Mooney down in Victoria, MN 8/7/2021

[AndRotate]

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/plane-crashes-near-downtown-victoria-in-the-west-metro

9600fpm decent?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Link to mooneyspace thread - https://mooneyspace.com/topic/39491-minnesota-crash/

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

It will be very interesting to hear what the other debris is. Apparently he started descending and making S-turns a fairs ways back.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Kathryn’s Report showing an NTSB representative. Says pieces of left elevator and horizontal stabilizer about 2 blocks south of accident site.

Sounds like a strong pull above Va as the most plausible scenario.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/08/mooney-m20m-257-tls-bravo-n9156z-fatal.html

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

A comment from youtube:

"I saw the whole thing from start to finish.

If that description is true, is this loss of vacuum system? He starts making S-turns and sounds on the radio like he is struggling to understand what is happening.

Picture of panel, possibly older, from bradp on mooneyspace.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I can all but guarantee they didn't.

It usually takes 3-5 seconds to even process and realize something seriously wrong is going on and what it might be.

My suspicion would be that the passengers were thinking “huh? what is going on here” and then wham into the ground.

RIP.