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  1. 05-14-2021, 18:09 #1
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    Default Centennial Airport (KAPA) Mid Air Collision

    This happened a few days ago. Two planes collided on approach to Centennial Airport in Greenwood Village.

    Everyone walked away.

    I have my own thoughts and ideas about what happened.

    Here's a good thread on an aviation forum I follow, that has professional pilots, along with the latest information regarding the crash.

    Mid Air in the US - PPRuNe Forums

    The guy speaking in spanish in one of the videos is commenting on how the people are running. I'd be running too, if a plane is falling on me!
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    I agree with the commenter who said the Cirrus overshot his turn to final.

    Maybe I'm just not a good enough pilot, but I wouldn't have felt comfortable running a simultaneous approach with that Metroliner. I probably would have gone a bit longer on base, but.
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    My personal opinion is that the ATC told the pilot to follow the plane before him, which was landing on 17L, and in the second sentence he says, land on 17R.

    "Follow the plane in front of you (landing on 17L), and land on 17R."

    Very confusing instructions, from a lay mans perspective.
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    Lucky outcome. Either way, pretty nice free publicity for those folks at Cirrus and Fairchild, and well deserved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by arbol View Post
    This happened a few days ago. Two planes collided on approach to Centennial Airport in Greenwood Village.

    Everyone walked away.

    I have my own thoughts and ideas about what happened.

    Here's a good thread on an aviation forum I follow, that has professional pilots, along with the latest information regarding the crash.

    Mid Air in the US - PPRuNe Forums

    The guy speaking in spanish in one of the videos is commenting on how the people are running. I'd be running too, if a plane is falling on me!
    Great link! Thanks for posting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by arbol View Post
    My personal opinion is that the ATC told the pilot to follow the plane before him, which was landing on 17L, and in the second sentence he says, land on 17R.

    "Follow the plane in front of you (landing on 17L), and land on 17R."

    Very confusing instructions, from a lay mans perspective.
    Either way, the Cirrus pilot overshot both runways

    Centennial is a crazy busy airport. I'm not surprised by the number of incidences around it.
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    I once read it was the #7 busiest Airport in the US. I don't know anything about airports though to know if that is true.
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    It is amazing the tail on that metro didn't rip off. Some on the threads assert that when loaded you often have to jack the tail up to get the rear door to close because of sag in the superstructure. Doesn't sound like it's designed to operate with half the structure chopped off in flight, and is barely strong enough with all of it, lol.
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