Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees while maneuvering the airplane at a very low altitude in a confined area while attempting to land on a river.
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Picture of the Day: Early morning wake up alarm
Alex Dupuis submitted this photo and note: “My 1958 PA-18A departing Eklutna Lake strip in Alaska’s Chugach State Park. Friends were still asleep as I snuck out to the plane, fired up, and took off near the camp sight. The gang awoke with the engine start up and they grabbed their phones to document the […]
CFI creates one-of-a-kind gifts for her students who solo
Each of the solo mats are custom made for the individual student pilot.
Still looking for a simple ADS-B solution?
The video takes you from unboxing the ADS-B receiver to installing it in an airplane.
Armless pilot to fly senator to honor Americans With Disabilities Act
Jessica Cox will fly Senator Tom Harkin, lead author of the ADA, in her Ercoupe July 24.
EAA Aviation Museum to reopen Aug. 3
High touchpoint areas and exhibits will remain closed.
Worn ignition switch and key leads to fatal unintended engine start
Probable cause: The undetected wear of the ignition switch and key, which allowed removal of the key from an intermediate position and subsequently led to an unintended engine start-up. Contributing to the undetected wear of the 42-year-old ignition switch was the lack of guidance by the switch manufacturer and airframe manufacturer for procedures to detect lack of integrity between the ignition key and switch.
Picture of the day: Tiptoe through the tulips
Craig Beavers sent in this photo taken by Jake Egbert of Beavers flying his Powered Paraglider near Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, near Woodburn, Oregon. “Motor is a Parajet Maverick, wing is a 24 meter Ozone spyder,” he noted. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it […]
Continental’s bridge to the future
The CD-170 is the newest design and highest horsepower engine in the CD-100 series family of liquid-cooled, turbocharged, four-cylinder, fuel-injected, compression-ignition, four-stroke aircraft engine with Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) dual channel engine controls.