Lorsqu’il est sorti du brouillard, il a explosé en touchant le sol, dans un champ à l’écart des habitations, projetant des débris sur environ 300 mètres
My bold
If that’s correct, he must have gone in at high speed.
Google translate:
According to several witnesses, quoted by the official, the aircraft flying in the mist emitted noise “of a device in difficulty” with “unusual hissing noise and a motor that is wrong,” said he said .
Maybe I’m crazy, but it doesn’t look THAT bad, for a TBM that is. Given where it happened this was most likely in the cruise, and there was not icing forecast at where they would have been. There must be (as always?) another contributing factor.
Tragic and chilling outcome.
Nasty wx there – 1200Z
Just read that a TBM700 has crashed in Mouffy France on its way to Paris – Dailymail link :-(
According to the report it seems to have happened enroute. The SWC valid 18Z has moderate icing up to FL180 in the area, unfortunately I don’t have access to an earlier SWC at the moment.
Considering the previous discussions this thread came to mind.
Nobody ever said that.
I have no idea why I would want to fly in that kind of weather. After all here it’s me who pays for the flying :-)
You don’t have to. But remember it isn’t because the plane will fall out of the sky the moment it hits ice with the autopilot on.
I have no idea why I would want to fly in that kind of weather. After all here it’s me who pays for the flying :-)
Mine has TKS too, worked fine on the only flight through very light icing i did.
I fly in the winter aswell. VFR, on nice days. Or IFR on days without ice.
I fly all winter. Last year, I remember leaving the house and seeing the snow blowing through the streets horizontally and the car slipping its way to the airport. Such conditions do not mean that flying is not possible. I have encountered severe ice once and with adequate and a quick reaction, it is ok to get out. For the rest of the times (which is indeed about all flights in winter) the ice buildup is there, but easy to handle while climbing out.
