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Old 8th Aug 2015, 20:00
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rlsbutler
 
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wealthy owners of single pilot and single engine aircraft

Chronos #171.

The Kidlington accident was in December 2003 rather than 2013 – no doubt a typo.

https://assets.digital.cabinet-offic...N30LT_5-05.pdf

The aircraft was not owned by either passenger. It was externally contracted to replace the fractionally owned aircraft which was (or were) not available.

You denote the pilot as professional, but he seems less qualified and experienced than perhaps the hiring passenger might have expected. At age 46 he had accrued 500 hours or so on type over four years, which by itself seems enough; however he was CPL rather than ATPL and he had only 1600 hours or so total time. He seems not have flown the type for nearly three months. The previous week he was doing his “day job” on the ground. He tried to get a chum to fly the trip with him. The chum had to leave the aircraft after the two of them had positioned it for the revenue flight. I infer that the accident pilot was a bit rusty, a bit under-confident.

The accident itself took the form of a short-term mishandling or loss of control on finals. The approach seems to have been steep with the power off (for perhaps too long) but it was nothing like the long-drawn-out disaster experienced by the Phenom pilot.

However wealthy, the TBM700 passenger had made a reasonable one-off bet on the aviation industry providing him a safe journey. I suggest you have not found here a parallel to the ownership / CRM situation of the Phenom flight.
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