MSFS tried to kill me!

[stinger2k2]

Hi all,

 

For the first time ever in a flight simulator directed me into a mountain on an ifr flight.

 

The flight was from Las Vegas McCarran to Heber City airport. I was cruising at 41,000 in the Longitude and was gradually told to descend. It got to a point where it didn't seem to be sure whether to clear me to 12000ft (would have been better) or 10,000ft. I followed the instructions from atc all the way down to 8700ft at which point it was apparent that I was going to be too low on approach to Heber City. I stuck with it to see if it would correct but I got so close to a mountain before it suddenly tried to get me over it that I had to take the aircraft off autopilot to quickly avoid hitting. Luckily I did get around/over the mountain just in time and eventually landed safely at Heber.

 

Also I was lucky that it was a cloudless day or things could have turned out worse.

 

I have never had this before and was surprised that the sim got it so wrong.

 

Watch your backs guys, it's out to get us!

 

Cheers

Stinger

 

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[kevinfolsom]

Happened to me several times in FS2004 when i used it a few years back. A perfect flight ended in disaster as ATC had me decrease altitude while steering me into a mountainside just before the airport. Very frustrating. It was happening so often I just ignored ATC on approach. Then when I ignored the ATC on approach I would get the dreaded OOM disaster causing a CTD. Edited February 9, 2022 by kevinfolsom

[kingnorris]

That just happened to me in FSX.

 

From Salt Lake City to Reno.

 

ATC left me at 4,000 ft and I was heading straight for a mountain. I did what you did, but unfortunately I lost my IFR.

 

Had to land manually. In a blinding snowstorm, I might add…

[daspinall]

I've been brought down once so far in the alps en route from Italy to Innsbruck... full cloud coverage on that trip and atc crashed me into a mountain....

[wmhsh]

ATC sent me crashing into a mountain while descending from FL310 to 3000 from northwest Washington state to KSEA on a heavy overcast evening. I've learned to switch on the TERR ON PD around 7000. Saved my butt several times while descending to different airports.

[hobbitrocks]

my death was in New York, landing aircraft and other aircraft for another airport came up under me on a take off I assume, and right in front of me....and wammmmmmm.

 

Got another beer, and kept on -

 

Hobbitrocks