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No doubt this incident is tragic, leaving the families to pick up the pieces. Flying a light plane is a calculated risk, as is driving a motor vehicle, hiking in the mountains, fly fishing in a swift running river, or almost anything done outside the confines of your lazy boy chair. The pilot made a decision to fly that evening. His passengers made a decision to go with him.

According to NTDB's preliminary report, the pilot had discussed options of leaving the plane at Johnson City, diverting to Asheville or flying through to Rutherford County.

Best practice for any trip by light aircraft is to file a flight plan. Although not mentioned in the NTSB report, had this been done, Greer approach would have called the destination airport to inquire if the aircraft had indeed landed.

Your statement that congress needs to do something about this is an overreaction in my opinion. Protocols are in place if desired. As you stated, Rutherford County has not seen a fatal airplane crash since 1989. That's 35 years. Just me thinking, that sounds like a pretty good safety record. How does that hold up against highway fatalities? Why don't we get congress to do something about highway fatalities too? Or any other activity that humans make a decision to do? Where do you want to stop , Annie Dance?

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