Examining the Aftermath of a Cessna P210 Accident
The NTSB included among factors related to the accident the pilot’s overconfidence in himself—and the airplane.
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Only Questions Remain from a T-28A Trojan’s Final Flight
Examining the aftermath of a mysterious, fatal crash of a 1950s Air Force trainer.
When a Pilot’s Decision to Fly at Low Altitude Proved Fatal
Pilots like to fly low, so what can we learn from this 2017 Cessna 172 accident?
A Case of Losing Power, Far From an Airport
The gospel on turn-backs after a power loss just after takeoff is to continue straight ahead, no matter how uninviting the terrain looks.
A Pilot Races Weather, and Weather Wins
A Navion crash in November 2016 could have been avoided by breaking an old habit.
Aftermath of the 2015 Crash of a Beech B33 Debonair
In August 2015, a Florence, South Carolina, doctor, 51, left his home field early in the morning on a vacation trip whose eventual destination was the Grand Canyon.
Examining Loss of Control in a Cirrus SR20
A go-around from a full-flap approach is a delicate maneuver that pilots are seldom called upon to perform.
Why Twilight Can Be a Complicated Time for Pilots
Do you know the difference between civil twilight, nautical twilight and astronomical twilight?
Aftermath: Scoping Out the Storms
A Missouri businessman, 54, and his dog, who accompanied him everywhere, died when his Piper Cherokee Six broke up in flight over Cuba, Missouri, in 2015. The 1,200-hour pilot had filed an instrument flight plan from Branson, Missouri, where he had a vacation home, northeastward to St. Louis. He was cruising at 5,000 feet. When […]
