261 Fatal Bonanza Engine Failure Crash at Westchester Co. Airport + GA News
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🗓️ 1 February 2023
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261 Fatal Bonanza Engine Failure Crash at Westchester Co. Airport + GA News
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261 Max plays ATC audio and discusses a fatal Bonanza crash near the Westchester Co. Airport. He discusses things the pilot and controller might have done differently. The pilot declared an emergency about 22 minutes into the flight, though he'd been having engine issues for nearly 20 minutes. It also took him over 2 minutes to follow a vector toward the airport. Poor weather also played a role.
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| 0:00.0 | One-9 Mike Tango, understand you're losing oil pressure? |
| 0:04.0 | Yes, we are losing oil pressure. This is an emergency, One-N-Nine-Might-Tango. |
| 0:09.0 | One-9 Mike Tango, Roger. I'm vectoring. You're right overhead to Westchester County Airport now, so I'm going to put you on a left-down wind for runway 16. |
| 0:15.0 | Okay, vectoring making for our left-down one for only 161. That's ATC audio from an emergency that ended in a fatal crash earlier this month, |
| 0:25.3 | and it's our main topic of discussion today. |
| 0:27.7 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, where we talk in General Aviation, |
| 0:31.3 | with relevant news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Max Truska, the author of several books on the Garmin G-1000, 3,000, 5,000, |
| 0:40.1 | in perspective, and the 2008 National Flight Instructor of the Year. |
| 0:44.3 | Today we'll be talking about a bonanza crash that occurred 10 days ago |
| 0:47.7 | near the Westchester County Airport in upstate New York. |
| 0:51.4 | It started with a small engine problem that got worse, |
| 0:55.5 | and we'll talk about what the pilot and controller might have done differently. And so that you don't miss next week's |
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