[Vhfcn-l] Helicopter crash on 26 Jan in California

[James Evans]

You have all probably heard about the helicopter crash in California on 26 Jan that killed Kobe Bryant.  Once I saw some video from the news which showed the top of the mountain covered with fog, I wonder whether the pilot of the helicopter was IFR qualified.  Over the past 60 years, I can recall hearing about several aircraft crashes that were due to the pilot flying into IFR conditions but not having an IFR rating or in the case of the airplane crash which killed Audie Murphy the pilot apparently dialed in the wrong radio frequency for the airfield he was intending to go to.  A missed approach from the wrong location put them into a mountain side.