{"id":25490,"date":"2020-01-29T20:01:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=25490"},"modified":"2020-01-29T20:58:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:58:06","slug":"january-29-2019-additional-notes-on-the-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/01\/29\/january-29-2019-additional-notes-on-the-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas\/","title":{"rendered":"January 29, 2019 Additional Notes on the Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash in Calabasas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few days ago I wrote up an analysis of the weather conditions in the Calabasas area around the time of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash on Sunday, January 29, 2020. \u00a0 \u00a0That analysis is here.<\/a>\u00a0 The main takeaway is that the low clouds and fog were unusually thick and low to the ground into the late morning hours in Calabasas and Agoura, and conditions here were much worse for flying than adjacent areas of Woodland Hills and the San Fernando Valley, and much worse than the conditions at Camarillo Airport \u00a0(the final destination). \u00a0The pilot probably did not expect such terrible flying conditions, and he got into trouble and it was very difficult to safely escape. \u00a0The official or unofficial descriptions of what the helicopter was doing just prior to the crash vary a little, but apparently the aviation radar showed the helicopter near the Las Virgenes Road exit at the Ventura Freeway. \u00a0The helicopter goes south a bit, it goes up in altitude about 900 feet, and then it quickly descends and crashes at an elevation of about 1085 feet. \u00a0The chopper speeds are quite high, more than 100 knots for the entire final few minutes of the flight. \u00a0These two sites provide a good summary of the flight path and other details.<\/p>\n

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Bizarre flight path of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter before it crashed into mountain<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n