Lear jet crash in Florida

[offshore171]

A considered early analysis from an understandably emotional Captain Steeve

I have to say, the young woman copiloting died an absolute hero. She was 20 years old, got licence at 17 and living her dream. Despite everything going on, and with the plane in a near vertical dive, she kept ATC informed every step of the way. She made her callsign on every single call.

And an excellent comment from NASA chief Jared Isaacman

https://twitter.com/x/status/2117292922693431496

 

[RooFlyer]

And Juan Brown. A lot of technical stuff on the capabilities of the Learjet, and also the meteorology

 

[Quickstatus]

And this one makes a lot of sense

 

[markis10]

More speculation, somewhat ill informed, it was the same plane not the same crew that got caught out earlier I believe. If it’s relevant it will be in the forthcoming report along with actual details of the crew etc.

 

[offshore171]

(NTSB) Left elevator has been located, several km away from the crash site

This gives creedence to the reports that parts of the T-tail were missing before impact.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2117733845747306580

 

[Quickstatus]

This gives creedence to the reports that parts of the T-tail were missing before impact.

Due to overspeed exceeding structural limits?

Or overspeed + pilot input to pitch up = exceeded structural limits?

Did the overspeed also induced a high speed stall or Mach tuck which essentially also disrupted airflow over the horizontal stabiliser whose normal function is to maintain pitch balance?. Making the loss of the horizontal stabiliser a moot issue?