Flight Training - November/December 2021 - 49
ACCIDENT CASE STUDY
WHAT WENT WRONG?
Pressure to arrive on time may have pushed a
pilot on to tragedy
In December 2015, a pilot, his wife, and three
children were excited to begin the journey to
their old hometown of Henderson, Nevada,
for a friend's surprise party. But soon after
departing San Jose, California, the flight
encountered weather for which the VFRonly
pilot was ill-prepared. His troubling
decisions-spurred by self-induced pressure
and overconfidence in his skills-sealed the
tragic outcome of what was to be the start
of a joyous holiday vacation. The AOPA Air
Safety Institute's Accident Case Study: Blind
Over Bakersfield examines what went wrong
on this flight.
airsafetyinstitute.org/ACS/
blindoverbakersfield
recurrent weather checks or rejiggered
takeoff times. Trying to please them has
led pilots into unfortunate decisions.
A VFR pilot who flew into a mountain
near Asheville, North Carolina, was
trying to get his daughter to the next
stop on her book tour, a reading scheduled
for that evening (and he told the
controller, " Looks like we'll try some
scud-running " ). Skipping a planned fuel
stop to save time could instead make
you " late " in the most permanent sense.
Launching with a known mechanical
problem that " doesn't seem that bad "
courts an in-flight emergency. Even a
fight with a furious spouse marooned in
some FBO beats an in-flight break-up in
a thunderstorm encounter.
Better weather's always coming,
but it decides when, not you. If missing
Grandpa's blessing before dinner is
unthinkable, shake down the aircraft for
discrepancies in time to get them fixed,
and then go while conditions clearly
meet your limitations, even if that means
leaving three days early. Likewise, be
ready to head home earlier than planned
if you can't miss work Monday morning.
And remind everyone that no mode
of travel is guaranteed to arrive on time.
Severe storms have shut down major
airline hubs overnight, stranding some
passengers for days. Trains can be
delayed by track conditions, extreme
weather, or just slower traffic ahead on
the same line. Interstate 95 was closed
for three hours in September after a
truck clipped an overpass, immobilizing
thousands of cars. Any driver who
hadn't allowed, say, six hours for a twohour
trip got there late. FT
DAVID JACK KENNY admits to having written this
on a Southwest flight from BWI to ABQ.
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