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Pastimes : JFK, Jr. Missing-Is there really a family curse?
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To: cgraham who wrote (36)7/19/1999 2:23:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Read Replies (1) of 73
 
CG,

"Graveyard Spin" isn't really a term.

A Graveyard Sprial is what happens when you get the plane into a bank, with the angle of descent and bank increasing over time. You end up going very fast with the plane nearly perpendicular. Get it going fast enough and it can be very difficult to recover, the stresses can literally rip the airplane apart.

A spin happens when you slow down too much and stall. If the plane isn't well coordinated, the stall (usually pretty benign in a Piper) can turn into a spin: Fast nose-down descent while rotating. Can be very tough to recover a heavy aircraft like a Saratoga from this situation.

IMO, spatial disorientation could lead to either one under the right set of circumstances. The former more likely in cruise, the latter in a descent when power was being pulled off and the plane slowed.

Normally radar coverage in that area is lost at about 2000'.

mg
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