Content Creator Crashes Airplane While Recording Social Media Video | Jenny Blalock Case Analysis
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Camera 1 - Check!
Camera 2 - Check!
Hair and makeup - Check!
Trim horizontal stabilizer elevator tab - huh?
Autopilot - not sure how switch it on???
Exactly
Sounds like a woman to me 🤣🤣🤣
Arogant, narcissistic woman
@@charliechurch5004 I just watched today where two MEN flew a King Air flat out into the ground after a missed ILS landing in 2008 -- instantly making the gender imbalance remarkably worse with the deaths of all five men on board. God knows it's never a man's fault that it's never a man's fault. There must've been a woman in there somewhere. JS
Jenny is a clear example of how social media destroyed people's grasp of reality.
It's human hubris, not social media... and hubris has been with us since Adam & Eve
@@chamomiletea5424 Social media itself in its current state stems from the very aspects of our human characteristics you speak of. Out of social media as we know nothing else can come for most people. A lucky tiny minority can learn something from it profound, but that is a rarity.
Not just social media, money!
100% correct! Everyone wants to be the next Cloe, Kim, and the other no brain family members....
That is ridiculous because the Beechcraft Bonanza has been killing "doctors" for decades before the Internet was made publicly available.
The cause is neither hubris, conceit, nor narcissism, but it is likely an inability to read where the pilot is in relation to where he wants to be. This is a common problem.
I also suspect impairment due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
I once wanted to fly a plane, but I changed my mind when I realised how dumb I was. I know my limitations and ain’t no fool.
Same here. I love to watch videos on flight though. So many many people are so beyond my IQ. LOL
you are SMART to know your limitation
That's actually a very smart way of thinking. So many people don't believe or want to believe they have limitations, it's the winners that acknowledge their own limitations, you are indeed no fool.
I ride horses. Now that’s safe.
Same grasp I felt when halfway through my lessons at Charley Brown airport in Atlanta... I was truly enjoying the experience and thinking ahead about how much I would like to fly regularly... but I was 'not' grasping the intricacies, the math, and generally the things one must retain in order to continue to learn going forward. I was never good with math OR memorization anyway. I stopped my lessons in that Cessna 150. Still here and I love to fly as a passenger. I still enjoy looking at my old yellow Privat Pilots manual though... @RodTerrell304... Sir, you were certainly not dumb in knowing your limitations... Best to you in this new year.
"Didn't go through the necessary checklists, or pay atention to them in a manner consistent with survival..."
If you're looking for the best understatement in this video, that sentence is a strong contender.
So basically to sum it up, she didn’t know what the hell she was doing
And incapable to be taught otherwise.
A clear recipe to kill yourself, which she did.
@@PrinceAlhorian I have no doubt you're right on that one. In the video it did say, Dad got a dirty look when he suggested she did not know how to set the Auto Pilot.
Exactly. A case of too much money and not enough brain cells. I'm still puzzled how her experienced and qualified pilot father just sat there and let the plane crash. Surely he could've saved it.
@@stevej6813 You comment is the best on the whole thread!
I flew for a few years and got to about 130 hours. I stopped because I felt it was too dangerous. I was not competent enough and did not have the time to spend developing my skills. I enjoyed it for the most part, but had the self awareness to stop.
Me the same with motorbikes, they are just too powerful and fast for mortals like me
People making wise decisions are sexy.
I had the same uncomfortable feeling. Had my private and was working on my commercial ... had my 2 girls and wife with me a few times. But it was not a good feeling for me - and I quit flying. That was about 45 years ago. I'm 88 now and I know I made the correct choice.
Best comment. Great self awareness.
I flew hang gliders for a number of years. When I started University I wasn't flying enough to keep my skills up to a level that I was happy with.
An old aviation adage seems to apply here: "To an even greater degree than the sea, the sky is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
As a motorcyclist I feel I need to be much more aware of my surroundings compared to someone in a car. I need to be the better, in the long run. Because if I make a mistake it will probably hurt, in worst case kill me. Now putting someone in an airplane who doesn’t have the attitude to safely drive a car exagerates this to a completely different level, literally.
As a motorcyclist I feel I need to be much more aware of my surroundings compared to someone in a car. I need to be the better, in the long run. Because if I make a mistake it will probably hurt, in worst case kill me. Now putting someone in an airplane who doesn’t have the attitude to safely drive a car exagerates this to a completely different level, literally.
As a motorcyclist I feel I need to be much more aware of my surroundings compared to someone in a car. I need to be the better, in the long run. Because if I make a mistake it will probably hurt, in worst case kill me. Now putting someone in an airplane who doesn’t have the attitude to safely drive a car exagerates this to a completely different level, literally.
@@kai-uweoch1159 Yeah, I got it the first time.
@@kai-uweoch1159you posted the same fk’n thing 3 times… ffs delete the other 2. It’s not that hard!!
Her running stop signs makes me very angry. It’s social media showing off. It’s why I always take a few beats when lights turn green. That saved me from getting t-boned once. I absolutely have no faith in other drivers to be safe or defensive. Her lack of attention to detail is mind blowing and infuriating. How did she manage to get her license?
Same. I cannot stand drivers that flaunt traffic laws. They put others in harm. No need to speed into a yellow intersection, and I like you wait a moment when the light turns green.
She was absolutely showing off, I agree.
@@Alex-ir4bmyes..they say count to three when lights turn green....
Hell... the world revolves around her. Self -centered spoiled Cougar punk.
@@jogoldcoaster2847 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
While the driver behind you sits on their horn.
Three seconds is too long. It’s the sign of an incompetent driver.
Kind of feels like she wanted the prestige and coolness of being a pilot, but she didn't want to put in the time and hard work to learn everything it requires.
She's a stereotypical bossbabe. Wants everything now, expects it handed to her on a silver platter, no concept of actions having consequences, and is used to getting her way. Her first instructor probably told her the truth, she probably flipped out and found a new instructor who gave her what she wanted. Everyone who signed off on her is in deep deep shit.
Fairly certain that dude just said that in multiple ways throughout his 17:11 video.
Uh, how about this. She was too stupid to be a pilot and whomever passed her to solo and check ride needs to be investigated, charged and convicted.
I would have paid for a CFI for instruction on flying such a different airplane compared to what she used to have.
I honestly feel she was incapable of being taught safe flight. She was more interested in influencer fame.
In a video that was posted about a month before the crash her father reluctantly said “it may not be the autopilot, it may be the operator.” She immediately glared at him and pointedly responded “are you talking about me!” The father immediately backed down and said “no I meant me” like it was the passengers job to operate the autopilot. This showed mr that she doesn’t take criticism well, and her parents were hesitant to give criticism even when it was needed.
Good point
Well, that behaviour comes with a range of price tags. Sometimes all you get is a toe tag.
AGREED 1000 %
Narcissism
@@adrianberryhillthat’s what I wanted to say. Narcissism
A very sad situation. I have over 10,000 hours flying in my career spanning 40 years. Experience is the best teacher. Having the money to buy a complex aircraft with an auto-pilot is great, but if you do not invest the extra money into comprehensive training that will ensure you understand fully the systems and avionics of that aircraft is a recipe for arranging your own death. What's saddest is her Dad, since he had no aviation experience at all, had no idea the situation he was in with his daughter. I hate to say it but I think she was overcome by the "Look at me" syndrome and was way over her head and had no clue.
