NTSB: Pilot warned about emergency before fatal plane crash in Middle TN on Dec. 7

Colby Trail was wanted in Knox County on a domestic assault charge from early October, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
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[@eldonn4871]

The real miracle here is she survived this long.

[@Sam-rf8yh]

Watch the videos of her circulating online. She was completely clueless. How she got a license to fly a plane is beyond comprehension.

[@jcc6789]

Anyone who watched all or likely even a few of her videos has a good idea of what caused the crash - absolutely devastating situation

[@apexkilla]

She had no business whatsoever being at the controls of an airplane. Complete incompetence.

[@drhoff585]

If you watched any of her videos you’d see she was always behind in controlling the aircraft. She had no business being in the air. The CFI’s who signed her off need to be looked at.

[@sunnyscott4876]

Felt so sorry for her father. He looked incredibly uncomfortable.

[@spitymaeh]

She also had a video of her driving a car on her channel including several stop sign violations and so on. She had no clue what she was doing and it is mind boggling she got a license to fly a plane.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

She took incompetence to a new level. One of the influencers more interested in saying they're a pilot than being one.

[@ZootyZoFo]

Complete and total incompetence killed her, how in the world did she she ever got her pilots license?

[@jamesa5720]

The title of this video about the "pilot warned about emergency" is not mentioned in your story.

[@bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616]

I know it's tough but they need to release the footage from the cameras that were inside the cockpit. That will show exactly what happened and why.

[@cornerofthemoon]

Having watched some of her flying videos before they were removed, I'm surprised she ever actually managed to land an aircraft at all.

[@crazyralph6386]

She was completely incompetent, and had no business being in the air. Another YT “pilot” in the cockpit for all the wrong reasons, and unfortunately took her dad with her.

[@----.__]

The fact there was a compass mounted top dead centre of the instrument cluster, so much so you had to look

[@Finians_Mancave]

I saw a news report that they did find two "recording devices" (likely the GoPros which she used for her Social media channels) and were reported to be fully intact. I suspect the contents of those cameras will reveal what all of her previous YT videos already showed... that her Beechcraft was just too much plane for this novice (and not very intuitive) pilot.

[@testiculardestruction]

More money than brains.

[@Hooligan6R]

She had no business operating an aircraft

[@c208driver6]

So we’re talking about a woman who took off from an airport and couldn’t even tell which direction she had to point the nose to get to her destination.

[@vollste]

I know what caused that crash along with everyone else who saw her YT videos.

[@harryagrotis326]

This woman had no business flying an airplane for sure but how on earth did she get her license????