Pilot Fatal Crash! The SHOCKING TRUTH About The N4467D Crashed in Guff of Mixco, New Discovery...

Pilot Fatal Crash! The SHOCKING TRUTH About The N4467D Crashed in Guff of Mixco, New Discovery...
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Pilot Fatal Crash! The SHOCKING TRUTH About The N4467D Crashed in Guff of Mixco, New Discovery...
On July 8, 2009, a tragic aviation accident claimed the lives of five people aboard a Cessna 421C aircraft, registered as N4467D. The incident occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 20 miles west of Port Richey, Florida. This executive flight, operating under Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, was planned as a business trip but ended in catastrophe. Here’s what happened!
Overview
Pilot Fatal Crash! The SHOCKING TRUTH About The N4467D Crashed in Guff of Mixco, New Discovery...
The aircraft, a twin-engine pressurized Cessna 421C, had been equipped with advanced features such as upgraded winglets, spoilers, vortex generators, and high-performance engines, making it well-suited for corporate travel. Additionally, the aircraft was outfitted with sophisticated onboard weather equipment, including radar, a Stormscope, and XM satellite weather, to aid in navigating adverse weather conditions.
Departing from Collin County Regional Airport (TKI) in McKinney, Texas, the flight was bound for Tampa International Airport (TPA) in Tampa, Florida. The journey was undertaken under an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan, necessitated by widespread thunderstorms along the planned route. The pilot, who held an instrument-rated commercial license, was experienced with nearly 2,000 hours of flight time. He was joined by four passengers: the company president, another employee, and two colleagues, all traveling together for a combination of business and celebration, including marking a passenger’s birthday.
The flight
Pilot Fatal Crash! The SHOCKING TRUTH About The N4467D Crashed in Guff of Mixco, New Discovery...
The flight began smoothly, with the first two hours uneventful. However, as the aircraft approached Florida, the tranquility was shattered. A line of fierce thunderstorms, stretching across the Gulf Coast, loomed ahead. By 1:39 PM EDT cv(Eastern Daylight Time), the pilot received a rerouting due to active military operations, but that was only the beginning. Weather conditions were deteriorating rapidly. The pilot had to carefully navigate through the stormy weather, constantly making deviations to avoid the worst of the precipitation. By 1:53 PM, the pilot informed ATC of his decision to veer eastward to avoid the intense weather near the HEVVN intersection, while the radar indicated ominous storm cells developing over the area.

[rickdavid]

I’m a pilot over 30 years, I’m still here because if the weather enroute is bad, I don’t go.
Too many pilots just go anyway.
It’s crazy

[Nn]

I always steer well clear of cumuloconcrete.

[skyboy]

The Guff of Mixco is a dangerous place ! !

[jimhaxton]

Why do these pilots not slow these aircraft to the recommended speeds in rough air?

[Gengingen]

Turning an airplane around is fraught with challenges (lost altitude, potential instability) under the best of circumstances. Thinking ahead to not get into a situation - especially in worsening weather when such *might* become necessary - is a skill that doesn’t come naturally to anyone who simply refuses to understand that being up in the air is really a privilege that gravity thinks it is primary job to deny any way it can. And weather steps in as it’s loyal ally to fulfill gravity’s wish. 😊

[ChristopherBatty-jb]

Ref "2, 000 fpm descent": I flew aeromed a decade in tropics = frequent tropical RAPIDLY evolving wx. Same as this presentation. Examining screen shot - provided it matches radio call - experiencing downburst indicative of local outfflow - he was getting CLEAR of immediate area turbulence. I have experienced DOULBLE that downdraught rate...was virtually spat out of the storm cell edge into relative safety. (Black night/failed onboard radar...ATC radar not available Remote Area) He should have held on and maintained hdg ATC provided - he gave over command to ATC in panic. Maybe he had never encountered wx of this dynamic severity before. TURBULENCE: ALWAYS hand fly - depending on multiple factors, continued A/P reliance can overstress airframe and it can also instantly declutch...you may not be ready to catch up by hand. (ATPL/MEI controller)

[michaelverville]

Cheese ball knock-off of Pilot Debrief

[bobwilson]

Single pilot piston twin - Plus bad weather, and poor decisions = disaster .

[jamesgraham]

Attempting to turn around under those conditions is fraught with danger. Continuing straight ahead will generally be the quickest way through, managing wings level, ignore altitude, nothing a light aircraft can do to fight a 2 or 3 thousand foot a minute up/downdraft.. don't overstress the airframe. Best of all.. plan the flight for optimum weather. Severe convective activity in Florida is as predictable as the sun rising in the east.. from noon onward it's going to be a factor. Plan the flight for a morning trip and you'll have every chance of avoiding the risks.

[jonyjoe]

always let the autopilot fly the plane, the pilot should stay out of the way of the autopilot. Once the pilot decided to take over the controls, he got vertigo and that was no good for the pilot and passengers. Its a learning lesson for everyone except the people on the plane, they won't fly anymore.
In the end the pilot was asking the ATC for help right away, but the ATC is monitoring too many aircraft and can only do so much. The pilot is responsible for the flight, ATC can look out the window and see the weather is bad, and recommend they don't go flying but its only a recommendation.

[scotabot]

"Hurry"?? What did the pilot expect the controller to do. The pilot should have landed the aircraft and waited a hour, long before he put himself in a unrecoverable situation. So Sad that people do this to themselves, as well as other innocent people.

[nicj]

Sometimes listening to these exchanges between ATC and pilots makes me think what it would be like to be driving down the road at 60 miles an hour and see a vehicle swerving into your lane and then have to make a phone call and ask somebody if it was OK to swerve out of the way I mean the whole process seems so clunkyI know all you professionals out there are gonna pounce on me for that but I'm just saying to ask permission to do things that you can see you need to be done in the moment or you die sometimes just seems crazy.

[nicj]

Is it within a pilots purview specially one with an instrument flight rating to simply just turn around? Instead of heading east could he have just headed north or made a 180 and headed back west somewhere instead of traveling towards the weather I mean it's one thing to stir around cells when you're headed in the general direction that you're trying to get towhat about just giving up on your destination and not going towards weather at all

[monty]

Superb channel. Far better than most crash analysis options. Why relatively so few views???? Hope you get far more exposure.

[ConvairDart]

Just avoid the Guff of Mixco, and you will be fine! 😂

[pinkharrier]

The photo shows a crash on land. This one ended up off the coast.

[clydeholiday]

Just look at the Titanic ice brought it down

[rethablair]

WOW that's a terrible birthday to go out on😢

[jmead]

wow seems like they were flying in the best direction when pilot & ATc both suggested an turn around seems to be the fatal mistake

[SteveToes-bf]

IM 1ST AND YOU TALK LIKE A ROBOT PLUS YOU ARE A LIAR