231 One Mistake Too Many: Fatal Pilatus PC-12 Crash + GA News
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🗓️ 11 May 2022
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231 One Mistake Too Many: Fatal Pilatus PC-12 Crash + GA News
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231 Max talks about the crash of a Pilatus PC-12 that occurred on takeoff in ½ mile visibility in snow in SD. The aircraft, which has 10 seats, was carrying 12 people on a hunting trip. It was overweight and operating outside its C.G. limits. The pilot spent three hours removing snow and ice, but couldn't reach the tail. A simulation showed the plane could have flown except for one additional mistake.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk in General Aviation with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Max Ruskat. I'm the author of several books on the Garmin G-1000, G-13, G-5,000, and prospective glass cockpits and the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year. |
| 0:18.0 | Today we're talking about the fatal Pilates PC12 crash that occurred |
| 0:22.6 | in November 2019 in South Dakota. Last week, the NTSB released the public docket in the case, |
| 0:29.1 | though not the final report. The factual report shows the pilot made many mistakes, but he might |
| 0:34.5 | have succeeded had he not made one final mistake. |
| 0:43.2 | Last week in episode 230, we talked about the crash of a Cessna 208 caravan on approach to Burley, Idaho last month, the visual illusion of flying in mist and fog, and about a moving |
| 0:48.0 | map error at Burley. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out at |
| 0:52.3 | AviationNewstalk.com slash 230. |
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| 1:09.5 | And when you do, I'll read your name on the air. |
| 1:11.8 | This week in the news, the first private check ride in the U.S. in an electric airplane has occurred. |
| 1:17.9 | Jet A is now more expensive than Avgas in many locations, and an airline passenger was able to |
| 1:23.6 | get a door open while the airliner was still in flight. |
| 1:30.2 | All this and more, and the news starts now. |
| 1:40.8 | From Flyingmag.com, U.S. Aviation First, private pilot certificate earned using an electric airplane. |
| 1:44.2 | For the first time in the U.S., a student pilot has earned as private using an electric aircraft. Shane Fisher flew his check ride in a pipistrol Velas Electro on |
| 1:49.9 | March 6th at Wright Rutter Aviation's Flight School at the Florida Inverness Airport. The two-seat |
| 1:55.6 | trainer is the world's first electric-powered airplane to receive a type certificate. It was certificated |
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