
(Post 3509103)
Seems Dan Gryder was correct. The FAA has issued an emergency AD for the tail section on Otters. They claim it isn't related to this accident.
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Oh, what uninformed lives we would lead if it were not for YouTubers there to explain it all to us.
Imagine if we had actual trained journalists that could do this |
Speculation is popular, but unprofessional. We are in a business in which we don't guess. We know. Never the less, there are those who feel it their duty to guess on behalf of the rest.
There is an investigative process. It will play out. Guessing on the outcome is like a child playing twenty questions, who can't wait to reason or deduce...but throws up guesses to see what sticks. Is it that tree? Is it the sky? Is it that car? We don't guess at takeoff distance, fuel loads, weather, runway distance, or any number of metrics. We prepare and we arrive knowing, not guessing. I don't know that a reporter can guess any better than a pilot who is trained and knowledgeable of the functions and operations of a flight, but if the pilot speaks in ignorance, the reporter won't do any better. We can certainly wait to read the report, and then we can discuss it, far better informed. |
Originally Posted by Texasbound
(Post 3522365)
Oh, what uninformed lives we would lead if it were not for YouTubers there to explain it all to us.
Imagine if we had actual trained journalists that could do this |
Juan Brown tends to talk authoritatively, often with a great deal of speculation, frequently on subjects he doesn't understand, and without facts in evidence. He speculates.
You may remember this conversation: https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/s...3-ooopsie.html That he may sound plausible or that his bad information doesn't get caught, or that others swallow it hook, line, and sinker doesn't change the fact. |
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