[Scan-DC] PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS

[Charley Armstrong]

Yup.  CFIT generally refers to outcomes when you run into a mountain,  
rising terrain, or an unrecognized slow decent into the ground.  The  
implication is that the pilot did not realize that he was in extremis,  
and blindly flew into the ground without reaction.  Happens mostly in  
at night or in IFR conditions - or both.

CA


On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:37 PM, b_thom at juno.com wrote:

>
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:44 -0400 Charley Armstrong
> <charley.armstrong at me.com> writes:
>> They have to phrase it that manner - it's more of less of a standard
>>
>> way of saying "failure to maintain adequate separation from the
>> ground."
>>
>> C.
>
> What's that term that's used a lot - "controlled flight into  
> terrain," I
> think.
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