Plane crash near Terrell

[SMKR]

Very erratic prior to crash.

http://m.nbcdfw.com/nbcdfw/pm_108123/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=tyaYxW0I

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N32GP/history/20121006/1300Z/52F/KTRL

[Fatass]

three hours of erratic flight? medical issue with the pilot maybe?

[grove rat]

lost navigation controls and was lost?

[SMKR]

That's all I could think of

[68RR]

That particular a/c does have the notoriety of tail failure but it sure does sound like pilot problems with the other passengers not familiar with flying. Doesnt say anything about communications.. Widly scattered debris is usually a sign of in air break-up..

[SMKR]

You would think they would have gottten low enough to use a cell phone if it was electronic failure

[mikec]

three hours of erratic flight? medical issue with the pilot maybe?

Exhaust issues is my guess, ala Payne Stewart...

[Fatass]

I hadn't heard about that crash, links I've found said the plane was on autopilot and the cabin depressurized, leaving everyone unconscious.

[SMKR]

So that plane travels at that altitude?
Edit, I see its ceiling is 17, 000 feet and you need oxygen above 12, 000 feet so I guess they were in that zone

[ZYouL8R]

So that plane travels at that altitude?
Edit, I see its ceiling is 17, 000 feet and you need oxygen above 12, 000 feet so I guess they were in that zone

Am I missing something here? The Flight Aware log said it got no higher than 3000', which obviously you don't need oxygen for.

Looks like something happened at 1115 when it went from 144kts to 41kts without losing any altitude, that's impressive. I don't even think a Bonanza will fly at 41kts, so I'm not sure how accurate that is. Obviously it seems the auto pilot was on to maintain altitude so well for 3.5 hours. My guess is something happened to the pilot and the thing just kept flying until it ran out of gas. But the A-36 has dual controls, so at a minimum you figure someone else could have made a radio call or something. Since he had a flight plan on file, he was probably talking to ATC the whole time, so there's obviously more to this story that we don't know.

What was the ceiling at yesterday?

[Fatass]

My response was to mikec, in case thats what caused the confusion..

[Grimpala]

Radio said that the two older men flew together all the time. You'd think the passenger would have picked up some know how during their flights that would have helped.

[GE]

lol @ all the damn NTSB investigators in here!

[Sean88gt]

Reads like a group full of people that aren't familiar with flying planes, pilots, the bonanza or the situation.

[jluv]

Reads like a group full of people that aren't familiar with flying planes, pilots, the bonanza or the situation.

Reading that made me imagine a season of Jersey Shore taking place on the set of Bonanza. I'd watch it.