Not sure how long it takes the FAA to update medicals on the airman database, but types take a couple months in my experience.

So the guy might have had a recently issued SI which just hadn't been updated on the public DB yet. He didn't necessarily apply for a medical prior to expiration, and the FAA didn't necessarily grant an SI immediately after the application.

My medical is updated and I did mine couple weeks ago mid Dec.
My ATP issuance date shows the date of my last type rating checkride passed.
Stands to reason his Phenom type was his latest addition hence the date.
Which leads to how much time in type and how much bad weather experience in type.
That and an elevator trim issue hence my question about take off config warning in the 300.
Could have been too much plane and too much weather.

The ATP issuance shows the date of the last issuance. We don't know: that could be his initial ATP ride. Why presume the Phenom was his latest type?

He may have removed a circle limitation. Perhaps he changed a pilot limitation, such as single pilot, perhaps associated with s special issuance medical. We really don't know. That information will be had in due time.

There are numerous possibilities, none of which could reasonably be suspect without a lot of speculation and guesswork, neither of which is professional. Possibilities range from a mechanical or structural issue to a bird strike to suicide to a medical issue. Even a fight in the cockpit. UFO's. Lasers on the dike that surrounds the airport. Tire spiders. We just don't know. We will, eventually. Possibly.

Because it matches the airplane info:

Reads to me like taking delivery of a brand new airplane.

His might have been issued the morning of the flight, he's not a pro pilot and may not have had any urgency to avoid a lapse, or the FAA might have taken their time.

Not going to assume the guy's flying a jet without a medical, his insurance probably wouldn't cover that so it wouldn't make sense for a guy of his means. Benefit of the doubt on that.

Could be. Could be geese, when I flew there I had a heading and flat landing spot already picked out for dual engine loss in hard IMC for that reason. But even a goose in one engine should be manageable, just don't Vmc it.

Ducks, have you ever seen the clouds of mosquitos there? That had me locking up all the hatches once I realized what was happening.

It was snowing so contaminated wings could appear to cause an early rotation.

Some more info here:

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...hsid=109083952

Airport I used to work at had 2 Phenoms (I'm pretty sure that one of them is the accident you're talking about), a -100 and a -300, go off the end of the runway within a few months of each other in very similar circumstances: low ceiling, rain, tailwind. We started calling the ditch at the departure end of 35 "Phenom Creek" because they both wound up in it.

Yes, I have.

Seen them? I once refueled them during what was one of the shortest pre flights on record…