206L Crash on YouTube
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Van Nuys
Re that Van Nuys 206 incident. The wind seems to be blowing left to right on approach - look at the trees and the way they surge. His final manoeuvre is in front of the gap between the two hangars upwind (check early on approach in the video clip). My best guess is lazy feet and a right hand pedal turn were caught out by a tailwind accelerated by the gap between the hangars. The NTSB wind readings obtained may not be accurate enough for that particular moment, but the info is in the video... feet and all. Shame about the cliche commentary.