Even though her father had no aviation training, it was screamingly obvious that she was lost and confused on many many occasions before the crash flight. She actually said so herself, repeatedly. If he couldn't/wouldn't see that, much of the blame for his death falls on him. He was warned over and over.
I mean... IS it sad? Clearly she was gonna keep flying no matter what anyone told her... I know this sounds messed up... but it could have been worse? Right? WHat if she took a bunch of her followers on a flight with her an this happened, It'd be that private sub incident all over again
From what I noticed from watching these videos of the crash… She was taking lessons and she openly said that she didn’t like the instructor doing everything for her (because he knew he could die if he didnt), so she fired him. She went back up with her father feeling that it would be better to learn by doing herself- as though she didn’t realize she could die and how serious of a situation this all was.
Terrible she seemed to know nothing about flying 😒
Yes not only did she lack knowledge of physics of flying and how the various controls affect the behavior of the aircraft.
But I am also struck by the lack of awareness and concern of her obvious confusion by daddy, who didn’t want to upset his little girl by pointing this out.
He was even more clueless than she.
Something tells me Dr. Grande researched how to fly a plane more than Jenny.
Yes as a pilot myself i get the feeling Dr Grande might have done some flight training or sim training!
which is still a miniscule amount unfortunately
@@bassnbrass9272
This is what Social Media should be. Intelligent people speaking on subjects from their perspective & training.
Have a great Xmas from Australia 🇦🇺
Or researched this topic on aviation u tubes where ALL the issues aside from psyche addressed there - Dr G DID add something NEW to discussion of this case online with his conclusions, however, and as usual with clever integration of language wordplay and real life
Or just watched all of the other YT vids on this subject matter and now proclaims himself an expert and therefore is capable of providing analysis for clicks.
The miracle of this story is that she crashed in a wooded area and didn’t kill innocent people on the ground.
for real...sadly i was on pins and needles waiting to hear where she crashed that plane and breathed a sigh of relief to hear it was in an unoccupied "wooded area"
I'd consider her father an innocent victim because he probably didn't realize her inability.
@@tommccormick9290
Some people weren't meant to be parents.
True, but what does that have to do with this?@@dough9512
@@tommccormick9290 This was not his first flight with her and it sounded like her incompetence would have been on full display in every flight for an experienced pilot. I don't have a lot of sympathy for him since he got in the plane with her willingly. Also, he raised a woman who was so self-indulged that she bought a plane that was too much for her. He should have advised her to buy a smaller, lesser plane but that would not have been as cool for her videos.
Her Ego was not her amigo 😢
As a retired airline Captain and one who had the opportunity to serve on two different NTSB Accident Investigation Boards, I found your comments to be relevant and mostly likely very accurate. This fatal accident was, in my view, certainly avoidable. The fact that Jenny seemed more interested in her presence on her social media sites than actually learning to safely fly an aircraft is very disturbing. I cannot imagine flying ANY aircraft without a basic understanding of how its' systems work and more importantly what to do if a system, such as an autopilot, fails to function properly.
The old adage, "If the autoflight systems aren't working properly, turn them off and fly the aircraft". Apparently, she didn't have to ability to do just that.
On behalf of all commuters, thank you!
Social media has created this monster whereby certain people get into otherwise uncomfortable situations simply to show off. We see girls at high profile football (soccer) matches here, in full make-up taking selfies to post, who would never have been interested in the game before. Luckily that is not a life endangering situation like flying but the same motivation to look cool and interesting and get the online "likes" and admiration.
I used to fly with a girl just like this. We were approaching a runway and could tell we were slow and short…the girl continued like nothing was wrong. As we got closer to landing short of the runway I kept saying “add power, add power.” When I could tell we were about to hit the dirt and grass I slammed the throttle forward and held slight back pressure on the yoke just enough to keep us in air for another 100/200 feet. When we taxied in I asked “did you honestly think we were ok back there?” She said “yes”. She was a licensed pilot.
Not being able to objectively evaluate your own performance so that you can make corrections and improvements is the first step towards disaster.
Yikes
CHICKS!!!
Scary story, dude. Very telling of her character. TNflygirl appeared to have a very similar character.
Wow!
It sounds like she didn't have enough people in her life that were willing to tell her the truth.
she dont accept truth , it hurts her feelings
Lol, typical women today, deluded.
She didn't need anyone to "tell her the truth", she knew that she shouldn't have been flying. She just wanted to be famous.
Isn't this the case with the overwhelming majority of women?
@@Alicia-BG she is famous now for being dumb
All her selfies with the clouds in the background were all I needed to know about what type of pilot she was. Getting your pilots license to take cool pics is a weird flex.
You call it a weird flex, but look, she finally got the notoriety she so desperately wanted.
When social media is more important than your life
Lesson learned: if you’re looking forward to using autopilot more than learning how to fly a plane, it’s time to be a passenger, not a pilot.
Except she did not know how to use it lmao
i saw other day that 95 % of plane crashes are pilot error and that the last few years pilots rely to much on technology than hands on flying, they rely to much on auto pilot than flying the plane themselves
You do not understand she was learning the autopilot to be able to get a license for flying in weather or imc. She had to learn how to use it she was just having issues the reason so many planes land safely in weather is autopilot. Just flying in a clouds can kill in 178 seconds, so autopilot saves lives
@eisbeinGermany look autopilot is the reason aviation has become so much safer. It is true that commercial pilots do not hand fly as much , but it's because there is no need to. Most aviation accidents are not a result of the pilot not knowing how to hand fly or relying on autopilot. Anytime you fly in weather, the pilots have to use autopilot or autoland depending on a variety of factors. But your statement of 95% of crashes being caused by autopilot is not correct.
@@hueginvieny7959 Her problem was, she wasn’t very comfortable flying VFR yet and was already trying to fly an overpowered and over-featured plane, for her. Look at her training videos with her CFI and see how much flying she was actually doing compared to her instructor just taking over. It’s useless and dangerous to try to learn advanced flying when the basics aren’t even in place.
I know that I will get blowback for saying this, but as a professional pilot and instructor I feel I have seen this in our industry too many times, and I feel it must be addressed. Just how in the hell did she get endorsed by a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and what DPE (Designated Pilot Examiner) endorsed her, and passed her on her checkride? I wonder if her looks helped her and if the CFI’s and DPE gave her a pass for her for inadequacies in the cockpit based on her looks. Sadly, happens more than you think. We CFI’s need to recognize student’s abilities or their inability to safely operate an aircraft on the standards set forth by the FAA.
I agree with you!
I honestly think that this was an autopilot and trim input accident. Autopilot usage is _not_ evaluated on checkrides. Nor is it required to be reviewed in private pilot training. It's easy to hide or overlook small errors like trim misunderstanding in private pilot training and checkride. I had one student who fixated more than I realized until it caused him to fail his checkride. He stared at the clock far too long, and he had been vectored off course by tower and was not allowed to use his GPS. He panicked and flew in the opposite direction of what he planned and misidentified multiple towns and airports. Otherwise, he was a model student. That said, I dedicated a lot of time to understanding trim because I struggled with the concept when I was a student. A lot of instructors don't have the heart for it and are just there to build hours. There's also a wide variety in quality of DPEs. I always gravitated to the harsh but fair DPEs because the "easy" DPEs would often "need a fail" and hit my students over a BS niche technicality. (I actually got one DPE removed over what he did because the FAA agreed with me, but my student still had to retake the whole checkride.)
