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Eclipse EA 500 Leadville, Colorado Injuries: 1 The pilot reported that, while conducting a night landing on a runway contaminated with ice and patchy packed snow, the airplane overshot the touchdown zone. The pilot tried to fly the airplane onto the runway to avoid floating. The airplane touched down firm and the pilot applied moderate […]

ACROSS 1 TikTok handle for a lady creating wildly popular aviation video shorts 6 Pilot’s playground 8 Atop 9 Airstrip material, often 11 Tire pressure and monitoring system using sensors 12 Use a parachute 14 ____ Baron 16 Aluminum and titanium are important ones in aviation 18 TTx has one, SR22 technically doesn’t 22 Top […]

Cessna 152 Horseshoe Bay, Texas Injuries: 2 The commercial pilot was conducting a personal, cross-country flight with one passenger onboard. The pilot reported that, about 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 hours into the flight, the engine started to lose power. The pilot contacted air traffic control for vectors to the nearest airport. The pilot then […]

Maule MX7 Immokalee, Florida/Injuries: 2 The flight instructor reported that, while administering a flight review, he took the flight controls to demonstrate a full-stall landing. During the landing roll, the airplane exited the right side of the runway. He increased power to abort the landing, and the left horizontal stabilizer struck a runway sign. He […]

Piper J4 Cub Coupe Forest, Virginia/Injuries: 1 The solo student pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during final approach to land, he realized the airplane was too high, so he performed a forward slip. During touchdown, the airplane bounced twice and veered right. The airplane ground looped to the right, exited the runway, and […]

Cessna Corvalis Apopka, Florida/Injuries: 1 The pilot reported that, after an uneventful cross-country flight, he observed animals on the runway during the approach, so he chose to perform a go-around. The engine did not produce full power during the go-around, and the airplane would not maintain altitude, so he performed a forced landing short of […]

Rather loudly and persistently I beat the drum about “affordable aircraft,” but readers also enjoy learning about other aircraft. I will never write about jets or multimillion-dollar turbines but I will continue to follow any “light” aircraft that meets LSA parameters now or after the Mosaic rule. In this article I will describe how two […]

Across 1 Vintage military planes 6 DA 40 Tundra ____ 9 Expert flier 11 Lockheed’s P-80 ____ ____ (2 words) 12 Any lighter-than-air craft that is powered and steerable 13 Sun Devils’ school, abbr. 14 Popular 15 Light wind 17 Gee or Bumble plane 19 In a crosswind or tailwind, this can be tricky 20 […]

Mooney M20C Starke, Florida/Injuries: 1 Fatal A friend of the private pilot accompanied him on the flight leg before the accident flight; she stated that, while approaching to land, the weather became “very turbulent” and that, after they landed, it was “very windy and raining very hard.” The pilot stated that he needed to continue […]

Piper PA34 Seneca Thomasville, Georgia/Injuries: 4 While the commercial pilot was lowering the landing gear for the approach to landing, the left main landing gear (MLG) did not indicate down and locked. The pilot cycled the landing gear three times and then used the manual landing gear extension procedure, but the gear did not extend. […]