Fatal skydiving accident in Poland.

Don’t think so, the FAA record the plane as a ‘P’. As you suggest, perhaps an odd choice for a jumper.

The FAA occasionally gets things wrong. A year or so ago in the daily accident summary they reported a T-6 with a broken nose wheel on landing.

Don’t think so, the FAA record the plane as a ‘P’. As you suggest, perhaps an odd choice for a jumper.

Odd they’d be using a Pressurized Navajo……the larger Chieftan makes more sense.

I bet ASN has made an error. Not all PA-31s are “P”s…

Most small piston twins will probably fly at gross weight with the critical engine inoperative at sea level ISA conditions, but need to be flown precisely. Any mishandling will degrade the performance even more as will out of C of G condition.

Yes engine trouble is mentioned; http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28181091

http://www.tvn24.pl/wideo/z-anteny/katastrofa-samolotu-za-skoczkami-na-pokladzie,1299130.html?playlist_id=17439

Most small piston twins will probably fly at gross weight with the critical engine inoperative at sea level ISA conditions, but need to be flown precisely. Any mishandling will degrade the performance even more as will out of C of G condition.

I was able to open the link this morning, looks like the plane tried to make an emergency landing in a wooded area. Obviously something happened too low for the parachutists to get out.

Yes…poor souls…similar happened here this summer 11 on board 8 died. RIP.

Why do they put so many jumpers in…exceeding the normal passenger count !?

Shouldn’t the Topolow accident say 11+1 in the record ?

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=PA31

This plane was just 64 lbs overweight; http://generalaviationnews.com/2009/09/16/overloaded-airplane-stalls-on-takeoff/

I was able to open the link this morning, looks like the plane tried to make an emergency landing in a wooded area. Obviously something happened too low for the parachutists to get out.

Did you read that safety record…..470 dead on the 2 first pages alone !