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Another plane Crash, this is like the 4th one in a week, around here ! My thoughts on this are , seems like thees an awful lot of these small plane crashes lately, maybe some of these pilots just aren't checking out their aircraft as often as they should, Pre-triping and post checking their aircraft before & after each flight throughly enough and taking too much for granted. In the last year, I'll bet theres been 40 plane crashes around my area, fairly easy to get a pilots license if ya got some money, but there needs to be some Mechanical ability and Knowledge as well I think, NOT just sit behind the controls and assume & hope everything is "okie-dokie" ! Flying & Aviation is Fun, great adventure, is better IF a pilot really knows the Aircraft inside & out, top to bottom, and stays up on all the mechanical issues, which takes money & Time. Just it seems like in Todays time, as long as you got the money & time, you can do just about anything, from buying a Harley Davidson to ride or Fly an Aircraft - yet , most don't seem to be SERIOUSLY into their Vehicles , other than operating them, lack of Mechanical know how and knowledge seems the norm anymore,

I have to agree there seems to be an odd increase in crashes this past year. Last year for airshow/exhibition flights it was incredibly deadly. 2 Red Arrow Pilots, the Reno tragedy, T-28 Horseman, a wing walker, a Red Star pilot, Liberty Belle, the Duxford Big Beautiful Doll, test Gulfstream G650, and several more performers I cannot name. Then like your local airport there was a surge of crashes in my area, we were getting almost 2 a week there for a month.

All I can say is flying has its inherent risks, but due diligence and preparation could eliminate a good majority of crashes always.

As you said, making sure your aircraft is mechanically up to snuff is big, but so is your ability to operate the machine the way it is suppose to be operated with in its limits!

To a certain extent I agree with you, but with the modern complexity of aircraft even GA aircraft, the ability to be able to work on them and fix them has not been reflected in the advancements of technology by aviation legislation. As a pilot owner you are allowed to do a certain amount of self maintenance, but the lines have been become blurred over time due to said technology advances. There is a fine line between keeping GA affordable and airworthy.
As for the linked crash, in this case the owner would have had to be a licensed aircraft technician to work on this category of aircraft.

Matt

Well damn, the news just gets worse, its now being reported that 1 of the sons was sucked out of the aircraft as it was breaking up in mid Air, he has yet to be found in the thick woods, least not yet , and it goes on to say that at 1 time not to long ago, apparently this plane was owned by one of casey anthonys attorneys and used to shuttle her back and forth for trials I assume . Article ----} http://www.kctv5.com/story/18732462/6-members-of-k-state-bramlage-family-killed-in-plane-crash

If you watch the NTSB reports online like I do at work, you realize crashes happen every day.  The only difference is how many the media find newsworthy.

[quote]If you watch the NTSB reports online like I do at work, you realize crashes happen every day.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57449332/family-of-6-killed-in-plane-crash-in-fla-swamp/?tag=stack

Flying at 26,000 feet is awful high, maybe the pressurised cabin sprung a leak and the pilot blacked out through lack of oxygen, making the plane start roller-coasting and break up?
The wreck seems remarkably intact so it must have hit the ground at a shallow angle instead of going in vertically and fragmenting into little pieces.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57449332/family-of-6-killed-in-plane-crash-in-fla-swamp/?tag=stack

Flying at 26,000 feet is awful high, maybe the pressurised cabin sprung a leak and the pilot blacked out through lack of oxygen, making the plane start roller-coasting and break up?
The wreck seems remarkably intact so it must have hit the ground at a shallow angle instead of going in vertically and fragmenting into little pieces.

The service cieling is at 30,000...
...Acording to wiki...