![]() ![]() He slept on the couch in at SCA’s the crew accommodation (all the beds were taken). The day before he had flown as a commercial passenger to SCA’s Henderson (HND), Nevada base. The pilot, who had been hired by SCA in May 2017, had flown around 4290 flying hours in total, 113 in the EA300. It’s not clear if they were done in this order. ![]() On arrival customers who had booked a flight experience were required to sign a “Participant Agreement Release and Assumption of Risk” waiver and take part in a briefing session. The other pilot stated that of the 500 customers he had flown, about 6 were pilots seeking tailwheel endorsement training and the others were customers seeking “experience” missions. ![]() One pilot, who was initially the director of training and then director of flight operations, stated that, of about 2,000 customers he had flown for SCA, about 12 to 15 were pilots looking to receive targeted flight training for either upset recovery or a tailwheel endorsements. SCA are certainly popular looking at their TripAdvisor reviews. Review of the SCA presence on multiple social media platforms revealed that it both presented itself and was categorized in the “tour” category. The accident flight was a 25-minute “ Top Gun” experience… SCA provided flights to its passengers by operating as a flight school under the auspices of 14 CFR Part 61 and using flight instructors to provide training. ![]() SCA’s website described itself as an “extreme aviation attraction,” providing a series of aviation-related experiences, which it described as including aerobatics, air combat, and flight training. The US National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB) explain in their safety investigation report (issued 13 July 2020) that this flight was classified as a Part 91 instructional flight but: Recovered Debris of Sky Combat Ace (SCA) Extra EA300 N414MT (Credit: NTSB) ![]()
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