Cessna 172 Crash In Colombia

The plane was overweight because there were 4 people on-board: The pilot and chief of medical staff, another doctor, a little boy recently operated, and the mother of the boy. All died instantly except the pilot, who died a few day later due to the extensive burnings on his body.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• accident
• plane
• colombia
• crash
• airplane
• aircraft

[bzubrod]

weight and balance...do it...every time you fly

[mattyccc2009]

@bzubrod Easier said than done, look at flying instructors if they have 8 training flights a day it's impossible to sit down before each flight and do them. But in this case yes it should have been done...

[CaptainMetalwing]

@mattyccc2009 Instructors fly under the same conditions every day so they can do it in their head if they will be in balance or not. You always should atleast know for a fact you will be in CG and if there is ever a doubt do a W&B sheet. I can do them in less than a minute. Small price to pay for potentially saving your life.

[juddromano]

Pure pilot error.

[ENGEEEX]

as long as you arent cramming 3 extra people in the cabin and dont have full fuel, you should be able to deem if you are over gross or within CG range easily

[TheAlpha620]

ya why is the flaps down

[empackatec]

first of all, this is not a C-172, it is a C-182.... If you look at the airplane from the rear, flaps seem to be fully extended.... in my opinion... lack of experience + poor weight & balance... sad to see this kind of news

[lucyscaranzzi]

It looks like to me that the pilot took off with his flaps down and he couldnt get altitude plus over load the plane, all the wrong things together ! That is really sad !

[TheMammuth91]

MONKEYS HAVE MORE SKILLS

[TheMammuth91]

TOO MUCH WHITHE POWDER....