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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Mar 2019, 17:05
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Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Dan, any flight is eventually paid for by...

Dan, any flight is eventually paid for by someone.

What constitutes a fare paying flight (or commercial flight) is that the beneficial owner or someone representing him pays a compensation for the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Mar 2019, 06:21
Replies: 2,429
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Posted By Luc Lion

No. Read the thread.

No.
Read the thread.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Mar 2019, 08:43
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Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

What makes flight safety is that the pilot or the...

What makes flight safety is that the pilot or the organisation imposes to themselves safety rules, and well thought safety rules.
For an AOC holder, 95% of these rules are imposed on the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Mar 2019, 15:29
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

MelEagerToo, I had mixed experiences with...

MelEagerToo,
I had mixed experiences with KFC-150.
Some worked real fine for flying heading or route, keeping altitude or making initial descent.
I remember also KFC-150 that fly a heading with a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Mar 2019, 12:00
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

TescoApp, here is one of the KFC-150 manuals...

TescoApp, here is one of the KFC-150 manuals (there are several version depending on the associated panel instruments).
https://support.bendixking.com//HWL/media/Pilot-Guides/006-08377-0001_1.pdf
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
5th Mar 2019, 11:22
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Here it is: ...

Here it is:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c73c02bed915d4a3d3b2407/S1-2019_N264DB_Final.pdf

Note: it's an intermediary report even if it holds the word "final" in its title.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Mar 2019, 20:49
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Indeed. If that flight had been flown by a...

Indeed.
If that flight had been flown by a commercial pilot, planning and making the flight professionally but making a stupid mistake during the approach and crashing the aircraft,
this whole...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Mar 2019, 16:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

PittsExtra, you may well have 10,000 hours of...

PittsExtra, you may well have 10,000 hours of flying VFR, if you are not trained and current in IMC flying at night, a young 250 h CPL-IR will be more experienced than you in these conditions.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Mar 2019, 16:00
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Red Plum, what you are quoting is the Guidance...

Red Plum, what you are quoting is the Guidance Material (GM) of SERA that explains, a contrario, that when above 3000 ft AMSL (or 1000 ft AGL) maintaining sight of the surface is no more required and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Mar 2019, 13:36
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Luc LionWell, I am not sure why you are referring...

Luc LionWell, I am not sure why you are referring to that regulation. The airplane was not a Large or Multi-engine Turbine. Are you saying it was part of a 91-K fractional ownership program?
Subpart...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 17:34
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Mach Tuck, you lost me. Whom was Mr Sala the...

Mach Tuck, you lost me.
Whom was Mr Sala the guest of ?
And who paid the flight ?
I read interviews of the agent where he stated that he bore the whole costs of the flight.
And I understand that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 17:27
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Sir Niall Dementia, the requirement of flying...

Sir Niall Dementia,
the requirement of flying higher than 1000 ft above terrain (2000 ft in mountainous areas) when not having sight of the surface is also there to ensure that obstacles are not...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 16:27
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Sir Niall Dementia, even considering you meant...

Sir Niall Dementia,
even considering you meant Night VFR, your statement that sight of the ground is mandatory is still wrong.
SERA.5005(c)(3) only mandates sight of the ground when the aircraft is...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 14:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Oggers, I am talking about FAR 91.501(b)(4)...

Oggers,
I am talking about FAR 91.501(b)(4) where the operating costs are borne by the operator "for his personal transportation, or the transportation of his guests when no charge, assessment, or...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 11:13
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

S-Works, I believe you are right. But it...

S-Works, I believe you are right.
But it doesn't make a difference if the flight was illegal for one reason or for 2, 3 or 5 reasons.
To me, as the flight was organised in the first place, it...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2019, 10:37
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

The colour blindness issue is a red herring. ...

The colour blindness issue is a red herring.
Historically, barring some flying privileges to colour blind people had surfaced for fear that such people would be unable to distinguish the different...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Feb 2019, 13:38
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

A & C, theoretically you are right ; separation...

