Plane crash nola east (Fox 8 News anchor Nancy Parker killed in the crash...RIP)

Now information is coming out that the airplane was given clearance to land after the pilot radioed about the trouble he was having. This may have simply been an okay from the tower controllers that he could return to the runway if possible. Every pilot knows that trying to make a 180 degree turn with an engine out is almost impossible at low altitude and usually results in an accelerated stall. At low altitude and airspeed, the best chance is to land as straight ahead as possible. A low altitude stall in a Pitts without power is doomed every time.
https://wwl.radio.com/articles/repo...ed+to+have+engine+problems,+investigators+say