Cessna 340 Down in California
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The recording of the ATC conversation makes me think the pilot wasn't quite right just prior to the accident. One expert speculates there may have been a medical emergency he was dealing with, perhaps a heart attack or stroke. Ironically, the pilot was a cardiologist.
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Does anyone know what the ceiling was at the time? Is there any possibility he was in IMC? It doesn't look like it from photos and video at the time, but it sure seems like either an IMC upset or a loss of control due to some other issue, like medical.
Last edited by BrogulT; 12th Oct 2021 at 21:45.
Here's the METARs from around the time of the accident (approx. 1915Z). He could have been IMC at vectoring altitude.
Code:
KSEE 111955Z 21011KT 10SM BKN030 20/13 A2978
Code:
KSEE 111855Z 20012G17KT 10SM BKN027 19/13 A2980 KMYF 111953Z 18013KT 9SM SCT023 OVC029 19/13 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP078 T01940128
Code:
KMYF 111853Z 18010KT 10SM BKN017 OVC028 19/14 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP086 T01940139
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Confused? Disoriented? Stalls plane on climb? - Finally heeds ATC command to climb to 5000 without applying additional power? The pilots words were very hard to understand.
In addition, in California, unless there is a fire or fog (or smog) nearby, the visibility is at least ten miles or far more unless you are actually in a cloud, given that the humidity tends to be quite low.
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