Aftermath

Conditions in the air can look different to different pilots, especially to ones with varying amounts and kinds of experience.

How much of a pilot’s decision making is drawn from irrational factors?

Canyons draw adventurous pilots in—but they hold hidden hazards.

The airplane disappears behind trees, reappears, turns, seems to aim straight for the startled stargazers on the shore.

Taking a Pilatus PC-12 aft of the limit spells disaster.

A low-altitude stall spells disaster for a vintage racer.

We know that his airplane stalled, but why it stalled is still a mystery.

An equipment upgrade leads to a pilot downgrade.

Habit born from overconfidence plus nonchalance add up to a deadly combination.

Mistakes breed in the shadowy land between the systematic and the instinctive.