I had the same questions
Agree completely. I’m a airline pilot at a major airline that will remain unnamed. I witnessed a female fail her Maneuvers Validation Check-ride 3 times before finally passing on the 4th attempt. If this had been myself, a white male, I would have been fired on the 2nd failure. Equal opportunity and politics are to blame.
I also witnessed my first transgender pilot go through training recently. This person is now responsible for the lives of potentially hundreds of people in the air and many more on the ground. I believe in equal opportunity to everyone, but I am against equality of outcome. You should always hire the best candidate based on their performance, not their gender, race, or sexual orientation.
Yup her looks
These is what happens when everyone gets a trophy and everyone passes. Sad.
Sound a bit like how it works in the South African educational system.
@@emilschneider9974ugh is too in America 😒
I heard a young adult given "participation" awards who said everyone knew they were "didn't win" awards. He was sort of laughing at the concept of drawing attention to the "losers." Children know when adults are being dopey. It's OK to not win!
gets a trophy for just showing up
That's a pretty bad analogy since you are saying that every pilot in the world is incompetent and got their license through favoritism. Which wouldn't surprise me, America elected a participation trophy in 2016 that made them look like an absolute joke too.
He hit the nail on the head when he pointed out "flying a plane without drama would not make for a very interesting UA-cam channel" Part of her shtick was exhibiting uncertainty in flying. Thus adding a touch of drama to the video.
Well duh!?
Years ago I started flight training, I did a lot of classroom time. I even flew with the FBO. I thought very long and hard about it and then discontinued my training. I knew that I had a tendency to skip over things at times, and realized I did not have the character to be a pilot. It's a little embarrassing to say that, but I never crashed a plane. You should truly know yourself if you want to become a pilot, your strengths and weaknesses. My prayers go out to her family.
You have nothing to be embarrassed about, you understood your capabilities and also realised that you lacked the skill level/ability/aptitude to continue with training. This makes your character extremely honest and humble.
You knew your limitations, unlike today's breed of Dunning Kruger touting Narcissists.......
Not embarrassing but recognizing your lane. Saved your life & others…
Nothing to be embarrassed about -- you have wisdom and know yourself. Both excellent qualities too short in supply these days.
And thus you are here today to be able to make knowledge comments on YT vs wearing a toe tag.
If only there were more people who had your character. You are the embodiment of humility and wisdom. Much like you, I find it necessary to work on myself, first, before even beginning to look at potential problems around me, and yet, most people have it the other way around. You have the guts to be honest with yourself, and that’s the rarest gift of all.
After all the lawsuits are done, the video from inside the plane MUST be posted online. It is a hard dose of reality to actually show these people on social media the consequences of their actions. They live in an alternate reality. Social media "influencing" is a plague.
Not all influences are a plague, I am a instagram influencer (for cats) I helped many animals find homes this year, provided medical care with my wife who's a vet, and help shelters get thier adoption msgs more views. Not all of us are bad, and I'm doing my best to use my accidentally acquired fame to help animals (im also a pilot) I don't create aviation videos or content.
I won't lie tho most social media os bad and toxic and I don't even use personal socials. And never would if I wasn't doing what I'm doing currently.
@DarkpawTheWolf. The report won't include a video and it won't even name her. She will be referred to as, "the pilot" and described as "45, female". If the family wants to post her video, which they probably own now, they can. But, they already pulled her videos down and who wants their loved one's terrified last moments posted for the world ?? Whatever took place in the video will be described, in a factual way, with no drama, and we will know what not to do, when we fly.
People do not pay attention when they drive there cars ,
How did she get a flyer license then
@@wendwllhickey6426 She was a woman that possibly was allowed "second chances" during her check ride. I wonder how long her check ride took. She should have bought a Cessna 172 and built time in it. It is called "The Baby Carriage" by some pilots. It is easy, tough and forgiving to fly.
On a brighter note, she's no longer a threat to other pilots.
True, true.
@@christansdad or herself
Or people on the ground. Thank goodness it was not a densely populated neighborhood or school, where she went down.
I am a retired pilot In the UK. This tragic woman had absolutely no aptitude for flying. More concerned with her social.media content than on-going flying training. I am baffled as to how she was passed for her licence in the first place??? She seems to have been unable to understand any of the vital principles of flight, instruments, aircraft performance factors or basic spatial awareness. Human Factors were a critical factor in this accident. Tragic loss of two lives.
The footage of her driving really tells you everything you need to know; it's both a microcosm of her personality, and an exhibition of her (un)suitability for safe vehicle operation.
1000% dead on accurate.
The third factor to consider is her choice of vehicle... she's driving a Hummer. They are not necessarily bad vehicles, just tend attract a certain mindset of person.
'Had a bachelors degree in human resources'
Says it all really...
UA-camrs think they can do anythng that they are omnipotent!
👍...Glad to see no one is giving her a pass and making excuses.
My wife and I met while working as instructors teaching hang gliding. The owner of the school was very good at promotion and was able to get a lot of people to show up for lessons. His motto was “you can teach anyone to fly”.
Our opinion, derived from actual experience, is that is simply NOT true.
Half the people in my hang gliding class were completely incapable of flying. They just didn’t have it. I had never flown anything in my life, but my instructors were basically accusing me of lying that I had never flown anything, much less a hang glider. I was a natural and it felt great to fly those hang gliders. Hey, I just had it. Don’t hate. Those other people were probably good at drawing or making arts and crafts or tolerate gender studies. They weren’t completely useless human beings.
I have to agree. It’s not for everyone. It requires a high degree of multitasking, an intuitive understanding of physics and keen attention to detail. My nephew is a pilot, and he has these skills in abundance.
Just like SCUBA ! They let anyone take classes regardless of their ability in water
@@karenneill9109Some people have too much ego to be a student. One has to listen, pay attention, understand on one’s own the process, not just follow instructions. Her driving was so rude and self-serving, like stop signs are for other people. She had a false sense of her competence and abilities. Even her business was created for elite customers. She wouldn’t give her instructors due respect.
@@JudyTullos Arrogance and ignorance are a disastrous combination for sure!
Thank you for speaking the truth. I’m really worried about the push by the FFA to hire people who may not be the best but are being hired on superficial characteristics. We literally have gone mad.
I think he is referring to the FAA. Federal Aviation Administration for those outside the USA who might not be familiar
What do you mean "superficial characteristics"? Like afirmative aciton?
@@alainsaaiman4975 Affirmative action was about competent people being systemically denied because of superficial characteristics, not incompetent ones being accepted because of them.
I have watched a few videos of this lady's crash. I think this one is the best so far. You did an excellent job of describing her technics and ablities as well as her personality. It sounds to me she was more interested and concerned about making her videos than she was learning and understanding the safety factors of flying. The part showing her driving really shows her disreguard for safety of herself and others...
As a private pilot, its very scary that some one like her is able to be in the air with such a powerful machine.
As a driver, it is very scary that some one like her is able to be driving with such a powerful machine.
As a person who lives on the ground, its very scary that someone like her is able to be in the air with such a powerful machine.
As a car driver, its scary to share the road with Indian drivers.
