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    172 Crash near KFWN (Sussex County)

    Exactly... Calling “Mayday” is the last thing any experienced, competent pilot is going to do. Number one? Fly the aircraft. It seems these days that I see and hear new, young pilots all the time, talking about how “quickly” an emergency should be declared, or a “Mayday” called out. Back when I...
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    172 Crash near KFWN (Sussex County)

    The preliminary info that we have at this point, is very limited. So it’s hard to try to figure out what happened. A 172 is so docile, WHEN you can get it to spin, and recovery is extremely easy on that aircraft. In fact, very often a 172 will nearly correct itself out of a spin! I’d be...
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    172 Crash near KFWN (Sussex County)

    NTSB usually says 12 to 18 months to complete an investigation...
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