Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to perform a go-around during final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s failure to brief the student pilot on the positive transfer of aircraft control during preflight.
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Picture of the Day: Timeless
Larry Snyder submitted the following photo and note: “My airplane, built 43 years after the first powered flight, visits the site of that historic, albeit brief, flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Photo taken 71 years after the Ercoupe was built. Aviation seems timeless.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the […]
The future of unleaded avgas
What will happen with unleaded avgas in the next few years?
World War II pilot returns to British airfield as part of D-Day commemorations
World War II Pathfinder pilot Lt. Col. David Hamilton from Prescott, Arizona, visited the same British airfield from which he and fellow pilots launched a pre-D-Day invasion strike on June 5, 1944. Hamilton’s visit to RAF North Witham in Lincolnshire, England, on June 2, 2019, is part of the activities taking place in England surrounding […]
Sebring Expo calls it quits
“It’s a wrap” as the iconic light-sport aircraft show called Sebring Expo (full name Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo) is shutting down after 15 years. The show started the same year LSA arrived on the scene — barely a month after the FAA announced the new airplane and pilot certificate category — as the event […]
Make-A-wish rainbow jet retires
The Make-A-Wish kids got the rare chance to fly in the 500 mph jet that normally rents for more than $3,000 an hour.
G1000 sim added to pay-per-use program
Flight schools can add the new sim with no up front costs, paying on a “pay-per-use” basis.
Leaking fuel cap leads to fuel exhaustion
Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off with a known fuel leak, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Picture of the Day: Summer sunset at Lenhardt’s Air Park
Dale Weir submitted the following photo and note: “Summer sunset at Lenhardt’s Air Park in Hubbard, Oregon.” 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 of the Day are also considered for our new Page 4 photo […]