As a schizophrenic, it is very scary that someone like her can have thousands of talking squirrels that wont leave me alone
@@86themadhatter27😂
As someone who has watched her videos, it was terrifying how incompetent she was as a pilot at times. I could observe several occasions where she failed to maintain proper throttle control and even after she edited the video she made, it seemed that she never realized her errors.
Asking her dad to watch her airspeed for her!!😱
I'm only half-joking when I say she must have concluded looking good in Ray-Bans was an important qualification to be a pilot.
I watched her get lost after landing at an airport because she simply had no idea what ATC was saying to her.
Why were the videos pulled. ? Where can they be seen?
@@craigfinnegan8534😂
Barbara Sher spoke of how some people are too conflicted and hesitant in life, and they don't feel they did what they could have, but on the other hand, some lack hesitation and end up doing things they should not have.
Nailed it - not everyone can do every profession or task, and people need at least 1 honest person in their lives to have this conversation. In this case, it should have been any CFI she worked with since her failure was so glaring.
She had no business flying a plane when she couldn’t even drive a car.
Problem is she wanted it to be a ‘business’ via YT, not a pilot.
right oon!
@@aviation5927 I believe the comment was about her running stop signs and being nonchalant about it and carrying over to her piloting abilities.
@aviation5927 Recklessness is universal though, regardless of the vehicle. She exhibited that.
Period
The pursuit of clicks is the plague that killed Jenny and her dad. It's terrible that they had so much time to be terrified at their impending death.
She loved the drama. Might have been kinda exciting
Feels like this is a Dark Mirror episode.
This is a fascinating rabbit hole to explore, it throws up one of the touchiest subjects in modern intercourse….the varying capabilities of men and women. Some hugely experienced pilots and instructors have revealed that only a tiny fraction of women ever achieve the flying skills of average male trainees. We need to face some uncomfortable truths here, men and women are wired differently and to pretend otherwise in the interests of fairness or equality of opportunity for both sexes is to ignore reality. Jenny Blalock had no place flying an aeroplane….
100%. In this day and age, society can't even recognize the simple fact that there are 2 genders, with each gender having vastly different skills and abilities. Femmes lack basic depth perception...something males have honed in over tens of thousands of years of evolution from hunting and surviving. This explains why even the most skilled women (which probably represents a fraction of a % of their gender), in terms of piloting skills, only achieve the skills of an average male trainee. This Barbie shouldn't have been driving a car, let alone trying to fly a plane, which was clearly well beyond her capabilities and over her head. The fact that she took her father down with her was tragic...though I would never step into a plane operated by a femme.
@@ChrisG9978Hey don't be so sexist...I mean, its not like they'll have to reverse the bloody thing!
@@SNAFUferret LOL 😂 Fortunately there's no mailboxes on runways, or believe me she would've taken them right out with that plane!
I remember when I passed my check ride and earned my Private Pilot License. I felt I still had a lot to learn about flying. The license felt like a license giving me permission to learn on my own. At that time I had no desire to upgrade to a powerful, complex airplane. I mainly just wanted to fly the plane I learned in, a Cessna 150, and gain experience.
That is correct. I was a flight instructor and I would tell pilots that once they earned their licence, it did not mean they were pilots, it meant they were now born into aviation and from here on in, they will learn to be pilots.
Arrogance plus ignorance equals death. 😢
Or a career in politics, you know.
aka Knowing just enough to be dangerous.
it's just the Blonde gene showing dominance.
@@jamesmcmackin8773😂😂
Ahhhh. Arrogance & stupidity all wrapped up in 1 package. How very efficient of her.
It's amazing that neither of her instructors feared for their own safety enough to address her lack of basic understanding.
They don’t care, they get paid either way. Especially when it’s coming from a pilot that has 400 hours of “trained” flying. That’s a great customer to get them to their 1500 hour mark for the airlines.
It's possible that they had so many students with dubious instinctive skill that they'd go broke if they refused to train them.
Her father was supposedly a pilot and didn't seem to think twice about getting in the plane with her. What I'm wondering is, if he was a pilot, why didn't he take control of the plane. I don't know how all planes work but I thought the instruments were available on both sides for either to fly.
@@shawnpemrick4303 No, the instructors will now be interrogated intensely by the FAA. Somehow she managed to pass a flight exam. That check ride CFI will be facing a loss of license.
Indeed the cfi directly caused this crash. I am a private pilot, and still sign up for an instructor frequently. She was in over her head as a pilot of a simple airplane. But I can’t imagine a cfi who signed off on her flying a complex airplane.
As a flight instructor I never presented a student for a flight test if I thought she/he was not fit to fly…
I think there may be another more cynical part of Jenny's story regarding why she actually got her license
Serious questions need to be asked of the examiner who passed her as ready to fly a plane. From the clips I've seen of her flights, she was completely clueless. I'm sorry she lost her life, but it was inevitable. Tragically her father lost his life too.
Its not just the examiner - its this general attitude in America today that women can do anything. Her father lost his life because he didn't know how to tell his daughter that maybe flying a plane wasn't for her.
Correction: she killed her father.
No. Women cannot do everything. No one can do everything...even men.
After watching a few of her videos, this girl was making errors just Taxiing her Aircraft.. As a Pilot of 34 years EVERY DAY MUST BE PLANNED & PREPARED LIKE ITS YOUR FIRST FLIGHT!
Honestly I was Horrified watching this girl fly!! How this girl passed her Check Ride is beyond me!! Not all people are cut out to be Doctors, Athletes, Lawyers Or PILOTS!
I think the Lawyers will run their hands on this one.
I can see why at some flying clubs or flight schools before a check ride you have to fly with the chief flight instructor before sign off.
The last video she posted was insane. She couldn't find East with all the instrumentation or a compass or by sight... during the day... with clear skies... in the afternoon. She got lost within eyeshot of the airport she left and flew in circles for like 20 minutes looking for East. Then she turned off autopilot and couldn't figure out how to turn it back on.
@@johns1625 Seems silly doesn't it? I think before flying on your own, you should be able to get off the ground, navigate, and land, without ANY autopilot assistance.
I couldn't agree more. I think Ms Blalock had a love for flight and a desire to be a pilot. In summary of it all, I watched several of her videoes, and it's hard to offer comments without sounding critical or rude. But to sum it up, I think the vanity of being attractive, successful enough to own and fly, but was more drawn to the sensationalism of successful social media activity than learning how to fly an airplane. I've flown with enough pilots to have picked up on one truth .... that piloting an airplane is serious business.
I had just finished flying with an employer and friend one day in his Beech Bonanza ... after landing I said to him, "You're a good pilot, Fred." His reply was one I'll never forget ..... "There's only one kind." I knew exactly what he meant. Obviously there are not so good pilots, but they're usually not pilots for long. In my opinion, I think that Ms. Blalock learned enough to take off and land, but never really put much into actually flying their aircraft. I hadn't seen the video of her driving the car before .... I honestly think that, after seeing it, she pretty much flew with the same care and caution as driving a car. At the end of the day, she paid dearly for it. Bless her heart. May she rest in peace.
Girls.... Smh 😂
Many years ago I used to teach people how to fly helicopters. This very successful real estate investor came to our flight school and began taking lessons. It was apparent at some point in her training that she did not have the aptitude for flying. Luckily she had the wisdom to realize this herself. She decided to continue lessons with me just for fun. We spent many hours flying around the beautiful countryside and over her real estate holdings. She would occasionally take the controls at altitude but was always happy to let me take off and land. It is sad TNflygirl didn't see her limitations. Aviation is very unforgiving to those who don't learn from their mistakes.
