Cessna L-19 Mountain Crash *Very Scary!*

[Marius B]

Mountain flying hazards....Density altitude fatal crash

from http://www.alexisparkinn.com/general...ion_videos.htm

Cessna L-19 Mountain Crash Contributed by John Youngs, ATP/CFII/multi/land/sea/A&P. This crash occurred near Tabernash, Colorado, on August 10th, 1984 at approximately 1300 hours. The plane disappeared and was not located again until August 23rd, 1987 – 3 years later – by a pair of backpackers. Mountain Village police chief investigated the crash and also re-assembled the video tape. The pilot had an operating video camera in the plane – which crashed due to “continued flight into ascending terrain" combined with high-density altitude; along with bad decision-making on the part of the pilot regarding the steep right-hand bank in an attempt (proving fatal) to turn around, the pilot unwittingly recorded his own death (along with his buddy in the back seat).

In an attempt to show fledgling new neophyte private pilots the dangers of flying in high, mountainous terrain, especially in normally-aspirated aircraft, this video was released to the public approximately a year ago, at FIRC’s (flight instructor renewal clinics) and part 141 flight schools. It is a big file (approx. 140 megs) and is about 6-1/2 minutes in length.

long video http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...ongVersion.wmv
short video http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...rt-Version.wmv

crash findings icluding NTSB http://www.alexisparkinn.com/l-19_crash_documents.htm