The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper in-flight fuel management, which resulted in the precautionary landing on unsuitable terrain.
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Picture of the Day: She’s waiting to fly
Joe Miller submitted this photo and note: “The sun coming up over KFLX in Fallon, Nevada, as I arrived for today’s lesson in this awesome 1975 Cessna 172. She loves flying as much as I love learning how to fly her.”
Any old airplane will do
Here’s a bit of a secret you may not have picked up on in all the years I’ve been writing for General Aviation News. I rarely write about aircraft. Sure, it seems like I do, but I don’t. Not really. Rather, I’m far more fascinated with the people I meet, the experiences that come my way, and the happy accidents that stick in my memory so well.
Alaska remains FAA’s proving ground for aviation safety innovations
With its challenging weather and environment, Alaska is where so many of general aviation’s safety innovations are born, including weather cameras, ADS-B, and a new technology called VWOS.
Another first in flight for Dayton
Four students became the first to earn bachelor degrees centered around aviation at a community college in Dayton, Ohio.
Free Ask ATC webinar slated
ATC Specialist Eddie Albert from Cincinnati Approach Control will be on hand to share what controllers expect from pilots, plus some tips for your next request to ATC.
Diamond bent when student doesn’t relinquish controls to CFI
The student pilot’s failure to maintain the runway heading and to relinquish the flight controls to the flight instructor when told to do so while landing in gusting, crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with runway lighting.
Picture of the Day: Flying safari in South Africa
Gerrit Jordaan submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I both fly Bonanzas and we love doing flying safaris or fly-aways in South Africa. Nothing compares with flying formation over the Savannah plains with your friends. Flying in South Africa and Botswana is uncomplicated, but well organized. Some of the best flying weather. Game watching from the air!”
Questions from the Cockpit: A long-winded answer to a short-field question
“How short must a field be to be a short field?” It’s a question that you’d think would have a simple answer…