Learning requires humility.
That is great and hats off to her! Inheriting all that property from your husband or father is a real blessing and recognizing her own limitations in flying is a real sign of wisdom and discipline.
What indication do you have that she inherited her real estate? Lol
@@trumptorianguard4617 what part of ‘very successful real estate investor’ did you choose to ignore?
It is fatal to NOT recognize one's limitations.
Very intelligent commentary on this unfortunate tragedy. This girl seemed more interested in her video popularity than in being a proficient pilot.
This is brutal honesty at it best. Bravo sir.
Attention and validation are two of the most dangerous drugs on the internet today.
right on!
And more addictive than Cocaine!
Profoundly true.
Its a big and dangerous problem, which leads to loss of self awareness and touch of reality.
@@peoplelikefrank Profoundly true.
This was an absolutely savage critique. I watched a bunch of her videos after hearing this story, and I must admit that I agree with a lot of this. The word Dr. Grande used, “cavalier”, is a perfect word to describe this woman. She didn’t understand how to operate this machine, and she certainly didn’t respect the dangers involved.
She didn't respect the ground.
Thank you for the description of this avoidable tragedy
@@LilJergor gravity
How is it a savage critique?honest yes.
But she was kind of pretty, for a 44 year-old, so she got away with it.
At one point in training, you have to tighten the screws gradually and see if the subject can handle the increased pressure. That separates the doers from the can't do.
Excellent analysis, Dr. Grande. I truly enjoyed your clear and precise delivery of the facts. Off topic question: What is your fascination with the Saguaro Cactus?
By revealing her stop sign running you have added another human factor. It reveals what we pilots call a lack of "procedural discipline." Sloppy driving indicates a lot about any person.
We unfortunately now live in a time where people no longer care about “procedural discipline.” I see collisions on the road almost daily from people like Jenny, who couldn’t care less about running stop signs and red lights, and couldn’t care less about ending other people.
@@TheMikeD428
From 1st grade our schools spend more time teaching self-esteem and that everything you do is good than reading and math. We have raised a "me generation" where people think they can do whatever they want. It is the fault of our schools.
So does constantly pointing a lot of cameras at yourself.
@@TheMikeD428I hope that’s not true. Granted I live in the UK but I personally take driving very seriously. I don’t drive unless I’m fully aware and paying attention. That’s why I have my own pre-drive routine before leaving for work.
Even driving is not a joke, let alone flying. I can’t afford to learn to fly but I do wonder if I’d be able to fly.
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It sounds like her ego is what killed her. Recognizing when you are wrong is a valuable thing.
Not so much ego, but the inability to recognize that she didn't fully understand what she was doing.
oh holy crap, there's no such thing as telling a woman she's wrong in 2023
John Kennedy, Jr died too from not listening to warnings to not fly that night, but he was sure he was fine. Self-assurance is a good thing unless you can't see when it's getting in your way.
You’re just sexist and you hate women!
@@tdc9136I think she eventually learned her lesson.
I’ve been an aviation professional for over two decades and I think your analysis is spot on.
Aviation has a peculiar way of attracting successful people in which things like soft skills or luck (sales, celebrities, being born into wealth) are more of a factor their success… and satisfying that drive and impulsivity that lead them to be where they are (flying is faster than driving, flying is cooler or more romantic, adventurous, etc).
Aviation is based on luck as well. You can screw up a lot in an airplane and get away with it. But unlike being an interior designer or a rock star or heir to a political dynasty or financial empire… that luck will eventually run out.
And if you don’t have the hard skills, you will die.
The Debonair is the conventional tail version of the V-tail Bonanza. Debonairs aren’t made anymore because they stopped making V tail Bonanzas and moved the name over to the conventional tail.
In aviation, Bonanzas are known as “doctor killers” and all of those reasons apply to the Debonair. Doctors are relatively wealthy and successful people who often don’t have the patients to acquire and maintain flying skills and they choose a hot rod of an aircraft both as an extension of their personalities and from emotional or financial justification (eg: you can beat airlines door to door).
What never factors in is the decision to say no. Say no to a trip because the weather is bad. Say no because you need to do more review with an instructor. Say no because this plane is too complex. Say no because I don’t have time to run a practice, keep up on my journals, and fly often.
The ability to know your limits and say no are perhaps the most important skill a pilot can have.
Sadly, We had our family dentist fall into your analysis.
after seeing this woman's flight habits, really showed that she had no business flying...she also had no natural sense of direction, she was always getting lost and going in round circles.
You were most gracious in describing Jenny's and her father's demise. She was reckless just simply reckless. Jenny knew she didn't know how to fly.
Im not sure. Some people have a level of arogance that blinds them to their lack of competence
she had no clue that she didn't know how to fly. She excused all her mistakes by downplaying them
@@ravener96 Especially when big bucks can open the door, where people with less money cannot enter!
@@ravener96 she actually admitted this (to an extent) in one of her final videos she posted of herself flying with an instructor (using 3 different camera angles) where she absolutely couldn’t do anything & the instructor ended up doing everything for her. She said she was embarrassed & that she was going to do better & a bunch of stuff. So she did appear to understand she was not a good pilot. Unfortunately, ‘try, try until you get it’ isn’t exactly a good thing when we’re talking about flying an airplane.
Don't be a Jenny
I’m a pilot and have followed this accident, she’s far behind the plane and relied on autopilot to maintain basic flight function. This is why new pilots use trainer planes with little to no automation.
I was wondering about that actually. I can’t afford to take flying lessons, but if I could my gut instinct would want to first get a good theoretical understanding of the aircraft on the ground. Then I’d probably want to really get proficient with the fundamentals of flying with a good amount of experience before I’d want to start learning how to use the autopilot.
I dunno, it just seems important to be able to just disconnect the autopilot entirely and be fully capable of flying and landing the aircraft without automation. Like the autopilot should be more of a “pilot assistant” than anything else.
Right on. Some CFI's won't even let you use the electric trim rocker on the yoke if the plane has that installed. Mine insisted on actually using the trim wheel with your hand only.
@@SteviPantyhose-mt5lmidiot
Sorry but that’s Bs. I like many pilots these days did almost all my flight training (even on SEPs) in modern trainers with glass cockpits and integrated autopilots- these were FAR more complex than the simple 2 axis AP Jenny was struggling with. The difference is that I had excellent instruction that focused on getting the absolute basics right to a high standard at every stage using a rigid syllabus with high benchmarks oh and the performance was regularly assessed, if I/we didn’t meet the standards we would be out. With around ~300 hours I’m flying the A320 whilst Jenny was struggling to do RT+fly a instrument approach with ~400. She was licensed so the question really is how did her instructors and examiners allow her to get so far with such seemingly weak fundamentals and low aptitude?
@@abingdonboy Your view of general aviation is severely uninformed. You are comparing professional pilot training programs (which have a very standardized curriculum to put you right seat in an A320 at 300 hours) versus private pilot training. General aviation is vastly different than flying the big iron, and there is amazing variability in the general aviation training fleet for good reason. Your mission is very different than mine, and unlike you I started flying helicopters and then added ASEL. I did not touch an autopilot until most of the way through instrument training when I added a complex/ high-performance endorsement to my logbook. Yes, before that point I had actual IMC time in a general aviation aircraft without a GPS in the panel and without an autopilot, on an IFR plan through the NYC bravo airspace no less. Most general aviation pilots in training are not going to have autopilots, and many today will still not have a glass cockpit.
