So if you have followed ME thru out the years, you would know I went sky diving a few years back, and six days after I jumped, the plane went down and killed 5 out of the 7 people on board – including My videographer and trainer. Today, I was surfing the ‘net – and this is what I found – and I think this is pretty f’d up.
“In the Missouri crash, the NTSB determined that a contributing factor to the crash was pilot error, after the pilot failed to maintain airspeed after losing power in the right engine. Another factor in the crash was a lack of effective passenger restraints in the cabin. Proper restraints, the NTSB suggested, may have resulted in more survivors.
But the NTSB wasn’t done yet. It found maintenance deficiencies with the DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter that was being operated that day by Quantum Leap Skydiving Inc. of Sullivan. It was determined that the engine that failed on that fateful day had been overhauled—but the work was not done to manufacturers’ specifications. As well, the propeller system was found to have been defective, and had been for about two months prior to the crash in a residential neighborhood near St. Louis. The right engine was seen to have burst into flames moments after takeoff.”
Whoa.