A & C, theoretically you are right ; separation responsibilities will be different depending on whether you fly the ILS under VFR or IFR rules.
Practically, there is no difference once you are...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 20:05
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

2Donkeys, Oggers, a pilot may legally fly an ILS...

2Donkeys, Oggers, a pilot may legally fly an ILS approach under a VFR flight plan if the control allows it.
In VMC, of course.
The arrival to Nantes had been in VMC under a VFR flight plan
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 13:41
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

That's correct It can be, but regulations...

That's correct


It can be, but regulations put many limitations:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:281:0001:0066:EN:PDF
1. The flight must remain at least 1000 ft...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 12:15
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

MelEager, It think you mean the Cessna 404 Titan...

MelEager, It think you mean the Cessna 404 Titan G-ILGW accident, near Glasgow on September 3rd ,1999.
The positioning crew was from Airtours International Airways and was to fly a charter B757 from...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Feb 2019, 17:28
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

If I had been invited to take a passenger seat on...

If I had been invited to take a passenger seat on that journey, I would have asked why was it planned as a low altitude night VFR flight plan over open sea rather than than a high altitude IFR flight...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Feb 2019, 19:39
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

skyrangerpro, the interim report confirms...

skyrangerpro,

the interim report confirms that
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Feb 2019, 19:17
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

I am surprised by some comments here that assume...

I am surprised by some comments here that assume that the interim report states the illegality of the flight.

I don't read any of that in the report.
It says that, if the flight was organised as...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Jan 2019, 11:58
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

@keni010...

@keni010 (https://www.pprune.org/members/378028-keni010),
Even putting aside gliding distance considerationsm, flying IFR (or VFR on top ending IFR) was the only reasonable plan possible with this...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Jan 2019, 16:00
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

A French newspaper, Ouest-France, claims to have...

A French newspaper, Ouest-France, claims to have had access to the flight plan and that is was a VFR flight plan....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 09:16
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

In a typical PA-46-310p with full tanks, the...

In a typical PA-46-310p with full tanks, the usable load for passengers and baggage is 730 lbs or 330 kg.
In a configuration with just 2 persons in the front seats, you must put some luggage in the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 09:03
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

?? No vested interest. I started following...

??
No vested interest.
I started following this thread because I couldn't understand why this plane was cruising at 5000 ft in Monday's meteorological conditions and, if a problem prevented the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 21:31
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Apologies. I wasn't aware there were so many...

Apologies.
I wasn't aware there were so many low hours pilots advertising their services on Wingly in UK.
Where I am based, this activity is nonexistent.
I looked for flight offers from a small UK...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 20:30
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

flash8, we don't know the licence details of the...

flash8, we don't know the licence details of the pilot.
That will be investigated by the AAIB.
Other people here have shown that public licence databases cannot be trusted to be comprehensive.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 20:21
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

I don't think so. You are not flying a single...

I don't think so.
You are not flying a single piston engine aircraft in bad weather, at night, in winter, over open sea, without a serious flight preparation, unless you are a reckless pilot.
This...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 20:14
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

I believe this conversation derails on the cost...

I believe this conversation derails on the cost sharing / wingly side.
There is no sign whatever indicating that the doomed flight was a cost sharing one.
There are indications that the agent...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 16:14
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

@Eutychus, PPL means that the pilot may not...

@Eutychus,
PPL means that the pilot may not earn money for the flight and that he may not fly in the context of a commercial operation (ie: the service, transport or aerial work, may not be sold)....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 15:37
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

I was writing to Eutychus, which is not a pilot. ...

I was writing to Eutychus, which is not a pilot.
You know that AOC with a SEP is restricted to day VFR.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 15:26
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

@Eutychus, back to your account of 2 flights...

@Eutychus,

back to your account of 2 flights in small piston engine to and from Jersey : you can only consider that you are transported by professional people if the aircraft operator holds an...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 14:38
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,543
Posted By Luc Lion

Aggh, I thought I was just getting a handle on...

Aggh, I thought I was just getting a handle on all this... which part of this is "simpy illegal"?[/QUOTE]
Simply, if the pilot holds an FAA CPL (commercial pilot licence) and an FAA IR and if no...
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