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At 0945 Eastern time the airplane collided with a power line during initial climb and was destroyed by a post-impact fire. The Private pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. Visual conditions prevailed. According to witnesses, the airplane did not get airborne until it was approximately 2000 feet down the runway. The airplane barely cleared a tree at the departure end of the runway, and continued to climb “slowly.” A witness watched the airplane climb…

At 1545 Eastern time, the airplane was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain during an approach to landing. The Commercial pilot/owner and the passenger were fatally injured. Visual conditions prevailed; an IFR flight plan had been filed. At 1542, the pilot contacted the Potomac Tracon and requested clearance. The controller informed the pilot he […]

Making the go/no-go decision can demand more experience than the low-time pilot has. Decide when to call it a day or to take a look, but with a solid alternative.

The Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 flies in the face of conventional business jet wisdom in almost every respect. While the rest of the industry is firmly convinced that passengers demand the greatest possible amount of cabin space and simply won’t endure a cramped cabin for very long, the SJ30 delivers coast-to-coast range at a cruise speed […]

In the spring of 2002 a Beech D-45, the civilianized version of the Bonanza-derived T-34 Mentor military trainer, crashed while attempting a landing in gusty conditions at Minden, Louisiana. Both occupants of the tandem two-seat airplane were killed. The Mentor’s owner, a private pilot, had flown over 1,000 hours in it since acquiring it in […]

What exactly is the point of Chandelles and Lazy-8s, anyway? If youre paying attention, they teach aircraft control and precision beyond the dull normal of straight-and-level flying.

In the August 2006 article, “Five Ways to Better NPAs,” the author made an error by confusing straight-in approaches with straight-in landings. In the highlighted box called “Defining the Non-Precision Approach” the writer defined a straight-in approach as “a procedure where the final approach course is aligned to within 15 degrees of the runway heading….” This is incorrect; a straight-in approach is one in which there is no procedure turn. …

I have often marveled at the illustrations that John Borra does for my articles. Some topics have obvious possibilities, but others don’t seem to lend themselves to an illustration. In fact, more than once I have sent my article in wondering what on earth John would come up with, and every time I have been […]

Insurance companies and safety experts-self appointed and otherwise-are constantly worrying that owner-flown jets…particularly the coming crop of new light jets, can be flown at 41,000 feet by a single pilot who may not be very experienced. What’s up with that? What’s so special about 41,000 feet? The answer is that FL 410 is the traditional […]

__For many of us, going places is one of the wonders of flying. Many instructors like to take potential flight students on a short cross-country flight during the initial introductory flight in order to whet their appetite for the reward that awaits after they complete their primary training. Getting kicked out of the pattern is […]