But I find it really up-setting that people seem to forget that someone has just lost their life and that the nearest and dearest will desperately be reading every word on this thread!
So please start a new thread to discuss perfomances and pilot errors.....
passioforflying,
I disagree with you completely. This is (supposed to be) a professional pilots' website. Family and friends trawling the threads here must expect to see the things that follow from an accident discussed.
This politically correct crap that we don't mention pilot error should stop. Only when we are completely honest with ourselves and others about the probable causes of accidents can we improve safety.
I have no experience of flying the Caravan, but from the discussion here, I have been exposed to the challenges of that a/c type, and discussion with my flight deck colleagues who have flown the 'Van seems to indicate that pilot error (in judgment) was more than likely the cause here.