Pan-Am Plane Goes Down In NW Phoenix ???

[Instrument_Proficient]

I just heard that a Pan-Am instructor and student perished yesterday afternoon in the NW Phoenix practice area. I guess the news is saying that it was a Cessna but, I think the only Cessna they have is the spin plan.

Anyone know what happened?

May peace be with the two pilots if this is indeed true.

IP

[JEP]

yep, already posted in the general section.

[CLR4ILS]

Originally Posted by Instrument_Proficient

I just heard that a Pan-Am instructor and student perished yesterday afternoon in the NW Phoenix practice area. I guess the news is saying that it was a Cessna but, I think the only Cessna they have is the spin plan.

Anyone know what happened?

May peace be with the two pilots if this is indeed true.

IP

It was a female instructor and a male student. They were in the Cessna 152 which is used for spin training only at the school. They hit a mountain out by Lake Pleasant.

From what I understand she was a great instructor and might have been a Check Airmen. I know she had been there for something like 4-5 years. A friend of mine was close with her. Don't know much about the student.

Alot of speculation as to what happened at this point. They were both just too damn young to die.

ILS

[yourmilehighness]

I just heard of the crash that happened 2 months ago....has the cause of the crash been determined and published by NTSB? Who was the female instructor?
Very sad,
H

[daveatc]

Only the preliminary has been done:


NTSB Identification: LAX06FA200
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, June 08, 2006 in Peoria, AZ
Aircraft: Cessna 152, registration: N627PA
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On June 08, 2006, about 1545 mountain standard time, a Cessna 152, N627PA, collided with terrain near Peoria, Arizona. Pan Am International Flight Academy was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI), who held a commercial pilot certificate, and the second pilot, who held a private pilot certificate, were fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The CFI was providing dual flight instruction to the private pilot. The local training flight departed from Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, about 1445. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not been filed.

According to the operator, the flight was scheduled as a spin training lesson. The student was enrolled in the multiengine CFI course, which required spin training as part of the curriculum.

The wreckage was located at 33 degrees 50.53 minutes north latitude and 112 degrees 25.06 minutes west longitude. The elevation was approximately 2,150 feet mean sea level (msl).

[Mavmb]

The NTSB report doesn't make sense. How could a private pilot be enrolled in a multi engine CFI course?

[N422NM]

Possibly getting his spin endorsement for the CFI first...and then finishing up his commercial SEL and MEL ? Don't know if that is how they do it up there but it might be the way the program runs....

[SpiraMirabilis]

He could have a temporary commercial certificate, IE he just took his checkride recently. If that is the case he'd still be listed on NTSB reports as a private pilot until the FAA updates its database and issues him a permenant one, TTBOMK.