I was banned from pprune at the time of this accident for stating the obvious. The cavalier irresponsible pilot killed his passengers by stalling in trying to scud run in bad weather when daylight was fading.
Colin McRae died in similar circumstances in a helicopter accident in September 2007 which also claimed the lives of his son and two family friends.
In November 1975 Graham Hill was killed when his Piper Aztec crashed in the same sort of weather on approach to Elstree. The crash also resulted in the deaths of team manager Ray Brimble, mechanics Tony Alcock and Terry Richards, up-and-coming driver Tony Brise and designer Andy Smallman; all from the Embassy Hill team.
No doubt we will see more of the same over the coming years.
In my opinion any private pilot who takes passengers flying in poor weather beyond his capabilities should be jailed.
Last edited by Phil Space; 9th Apr 2010 at 17:40.