Scary that this goes on above us!
Always informative, and fair assumptions. Clear voice too
I am from East Tennessee and flew out of Knox Downtown Island Home my whole life. As a retired 757 Captain. It seems Ms Blalock was in too much airplane for her skill level. I live in Houston now and did not know Ms Blalock. But there is a saying about planes like the Bonanza Debonair that she owned. They are called Doctor killers. Doctors can afford to buy too much plane for their limited experience. High performance singles can cause low time pilots to get “behind “ the aircraft. It seems she was in over her head. In an airplane. That proved deadly for Tn FlyGirl
I knew a radiologist with a Beech Baron. But he’d learned to fly in the U. S. Air Force and seemed pretty competent…
I think she may have bought her PPL too. :(
Agree and understand. It's tempting for new pilots. I never went above a 172 Cessna 1964, but the family is happy and still alive in arctic Alaska. Humility prevents humiliation. Even if you have to take 2 or 3 trips to get everybody and the grub to the cabin.
Thank you for your input
100% spot on she should have stayed with GA or LSA low mass low power type aircraft maybe 300 hours of stick & rudder hand flying flying before getting into a high performance aircraft, have to have instinct muscle memory stick & rudder flying 1st
she wasn't a disaster waiting to happen, she was a disaster happening because the teachers were afraid to be honest.
They acquiesced to her every demand. Intimidated by her arrogance and looks. The lack of professionalism from her flight instructors basically allowed her to freely joyride and experiment with the plane while flying.
She did fire her previous CFI, probably because he said something like, "Are you st*id or what?"
That had to be said. Very odd that both instructors, an examiner and her father all allowed her to fly in to the ground.
I wonder if her last words were "gear up". An avoidable tragedy in a rather stringent passtime.
@@sabre22b You would think that the father, at least, would have advised against it. He should have driven the point home by refusing to fly with her.
Beginners in any hobby where life is at risk should always opt for a "safe standard" as the first purchase. This applies the same to airplanes as it does to guns and motorcycles. Her decision to buy some wonky, old plane that made everything more difficult was a major reason this crash happened.
Excellent summation. Thank you
Lack of humility, skill, respect, wisdom, training, understanding and patience with taking high risks = Darwin Award
"Jenny drove with her head in the clouds." The driest of humor that only the few can appreciate it. 😊
It wasn't very clever.
Dr. Grande is well grounded.
As a retired airline pilot and former flight instructor, I can say from watching videos of her flying that airplane that she was way over her head and she was not at a level of proficiency that would have permitted her to operate that airplane safely. If I was her instructor, I would not have signed her off and can’t understand why her instructors did.
Jelous,you hate cute chicks.
@@JohnnyDanger36963next time you try to talk down to someone do a spell check first 😂
Absolutely! Idk how she got signed off. I also imagine that those instructors or instructor will be getting looked in to as well as to why he signed her off.
Her PPL DPE needs to be investigated.
As a cfi and current airline pilot I couldn’t agree more. I’m surprised she even had her private. She must have flown out of her mind for her private pilot checkride cause she looked very wooden and overwhelmed in the beech.
When posting a video of a skill is more important than actually developing that skill, this is the result. Social media is a scourge on mankind ...............
She was just way in over her head and wasn't ready to fly on her own. There was one video where she was flying to another airport 40 miles away, which should have been a cakewalk, but she got lost within sight of the airport she just left, couldn't figure out which direction she was going, and accidentally turned off her GPS unit and didn't know how to turn it back on. She wasn't as good a pilot as she thought she was and it caught up to her.
It's my suspicion that she didn't understand the elevator trim. According to the NTSB report her elevator trim control was found at 50% down, which would pitch the aircraft down. Which is likely why she kept pitching up & down and unable to hold an altitude. She probably kept fiddling with the trim control until she set it to where it pitched the aircraft down to where she couldn't recover. But this is all speculation on my part, except for the fact that the trim control was at 50%.
BTW, the crash report did say that two video cameras were recovered so hopefully the video files are intact. The answer to what caused the crash will be in those videos.
I have tried to fly three times, and essentially came to the conclusion I simply cannot. I know how aircraft fly, the physics was fine, the maths and other skills for comms and navigation were fine, but I have no spacial awareness and no natural coordination. The instructor asked how high I was, and covered the altimeter. No idea. I had gained 1000ft and not noticed. I made sure I scanned the altimeter. he then asked what town was below. I got that wrong. A few years later in a different type of aircraft, I asked the instructor if my erratic progress the sky was the high wind. He simple said "let go of the controls". I did and the perfectly trimmed aircraft flew itself straight and level. I was fighting - over reacting and under-reacting. I asked the instructor if he thought it was something I could 'get' - and his advice was no - he felt I was just not a pilot in the making. Oddly, I'm a musician - and can play naturally lots of instruments apart from drums. I know how to, my brain knows what to do, but add the fourth limb and another stops. Similarly, I cannot dance. I know how to, but just cannot do it - the concentration required is intense and a second's worth of relaxation means I'm lost. I'm a very competent passenger. I can assist the pilot with all the nav/comm and technology easily. What I cannot do is be a competent pilot. I can do the complex stuff, like adjust for wind, speed and provide course bearings to fly to arrive at certain points at certain times - but trying to actually fly would wear me out. Great video.
VERY well said, sir. Thank you
Brave men know their limits and live long lives.
Not many people are humble enough to come to the realization that you did, much less post about it online. Thanks for this comment.
when he asked you how high you were, he wasn't talking about altitude
Sounds like you would have benefitted from flying by instruments (pun intended) a little more . I don’t agree with your instructor. Those are things many people would get wrong on their third flight. Sometimes it’s just a lousy instructor you have to find one that you click with and you’ll become a pilot if you work hard enough at it. But no one should pass someone before they are ready regardless of hours flown .
Sadly she comes across as a person who was never told "No" as a kid, never accepted "No" as an adult and always got what she wanted. RiP
I’ve been told no and I have done rolling stops but wouldn’t disrespect the notion of being a pilot as easy nor would I fly a plane as I would a car they are completely different. A car has a break and a gas pedal steering wheel and shifter. A plane has about 10 bazillion things you gotta pay attention to. And characterizing a person because of a rolling stop is lazy and stupid.
I agree that she was apparently a flawed pilot and probably should not have been piloting a plane, but I don't see how one can conclude any more than that from the very limited evidence here and in her videos.
Yes -a bit like JFK Jr and the rest of the Kennedys
Narcissistic
@@naythin8354exactly!! For instance an investigation might shed more light on what really happened.
I couldnt believe it when she said ," I died laughing". WHAT !!!
SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN A LICENCE!
The CFIs knew they were being recorded, and knew they would be in the spotlight on UA-cam. None of them wanted to come down hard on her, fail her, and/or get fired-it would harm their reputation. They just pushed the problem along.
Good point. Perhaps the FAA should ban video cams during check rides.
