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A Cirrus SR20 crashed near Houston a mile from Hobby Airport.  Three were killed including a husband/wife and the husbands brother.  The wife, a two year private pilot was at the controls.  The parachute was partially deployed - pulled likely below the required 400 feet agl to be effective.

 

Witnesses say the tower told the woman she was high on approach twice, each time she attempted a go-around.  Witnesses also say she began to oscillate between 1800 feet and 200 feet before stalling the plane and crashing into the parking lot nose down.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3633979/3-dead-plane-crashes-car-near-Houston-airport.html

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Just tragic. Extensive discussion of the Hobby accident over on COPA.

 

The female pilot has a rough time following instructions and "getting down", but never seems miffed at all, right to the bitter end.

 

Audio here:

 

http://archive-server.liveatc.net/khou/KHOU-Jun-09-2016-1800Z.mp3

 

I have always found Cirri quite forgiving, and even signed off a primary student in one. But there's no denying they can "bite" if provoked - there are two other eerily similar accident chronicled on YouTube.

 

For some reason I can't paste either an embedded or raw link - it just shows blank as above. Maybe someone else can figure out how to post it. If you're a POA member, I successfully posted the link in post #9 to the relevant thread.

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Winds from 100 why was tower landing aircraft on 35?  That's a quartering tailwind.  Then winds from 090 they switched her to runway 4?  Now a near direct cross wind?  The tower should have switched landing aircraft to 12R or even 12L.  Even if 12 was closed this was a clear emergency though it was her responsibility to say she was unable and/or determine and request a more favorable runway based on the winds.

KHOU Diagram.PDF

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If a pilot thinks a wind is in the wrong direction and is unsafe for their aircraft they can ask for a different runway. I have done it a few times. Usually because the tower failed to switch runways with a tailwind. You might be delayed a little, but they must accommodate you. They can not force you to land in unsafe conditions and woe to the controller that causes a crash when he was informed it was a danger to the aircraft and the pilot is ultimately responsible to ensure a safe landing. He isn't the pilot and doesn't know what the capabilities of the plane or pilot are.

 

Too many pilots are afraid or embarrassed to tell the controller or challenge them. 

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Winds from 100 why was tower landing aircraft on 35?  That's a quartering tailwind.  Then winds from 090 they switched her to runway 4?  Now a near direct cross wind?  The tower should have switched landing aircraft to 12R or even 12L.  Even if 12 was closed this was a clear emergency though it was her responsibility to say she was unable and/or determine and request a more favorable runway based on the winds.

 

She couldn't get down twice, nothing like a tail wind landing to make you float forever and screw with your judgement on final.  Even her eventual stall is easir to do with a tail wind because the ground is going by extra fast.

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