A Pilot’s Siege of Troubles Leads to a Fatal Outcome
One takeaway from this tragedy: Altitude is the best defense.
Aftermath
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A Formation of Dissimilar Aircraft Unravels
Pilots are endowed with the right to take risks.
The Lingering Mystery of ‘Undetermined Reasons’
When an accident’s cause is not easily found.
Careless Pilots & Instrument Failures
When their equipment doesn’t work, pilots need to work a little harder.
A Case of Unstabilized Approach
The accident report highlights the culture of omertà among professional pilots that keeps them from blowing the whistle on incompetent or unsafe colleagues.
The Unknown in the Machine
In December 1996, a pilot and his companion checked out a Beech T-34 Mentor from the flying club at the Memphis Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee. They departed at about 4:15 in the afternoon on a 300-nautical-mile trip to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. By the time they approached the Gulf Coast, it was dark. […]
What Makes a Debatable Risk?
A questionable takeoff in fog by the pilot of a Cessna 340 ends in tragedy.
For Two Pilots, a False Reality Has Tragic Results
They aren’t the only ones who have been led astray by incorrect expectations in IMC.
A Pilot Asks for Tragedy—and Finds It
A pilot with a shocking disregard for personal safety comes to his inevitable demise.
