205 Cessna and Cirrus Seat Rail Incidents and Accidents + GA News
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🗓️ 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.
News Stories
- Nall Report Finds Rise In Fatal Accident Rate For 2019
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- Man accused of operating private airport in the field behind his home
- FAA Airplane Flying Handbook updated
- The story behind STOL Drag
- College Students Want to Make Sure No Pilot Ever Runs Out of Gas
- NETJETS ORDERS 100 EMBRAER PHENOM 300Es
- Passenger struck by propeller while attempting to move wheel chocks
- Citation Pilot Crashes After Argument With Girlfriend
- Drunk pilot forgets to extend landing gear
- Woman arrested for hacking into flight training school's system
Videos Mentioned
Lancair Pilot's Video after pulling parachute
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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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