Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The pilot's continued flight into an area of known convective weather, resulting in a loss of aircraft control. Contributing factors were the failure of the FAA center controller to provide information on depicted severe weather to the pilot and the controller's delay in providing requested navigational assistance until it was too late to provide the pilot with effective assistance in avoiding severe weather."

Source: From the NTSB Final Report on the 2005 P337 accident that claimed the life of pilot Michael Zinn. Like the sad recent final report published on the accident that claimed the life of famed aviator Scott Crossfield, a 2005 P337 accident may have been avoided had controllers provided more timely weather info on the route of flight.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20051028X01748&ntsbno=MIA06FA008&akey=1