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205 Cessna and Cirrus Seat Rail Incidents and Accidents + GA News

Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News

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4.8788 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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205 Cessna and Cirrus Seat Rail Incidents and Accidents + GA News

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205 Max talks about Seat Rail accidents that have occurred in Cessna and Cirrus aircraft. Also, a video recording from a pilot made minutes after he pulled the parachute in his Lancair over a forest in Oregon last week. You'll also hear the ATC audio from a San Diego plane crash that killed two people last week; the pilot appears to have lost situation awareness.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation with relevant news

0:06.6

and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max Truscott.

0:10.9

Today we'll be talking about a number of seat rail incidents and accidents involving Cessna and

0:15.8

Circe aircraft, and I'm sure this issue affects other GA aircraft makes as well. As pilots, we don't think a lot about our seats,

0:23.3

but after hearing this show, I hope you will pay more attention to your seat when you fly.

0:27.6

We also have two audio clips today,

0:29.9

one involving the fatal crash of a plane near San Diego last week,

0:33.6

and another by a pilot who recorded it just minutes after he pulled the aircraft's parachute

0:38.2

in Oregon last week.

0:40.0

Plus, we have your listener emails.

0:42.5

Last week in episode 204, we talked about 13 recent GA accidents.

0:47.5

So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out.

0:50.6

And you won't want to miss any of our future episodes so if you haven't done so already

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1:11.8

news talk up in the rankings, so please do it now. This week in the news, the NOL report finds that

1:17.3

GA accidents are on the rise. Diamond announces plans to create an all-electric trainer. A Twin

1:23.5

Cities man faces charges for creating an airport on his property and will tell you why a

1:28.8

woman was arrested for hacking into a flight training school's computer system. All this and more,

1:34.7

and the news starts now. From Aveweb.com, Null Report finds rise in fatal accident rate for 2019.

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