Sad News. Flying Wild.
Sad News. Flying Wild Alaska.
Jim Tweto RIP.
Now he was a real pilot.
https://mustreadalaska.com/jim-tweto-legendary-alaska-bush-pilot-believed-to-be-in-cessna-that-went-down-in-western-alaska/?fbclid=IwAR1ZxG3dMfjmTnqxqeDLNo70KxWGOZhxz8wlcwQeEhqrypV_IV olA7vjlQ8
Now he was a real pilot.
https://mustreadalaska.com/jim-tweto-legendary-alaska-bush-pilot-believed-to-be-in-cessna-that-went-down-in-western-alaska/?fbclid=IwAR1ZxG3dMfjmTnqxqeDLNo70KxWGOZhxz8wlcwQeEhqrypV_IV olA7vjlQ8
Last edited by RichardJones; 18th Jun 2023 at 22:12.
Sad news, I enjoyed the series when it first emerged.
Copied the link so that it's more easily available: https://mustreadalaska.com/jim-tweto...estern-alaska/
and: https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/286896/
Copied the link so that it's more easily available: https://mustreadalaska.com/jim-tweto...estern-alaska/
and: https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/286896/
Dan Gryder - probable cause - claims that the issue was simply overweight take off. Initially there were claims Jim landed, offloaded someone and took off with his passenger. Apparently the story is that two hunters were awaiting collection by Jim, along with a bear which they had killed. Jim loaded the bear and one of the two hunters, then attempted to take off but apparently without considering conditions and actual weight and balance.
If that's actually the case, I'm shocked because in Alaska, they have exemptions for flying 15% over MTOW in certain circumstances. I'm hoping that Dan is mistaken and Jim was faced with an underperforming engine or some loss of power on take off, rather than accept that someone like Jim can be brought down by poor prep in terms of weight and balance calculations.....
If that's actually the case, I'm shocked because in Alaska, they have exemptions for flying 15% over MTOW in certain circumstances. I'm hoping that Dan is mistaken and Jim was faced with an underperforming engine or some loss of power on take off, rather than accept that someone like Jim can be brought down by poor prep in terms of weight and balance calculations.....
Dan Gryder - probable cause - claims that the issue was simply overweight take off. Initially there were claims Jim landed, offloaded someone and took off with his passenger. Apparently the story is that two hunters were awaiting collection by Jim, along with a bear which they had killed. Jim loaded the bear and one of the two hunters, then attempted to take off but apparently without considering conditions and actual weight and balance.
GE only has low resolution image data but this is my guess as to strip location and orientation and also the NTSB reported location of the wreckage:
As much as I loved tail wheel aircraft and their versatility, they always sit on 3 points. Meaning? Take a C172 for eg you can load it, then push down on the tail plane and if it lifts the nose " too easily".you know you have an aft C of G of course. Harder to do in a tail wheel. Not to mention C of G shift with fuel burn.
With the C of G in the aft position, it can become more longitudinaly unstable, when flap beyond t/o flap is selected. More air pushing down on the horizontal stabiliser, to put it simply. In a lot of cases. Depending on type of course.
Aft C of G probably was not a contributing factor in this accident. But who knows?
With the C of G in the aft position, it can become more longitudinaly unstable, when flap beyond t/o flap is selected. More air pushing down on the horizontal stabiliser, to put it simply. In a lot of cases. Depending on type of course.
Aft C of G probably was not a contributing factor in this accident. But who knows?
Last edited by RichardJones; 14th Jul 2023 at 17:48.