I was never worried about this as a flight instructor. I think that this comes down to personality as well. I told my students that I would give them the tools to stay alive, we don't fight in the cockpit, and that I will never be angry or disappointed with them for trying. I was their daddy Eagle. I'll push you to try, and if you fall, I'll save you so we can try again. My philosophy was for students to make their mistakes with me so I could save them, they experience what it's like to begin to lose control and we work together to help spot warning signs and train appropriate reactions. Did a couple of my students get scared? Yes, and a couple of flight instructors criticized me for it. I see healthy fear as a good thing because it breeds _respect._ My job is to prepare you for the real world, not run a flight on rails. All criticisms were done with respect, never used insults, and from the perspective of cooperating to solve a problem, never pointing it out as a personal failing of their character. I always set expectations before every flight and discussed what happened after every flight. I wasn't afraid to be harsh, but I never took out my frustrations on a student. I was never afraid of being reported to the FAA because I studied and always made sure that I was within regs. This allowed me to teach people with decades of experience on me and lots more wealth. I had several people come back when I didn't expect them to because they appreciated how I utilized real-life scenarios.
They should have considered how it would look to allow a student of theirs to become a statistic.
@@willrobinson7578 Perhaps the FAA & UA-cam should ban "influencer" video cams while flying altogether by a non-CFI, or at least like in a car, it has to be out of the purview or consciousness of the pilot.
@@willrobinson7578perhaps the FAA should ban video cams in the cockpit period, when used for UA-cam videos.
She looked really good in her headphones and aviator glasses. I think that was probably a priority for her.
That was why she got her license. Attractive blonde woman with money. Regardless of fatal consequences, in American culture, such a person will be allowed to do pretty much anything.
@unkblahblah : Do you think so? I’d say mutton dressed up as lamb. Obsessed with playing with her hair.
I see somebody gets it...
She looked quite good from the neck down.
Totally. @@Vinnie101a
How she passed her private license check ride is beyond comprehension. The examiner needs to be interviewed.
Wow. First time watching you Dr Grande. Subcribed. Greaty analayis here. Thank you!! You nailed this 100%.
I think she was more interested in being an influencer than a proficient pilot.
Absolutely.
Completely agree, it's almost too obvious.
Too bad that she couldn't influence herself to be a competent pilot.
I disagree
she spent a lot of time putting on her makeup that's for sure.
She sounds like one of those egomaniacal people who get an impressive-sounding goal into their head ("start another company", "get pilot's license", "climb Mt. Everest", etc.) and won't be dissuaded even though they're unwilling to put in the actual work and time required to do it the right way.
Yeah that started with Gen X, and is big with Millennials now as well....I could see alot of middle aged single women being like that. (my mom kind of got that way after her divorce for a while too).
Agreed - lets call it the "Oceangate" or "Titan" effect. People who think that money can replace intelligence.
We must think alike. I mentioned Everest in another comment on this video, as it very much reminds me of that.
agreed look up stockton rush
This woman was concerned about everything except the most important thing and the reason for her channel: learning how to fly properly and being honest with herself if she sucked at it. But clearly she was too immature to do so..
Thank God for Dr.Grande’s Amazing content!! His voice is so soothing and I’m working at 14 hour shift!!!
A few comments from a private pilot with around 400 hours…1. Jenny’s plane is a lot of plane for a new pilot. It’s easy to get behind in a complex aircraft. By the time you catch up and figure out what may be going wrong it’s already too late. 2. Jenny’s plane is an older plane with an old style autopilot. Newer autopilots are much easier to use. 3. Most aircraft accidents are the result of a sequence of events…for Jenny it may be her having the complex aircraft with an older autopilot, her relative low hours of experience and her casual attitude with regard to attending to detail…not following checklists…not stopping at stop signs when driving. 4. Several very experienced pilots with UA-cam channels have speculated that the primary issue re the accident was the manual trim of the airplane. Jenny may have had the nose trimmed down, the plane started a dive and she did not have the strength to pull the yoke up to break the dive. Very tragic for her and her family and friends.
She was not a new pilot. She had her cert 2 years and more hours than you.
I think she had around 400 hours just like me. I might be wrong about that. Anyway, I don't consider myself an experienced pilot. I'm still learning a lot and still make mistakes. @@TOMVUTHEPIMP
@@TOMVUTHEPIMP years don’t matter. Hobbs hours do…
Well said
No, it is SIMPLE to fly that aircraft in those conditions even as a novice
There’s a movement to be a “social media pilot” which is a scary thought and unfortunately for her, a fatal idea
I'm not big on government regulations and butting into peoples' lives but since pilots have a potential to kill people on the ground and in the air I think this "social media pilot" idea needs to be nixed by the government. The FAA needs to make a regulation that makes it illegal to post videos for entertainment purposes. They should require a certain amount of experience (years) and that any videos posted are for educational purpose only.
Not to say someone taking a video while on vacation shouldn't be allowed to post it but it shouldn't be allowed as a "social media pilot."
General aviation is so expensive I can understand why people do it as a way to subsidize the cost of flying. However, I don't think Jenny needed the money owning two businesses
There's a movement to be a "social media persona" about anything. Yes, it is scary sometimes, it seems some people are willing to do super stupid or dangerous things for publicity. I suppose there were always people who wanted to be on TV, now you got social media.
@@mortimerbrewster3671sounds like you're pretty big in government regulations.
I agree as a pilot with 27000 hours and 45 years experience.
When I was a kid learning to drive, my instructor said, 'An automobile is not a toy. If you fail to learn the basics of driving, it's a killing machine.' I hope people can learn from this cautionary tale.
“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.”
Or, to paraphrase Gordon Lightfoot; “does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the sky turns the minutes to hours…”
I heard a Blue Angels pilot once say "Flying is not dangerous, its just unforgiving..."
We have a perfect record in aviation. We've never once left anyone up there.
20 year commercial fisherman here…
I can attest to the unforgiving nature of that bitch we call the sea! We do checklists there too!!!
It’s very lonely in the night in the middle of Hecate Strait when it’s blowing 40 knots.
We have a risk management, saying,
“The time to learn to dance is not when the music starts.”
In other words, we don’t learn how to use our equipment when we desperately need it to save us, or when, not knowing how to use, it will kill us.
@@Fishstories1 Right... the time to learn your equipment is long before ever departing for the first time. This lady accidentally turned off her GPS after takeoff and didn't know how to turn it back on.
Everyone rises to their first level of incompetence. But in aviation, that is often deadly.
I was going to say the exact same thing.
The Peter principle.
A fair assessment of the situation. Thank you for sharng, Dr. Grande. If and when the video is released, I believe your analysis will be confirmed.
Seeing her blow through the stop signs tells me everything I need to know!
When my uncle was an inexperienced private pilot, he took my grandparents for a flight. My mother refused to let my sister and I fly with him. As kids she seemed lame for that but today as an adult I’m grateful.
In my late twenties, I got as far as getting a sign-off to do my solo cross country, just before my final flight test, as I had already passed the written. Due to strong winds, I started the flight late. The first two legs from Teterboro to Worcester to Albany was fine. About twenty minutes into the return flight from Albany, it started to get dark. As a student pilot, I shouldn’t be soloing at night, but having had flown with my CFI a couple of times after dark, I didn’t panic. Everything was fine, EXCEPT the radio light was broken and the altimeter light was broken. I ended up flying south along the Hudson River using the full moon and my MacBook as alternate light sources for the broken lights (later, I learned to always have a flashlight in the flight pack). After informing Teterboro of my situation, they waved off all other flights. I came in too high on the first pass so I requested a go around and the tower gladly obliged. Nailed the landing. Was full of sweat - as I left the plane, the MacBook was out of battery. The instructors and students at the school clapped and cheered as I entered the building, but I had enough. There is too little room for error up there and I didn’t trust the school to maintain the planes properly. I never went back to finish my training.
