Jack Roush Crashes Plane in WI

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Let be clear that I'm not standing up for Roush because he's Roush, I would take the same position for any pilot in this case. No rush to judgement or firm opinion from this camp.

From my reading of the events I won't rule out pilot error, but I'd like to know the CAUSE, the subtle or gross events that led to error. Where ever and with who ever that error may lay. It does appear, from a couple of accounts I've read now, that there was at least confusion in the control tower, that could be a leading cause that ultimately ends up being "pilot error". Which is why my position is, pilot error is not that simple, it's easy to say, easy to point to, but it may be considerably more complex than that simple statement leads one to think.

Roush was cleared to land on the run way he crashed on. I would have to assume, until something indicates otherwise, he was familiar with the landing protocol(s). Was he "behind" the curve in getting the job done? Maybe, I don't see any specific data or examples that would point to that at this time. It is one possible explanation, "time" moves incredibly fast when dealing these issues. A pilot "getting behind" could be measured in a moment of hesitation, a garbled transmission, a conflicting tower report, what you SEE and what you HEAR (or thought you heard) at the same moment don't mesh. Which could be characterized as "pilot error". In some cases it may well be humanly impossible for the error to have been rectified, by anyone, when you understand the scope of how it went down.