The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll due to his foot slipping off the right pedal and becoming stuck between the pedal and fuselage frame, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.
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Picture of the Day: Sunset over the Hudson
Ahmed Elsaadany submitted this photo and note: “Sunset over the Hudson River.”
Fun, fellowship, and flying at the Triple Tree Fly-In
How do you measure a great fly-in? “By the number of happy people who say they can’t wait to come back. By the people who tell us this is where they come to meet their friends every year. We have a lot of repeat visitors,” says Triple Tree Aerodrome Executive Director Robb Williams.
CAP wraps up Hurricane Ida aerial missions
CAP crews made 148 flights, gathered almost 122,000 photos, and covered 1,012 miles to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck the state Aug. 29.
EAA Halls of Fame to induct Class of 2020 and 2021
12 aviation luminaries will be inducted into the EAA Halls of Fame in November 2021, including General Aviation News columnist Dan Johnson.
Piper M600 sim gets FAA nod
The M600/SLS simulator has an actual M600 fuselage, pilot seating, sub panels, switching and flight controls, and a multi-channel projection system with wrap around visuals. It also features M600 type specific Garmin G3000 avionics with Piper’s HALO safety system, inflight stability protection, level mode, and auto throttle system.
Look, look, and look again
My takeaway is to look, look, and look again for aircraft that have turned for excessively long finals and also for planes doing wide (and I mean really wide) downwind legs. What you do about unwise training these days, I don’t know.
Picture of the Day: Over Wisconsin on a fall afternoon
Jim Stevenson submitted this photo and note: “Ross Wilke in his Aviat Husky over Southern Wisconsin in October 2020.”
Paying it forward
Tuskegee Next Founder Steve Davis wants to give back to disadvantaged youth in his home town, Knoxville, Tennessee. Davis, who believes, “you can’t be what you can’t see,” plans to establish a branch of the program there permanently. Based in Chicago, Tuskegee Next has trained nearly 60 pilots since 2015.