So, how did the story end?
ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Again, someone loaded 4 fully grown adults into a 172.
Then they did something even more stupid, flew up a canyon in the
summer in the mountains of Utah.
While a 172 may technically have 4 seats, it is horribly underpowered
for that load. It has a legal useful load with full fuel as low as
425 to as high as 600 lbs depending on its model year and particular
configuration. So if each of the passengers weighed 125 lbs it may be
legal to fly but still a stupid move.
People do this because a 172 is cheap to rent and they want to show
off for friends.
Couple this massive mistake at take off with the fact that Utah is at
altitude. Planes behave much differently at sea level than in an area
where the runway starts a mile high. We have thin air. Whenever I
fly in a costal area I always feel like I am flying in thick air, it
is nice.
Couple that with hot summer days when the air is even less dense.
And then, fly up a canyon, in the mountains.
You should always fly DOWN canyons.
Anytime you have to fly up a canyon (I would argue you never HAVE to
fly up a canyon), you need to fly up the side of the canyon so that
when you get that sick feeling that the terrain is rising faster than
you can climb, you can do a steep descending turn into the canyon and
reverse your course.
I don’t know where this guy learned to fly, but mountain flying is
special and needs special attention during training.
If I rented out 172s I think I would just remove the rear seats.
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