[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by beagle1971

I looked up the registration (N777AJ) and found some more info on the incident:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...3/m/8711080335

http://planenews.com/ntsb.php?ev_id=...8X00156&kkey=1

Looks like they went into an overspeed situation, given the plane's cruising speed is 292 knots, and the FlightAware.com site shows their max speed was 419 knots at one point (although that's listed as ground speed, so that might be misleading.)

Thanks Beagle, I'll second Wolf's welcome.
I don't understand the 419 knots, link.
09:41AM 36.37 -93.95 183 6500
09:41AM 36.37 -93.93 187 27000
09:42AM 36.37 -93.87 193 8300
They went from 6.5k ft to 27k ft then 8.3k ft in a minute or two. But then they climbed to 27k ft and basically held it there until 10:22AM. The 419 knots ground speed was about 10:07AM while they were in straight, level, flight. It doesn't seem logical they would have done either the speed or altitude, after the incident. What am I missing here?

From that page, the link to the flight status shows the "HORIZON TIMBER SERVICES INC (ARKADELPHIA AR)", flight;
Departure 08:30AM CST 08:39AM CST
Arrival 10:37AM CST 09:30AM CST
Speed 275 kts
Altitude 27000 feet
They left 9 minutes "late" and arrived over an hour "early". I can see leaving 9 minutes later than the filed flight plan, especially with no passengers. But when they file the plan, do they add some time to the expected arrival so nobody gets excited if they run a little behind?

Proofreading this, (yes I do, even though my posts don't look it:p ) I realized it sounds like a cross examination. Not so, I just wondered if you could educate a dummy like me on how this works.
Where's Maggie when you need her? I know there must be some pilots out there that can easily 'splain it.