Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to discontinue an unstabilized approach, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Pilots
Picture of the Day: Ready to attack the morning sky
Carl Martin submitted this photo and note: “The prop is turning! A T-6 warming up at sunrise to attack the morning sky on April 4, 2025, at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo. Start and run-up on temporarily closed Runway 5. Photo by Carl Martin, volunteer member of the media productions team.”
The conflict within
After canceling a flight I’d planned due to weather, a friend commented to me as I tucked my airplane back into the hangar, “A lot of pilots have been buried on a sunny day because they flew when they shouldn’t have.”
Washington’s Osoyoos Lake gets seaplane base
The base, positioned near the U.S.-Canada border, features two designated waterway landing zones: Runway 15W/33W, with an expansive 10,000-foot by 500-foot surface area, according to Washington state officials.
NC museum prepares to open third gallery
Housed in the museum’s 1936 Historic Hangar, Aviation City surveys the economic and cultural development of Charlotte and the Carolinas’ past, present, and future within the context of aviation and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT), according to museum officials.
STC awarded for new prop on X-Range Meridian
Advantages of the engine replacement include more efficiency, extended range, and a reduction in maintenance and operating costs, company officials said.
Crop duster causes near miss on runway
I had to turn around on the runway very quickly and get off as quick as I could to avoid a mid-air accident with a crop duster who took off from the middle of the field, without making radio calls, on a runway that the prevailing winds did not align with.
Picture of the Day: #snf25
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo of the Mooney Anomaly parked behind the #snf25 sign, where thousands of attendees snapped photos to commemorate their visit to the 51st annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Airplanes all the time
The first pilot in her family, Karlee Jordan has immersed her life in aviation.