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26 Jan: Kobe Bryant fatal helicopter crash
uplink:
He also asked SOCAL for flight following but was denied as he was too low for that. Ceilings were reported at OVC1300' on NOAA history. The SF valley floor is only 800 to 1000'. He probably went in to IMC when he met the rising terrain westbound on 101, attempted a 180 out while in the soup and hit. We read reports on these outcomes in mountain passes before, eg. Donner pass, Grapevine, the Rockies, etc. where scud running the highway leads to VFR into IMC, then...your boxed in. We'll see in a year when the report comes out, RIP.
Leo Chen:
I've re clipped a more complete version like following.
joeyb747:
Audio with radar track:
sacex250:
Thanks for the screenshots. It's interesting to me to see the dramatic increase in airspeed as the aircraft was in the final turn. It leads me to wonder if the pilot had flown into IMC and become disoriented, or was desperately trying to do a descending 180 to get out of the fog/overcast.
What I just don't understand, if you're flying a SP-IFR helicopter and you're instrument rated, and you're flying between two airports with instrument approaches (SNA and CMA) then why don't you just file IFR?
hfinkel:
--- Quote from: sacex250 on January 27, 2020, 07:35:57 PM ---What I just don't understand, if you're flying a SP-IFR helicopter and you're instrument rated, and you're flying between two airports with instrument approaches (SNA and CMA) then why don't you just file IFR?
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Exactly what we will always wonder. Esp since he was holding over Glendale for nearly 15 minutes for SVFR.
Are pop-up IFR clearances not possible in SoCal ?
SVFR just doesn't make any sense. :?
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