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N8266D was owned by a flying club, pilot and pax now identified. Nothing obvious in the ADS-B data and there was some manuvering prior to the accident. Maybe a checkout, maybe just some practice. ADS-B ends at around 4,000 feet, and the actual accident isn't apparent in the data. Photos of the...

https://nypost.com/2023/01/16/passenger-recalls-panic-after-near-miss-at-jfk-airport/ There's an ATC recording on that web page. Sounds like AA106 got confused and crossed 4L on Juliet, instead of 31L on Kilo as they were instructed to do. If you can believe the ADS-B data, they were...

Perhaps this happened a while ago and I missed it. Either way, I just noticed this today: Apparently, NOTAMs are no longer "Notices to Airmen", but "Notices to Air Missions". I guess humans are no longer required. The next time I get a briefing, I'll pass those notices along to the mission...

The last link, a thread on twitter claims the descent rates don't seem normal, but to my eye they are about 1,000 fpm which would not be unusual for that a/c...yes? Eventually we'll probably hear from the pilot since both occupants survived...

Not sure this belongs under Mishaps...moderator can move elsewhere if that makes more sense. So, I ran across this story in the NY Post: https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/2-planes-nearly-collide-in-midair-above-orlando-airport/ ...and the photo of this guy standing next to a single engine Piper in...

Coming soon to an AD near you! NPRM, docket 2022-0891. This is going to hit a very large number of turbo-charged aircraft. Mandatory replacement of V-band couplings under various time-in-service limits, with some leeway. For my a/c, FAA's estimated parts costs are off by a factor of 8-10. Oh...

This is new... https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/flight-path-shows-plane-flipping-off-washington-state/

As part of a discussion of an accident (see here https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/cessna-208b-crash-short-of-burley-municipal-airport.137623/page-3), I created a KML file for Google Earth (GE) which depicts the waypoints on an instrument approach in 3D to better visualize what...

Seems like this has the potential to generate a lively discussion. We'll see. I'll start with this quote about holding pattern entries from Rod Machado's "Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual". My copy was printed June 15, 1998. "Perhaps the most important thing to understand about entries is...

I'm working through the learning curve with a new GNX375. I cannot figure out how to enable the OBS mode in the GNX375 simulator. The pilots guide doesn't really say how to get at this function. So far I've only been looking for it in the simulator and haven't yet tried to find it on the real...

For five days (10/7 to 10/11) from 1PM to 5PM local time they're potentially messing up GPS nav in some very busy airspace. Is this wise? Don't plan on doing any GPS approaches in the bay area then. https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2019/Oct/MOCA130_19-57_GPS_Flight_Advisory.pdf

I installed ADS-B out earlier this year. I got the FAA report and all looks great. Recently, I've noticed that someone else seems to be transmitting my 24-bit ICAO code. Flight aware is saying that my last flight is 1500 miles away from where the A/C is really located. So, I'm assuming that's...

This is not the first time these approaches at KAPC have been discussed here. Recently, I was planning some practice approaches and and considered the RNAV 36L at Napa County (KAPC). Actually there's three of them, X/Y/Z. It took quite some time to go through these plates to figure out what all...