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Preliminary report released on Cessna jet crash in Virginia
On June 4, about 3:32 p.m. EDT, a Cessna Citation 560 jet (registration N611VG), was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Montebello, Va., killing a pilot and three passengers onboard. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) More...
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You’re making my head hurt trying to remember stuff. Wasn’t Payne’s chartered Lear 35 an older model without emer. pressurization valves? I seem to remember they were pneumatically closed but energized open, if they didn’t, it got pretty smoky/smelly really quick? I’m getin’ too’ old!
I'm an observer these days, not an NTSB investigator, and welcome to the too old to fly commercially club anymore. I still haven't forgotten the things that will kill you in a Lear in a hurry and I guess you haven't either!
Yes, those were the days. Cruising at 43, autopilot on with one eye on the barber pole & your right hand on the throttle to keep from getting the puller, then hand flying the descent. That was a great pilots’ airplane if you flew it with respect.
So for more than an hour there was no contact with the pilot at FL340. No controller made an effort to contact NORAD? Who turned the a/c 180 deg?
AP did the turn as part of RTB when the plan wasn't followed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash
Anyone that spent enough time in an early series Lear to know how to quickly open or close the door knew instinctively the importance of Trim, Pumps, Flaps, Spoilers and Bleeds.
Bleeds,The switches above the right seat occupants left knee!
Any C560 guys out there care to hazard a more poignant guess?