Probable cause: The pilot’s improper verification of the fuel quantity during the preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction due to a malfunctioning hangar door and a telephone call while preparing for the flight.
Picture of the Day: Everything’s gone green
Benjamin Redman submitted this photo and note: “WACO UPF-7, N164, remanufactured by RARE Aircraft Ltd, departs Sky-Harbor Airpark, Webster, Minnesota. Pilot, Benjamin Redman. Owner, Robert Masone. Photographer Dave Swartz.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture […]
Countdown to Project Skylab
“It’s a launchpad for the future,” “Lites” explains. “Just like Skylab is a launch pad for those who are going to the moon, we are going to give the students a foundation from which to leap into their own personal future.”
Flight sim sessions via cyberspace
From anywhere in the world, instructors will be able to guide and control flight training sessions on Redbird simulators by setting and changing the weather, initiating failures, pausing and unpausing flights, repositioning aircraft, and more.
Pandemic forces cancellation of NBAA convention
The 2021 NBAA Convention will take place from Oct. 12-14 in Las Vegas.
New textbook focuses on Human Factors
Drawing upon the latest scientific research, aviation safety studies, and accident findings, “Human Factors: Enhancing Pilot Performance” explores the nature of these human limitations and how they affect flight.
Paper towel left in engine results in catastrophic engine failure
Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to remove a paper towel from the engine during recent maintenance, which resulted in oil starvation, the failure of a connecting rod, and a catastrophic engine failure and subsequent total loss of engine power.
Picture of the Day: A beautiful day in the neighborhood
Mary Ann Lebold submitted this photo and note: “June 23, 2020, was forecast to be a beautiful day in the neighborhood and, by golly, it was! A RANS S6TD departs 7S9, Lenhardt Airpark near Hubbard, Oregon.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this […]
First IFR Seamax takes flight
Really? IFR in a LSA?