NinerBikes
Well Known Member
I just solo'd my RV-12 that I am learning to fly in, today. I'm based out of KWHP.
Took it for my first spin without an instructor around, the whole one airport only take off and landings, 25 mile radius student thing.
Made a very nice landing today, wish they were all like this, and parked the plane in the hangar. Was sitting in my car at the airport when I heard the most horrendous 3 crashing booms in my life, and saw smoke and flames coming up, just on the other side of runway 12.
Found this on the news... https://ktla.com/video/plane-crashes-next-to-whiteman-airport-bursts-into-flames/6024060/
Was more curious, as I landed not even an hour before this incident.
Found this on the net for FlightAware, and I can't make heads or tails of the flight log raw data.... KWHP has a lot of wedding cake airspace around it for class C K BUR. I don't get how the pilot lost 6500 ft in less than 5 minutes?
flightaware.com/live/flight/CAP439/history/20201112/1926Z/KBFL/KWHP/tracklog
Thoughts from arm chair pilots what went wrong? Cessna C182
Kind of has me freaked out this happens at the airport I am based at, an hour after my first solo.
Took it for my first spin without an instructor around, the whole one airport only take off and landings, 25 mile radius student thing.
Made a very nice landing today, wish they were all like this, and parked the plane in the hangar. Was sitting in my car at the airport when I heard the most horrendous 3 crashing booms in my life, and saw smoke and flames coming up, just on the other side of runway 12.
Found this on the news... https://ktla.com/video/plane-crashes-next-to-whiteman-airport-bursts-into-flames/6024060/
Was more curious, as I landed not even an hour before this incident.
Found this on the net for FlightAware, and I can't make heads or tails of the flight log raw data.... KWHP has a lot of wedding cake airspace around it for class C K BUR. I don't get how the pilot lost 6500 ft in less than 5 minutes?
flightaware.com/live/flight/CAP439/history/20201112/1926Z/KBFL/KWHP/tracklog
Thoughts from arm chair pilots what went wrong? Cessna C182
Kind of has me freaked out this happens at the airport I am based at, an hour after my first solo.