Scary, but my advice is to not let one incident steer you away! I'm well North of my late twenties and I just completed my cross-country night flying hours requirements. Been working on my ppl off and on for like a decade 🤣. Did the plane not have a cockpit light or did it have one but inop?
The flying straight and level at night part was easy enough but.... three key difficulties.
First difficulty, finding the flipping destination airport was actually really hard! Had I been solo on the return to home base, I may have overshot the airport and flown into class b which, in this case, has a 3000ft shelf sitting over my destination airport and a 1900ft shelf that starts 6nm East. My my instructor corrected me in time in this instance. The info was there for me on the small gps, but I was so focused on trying to find the airport visually that I neglected to check my position on the gps instrument.
Second difficulty, this is basic. Kowing where all the instruments and all the buttons and switches physically are, is more important at night. For example, which rocker is the boost pump, which for landing lights, etc. During the day, it's easy to look around and figure out what's what, even if you don't have it memorized. This would include knowing where the cockpit light switch is that may have been available to you on your flight.
Third difficulty, what on Earth to do in an engine out scenario if unable to restart? Literally no way to find a safe place to set down because trees and fields and water(excpet in your full moon scenario) all look the same. You can see roads but, even then, risk of power lines (not to mention the cars)! I guess in a Cirrus it'd be "pull the chute" time. As an aside, we also had close to 10 knot crosswinds with gusts at about 40 degrees and it was really hard to recognize. Cross winds at night "appear" different due to the fact that you can only see through the pinhole of your landing lights beam. Sure, hearing x knots at such and such angle on atis gives some info but experiencing it at night affecting the plane is altogether another deal. After my second messy take off, finally figured out what was going on, started every takeoff roll thereafter with full deflection into the wind and it was like magic!
p.s. Most my exp is on floats and we don't need no stinking altimeter for floats ;). Airspeed, however, def want an airspeed needle!
Almost another miracle on Hudson
Don't let all your effort go to waste. As a student pilot, you've already overcome a potential life threatening situation. Finish your training at another facility!
Through my pilot training I was always taught to carry at least 2 flashlights in my bag.
Wow. I give you a lot of credit. For dealing with that crisis and for knowing to walk away.
Scary when you have unqualified people flying over your home.
Excellent comentary.
I have come to loathe social media. The whole concept of 'look at me look at me' is the epitome of the narcissists playground.
I'm beginning to see why many of her videos were taken down. There was probably a treasure trove of clues and errors that people were going to start combing through.
My thought exactly - especially insurance company
Orrrr... her family took them down because everyone was so critical of her postmortem.
@@dredwick in that case - ALL of the videos would have be taken down - and not just recent ones.
@@call_me_stan5887 How do you know? How do you know what her family would do?
@@dredwick if only the people who put her in that plane had been more critical then she and her dad would still be alive.
the moment you get surrounded by yes men/women you are on a quick path to nasty outcomes.
you can make mistakes in a car and get away with it, but not in a plane.
her car driving shows what her flying was like.
the only silver lining is she didnt kill more people.
There's a saying in aviation - There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.
If only I had a dollar every time someone repeats that saying.
@@tbec3011lol yep usually it’s about motorcyclists
Yep! First thing they told us in our first year in veterinary college.
@@MrJruta She was just used to a Honda 125, not a 350.
Heard that one from my dad
50 years ago. It was true then and still true today.
Thank you for delivering blunt and assertive comments
There’s a culture in the US that emphasizes individual rights over responsibilities, and this obviously played a role in this crash.
It’s the same culture that says “he _has the right_ to turn those ancient ruins into a parking lot, that’s _his land_ after all.” It’s about empowering the wealthy at the expense of the rest of us. The one really unusual thing about these deaths are that the harm wasn’t done to strangers.
Not just the wealthy- the so called "protected & marginalized groups" as well.
Can you give an example of "protected & marginalized groups" doing more harm to society at large than is done to them, @@kathyflorcruz552?
She wanted to be a pilot so bad but she just didnt have it in her. Sometimes it's ok to realize that youre not meant to do something. It's not giving up, it's being wise.
It's not that she wasn't intelligent, she performed well in school it sounds like. It seems she was impatient and overconfident. This comment section saying nasty/perverse things about her is saddening. She wasn't some monster, plenty of people make tragic mistakes but being female with conventional good looks and an "influencer" means a lot of haters are almost gleeful to see her fail.
@@gossamer9966 I never said she wasn't intelligent. Although honestly she didn't seem very intelligent. Smart maybe, but not intelligent. What other people write has nothing to do with me. I didn't write anything nasty or perverse.
@@gossamer9966Jesus! No one cares that she’s a chick
@@michaelvandyne6480she didn't want to be a pilot. She wanted to be a youtube influencer.
@@sgt.lincolnosiris4111 Yep, and she attempted to offload much of the difficulty of being a pilot onto a device that she did not fully understand (the autopilot). If an autopilot is giving you problems the simple solution is to turn it off and aviate. She probably could have worked through the issue had she disengaged the AP, gotten the craft into level flight and broke out the manual.
Doc, ya nailed it. Sauce: 30 years of flying GA, 24 years flying airliners, instructor and checkairman. Good analysis.
As usual, excellent analysis! Watched many vids on this incident but never obtained such an understanding. Great with layman’s terms!
Brutally Honest. Spot On.
Having been following this story from multiple sources and as and instrument rated private pilot myself, it's refreshing to finally hear someone hold her accountable for this incident. Within the pilot community, there is a resistance to blaming the pilot after a crash which is understandable as no one wants to disrespect the dead. However, it is quite clear this was a case of someone with more money than sense trying to become a youtube celebrity.
I also believe within the flight training community, there needs to be more of a willingness to tell a student, "this isn't for you". Sure it can be heartbreaking to shatter someone's dream, but it's much less so than knowing you allowed someone to hurt themselves or others. I had not seen the driving footage previously and if she flew with the care that she drives, this incident was almost inevitable.
Yep.
Reminds me a little of rich tourists that get into difficulty climbing Everest. They have little businesses being there and find out the hard way.
Her instructors, especially the younger one, seemed to have the attitude of you could've done that better but it was OK. It think it gave her a false sense of security in what she was doing and how she did it.
Ah, but what would have happened if the instructor did tell this student that flying isn't for her? Don't know if it's been taken down on her UA-cam profile page, but TNflygirl was peddling the usual assortment of merchandise, including the obligatory "boss girl" t-shirts. Would this "boss girl" have the temptation to sue the flight school for discrimination, if they told her the truth? Maybe that's why they just gave her a pass. Anyway, this Karen was a textbook case of a dumb blonde. She lacked common sense, and was not even aware of her shortcomings. Seems she was more concerned with her hair and makeup and looking pretty on camera, than actually learning how to fly a plane. Or how to drive a car, for that matter.
My father was a reckless driver and a reckless pilot. He had a Mooney Ranger, but he did know how to fly it.