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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
It is a shame a pilot get in so far over her head and just panics. Much like a teen age driver driving a car in conditions that are just too much for them to handle.
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Yep, sad.
I don't know all of the details, but IMO most low-time pilots don't have any business flying high-performance A/C right out of the gate, especially with other souls on board.
To expand on your analogy above, I'd say it's more akin to a new teen-age driver being given the keys to a Carrera GT, then negotiating busy freeway traffic at high speeds, while texting, talking on a blu-tooth, and fiddling with the radio all at the same time. Bad things are bound to happen, or are least much more likely.
I don't know if it's a matter of ego, excitement, impatience (to gain the needed experience), or a combo platter of everything, but new-ish pilots flying high-performance A/C is too-often a recipe for disaster. As a new pilot, it takes all of your attention/focus to not get overwhelmed and not "get behind the A/C" even in something like a 172 (especially when your CFI isn't in the right seat to bail you out). In something like the SR20, things happen much faster, basically leaving zero margin for error with a low-time pilot. It's a scenario that is the cause of many tragic incidents, and also why that particular A/C and it's bigger brother (SR22) are known as the new "doctor killers".