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Offline VampyreGTX

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C172 crash Bartlett, IL near KDPA (DuPage Airport)
« on: July 04, 2015, 12:50:07 AM »
1 fatality in a C172 crash this afternoon in Bartlett, iL. Pilot reported rudder trouble after coming back to DPA from a touch and go at Schaumburg airport. Callsign N62681

Audio has garbled ground comms at the start at DPA where the flight originated. Pilot did at least 2 T/G's at DPA and then headed to Schaumburg. On the return, checked in and reported a rudder issue. Never declared an emergency.

Audio also contains radio traffic after the crash of the headache that 4 news choppers and a traffic plane can cause when circling an incident just outside of the tower airspace.

News article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-small-plane-crashes-in-bartlett-20150703-story.html

« Last Edit: July 04, 2015, 12:56:00 AM by VampyreGTX »



Offline psxflyer

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Re: C172 crash Bartlett, IL near KDPA (DuPage Airport)
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2015, 03:54:01 PM »
Strange recording.  Calm, collected pilot in relatively good conditions, rudder problem that he himself did not consider serious then a complete loss of control.  I saw the crash site photos, it appears a pretty steep flight into terrain... RIP.

Offline frcabot

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Re: C172 crash Bartlett, IL near KDPA (DuPage Airport)
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2015, 01:39:03 AM »
Very sad. May have been a severed control cable. We'll see.

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Re: C172 crash Bartlett, IL near KDPA (DuPage Airport)
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2015, 02:18:43 PM »
Strange recording.  Calm, collected pilot in relatively good conditions, rudder problem that he himself did not consider serious then a complete loss of control.  I saw the crash site photos, it appears a pretty steep flight into terrain... RIP.

Looking at the photos, full deflection of the rudder. Most of the tail section is intact, so not sure how much of the positioning is due to the impact or from a control cable failure.

Also, update on victim:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/07/08/pilot-in-fatal-crash-identified/