282 Foggy Night: Unraveling the crash of a Cessna Citation 550 jet at French Valley in Southern California
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🗓️ 11 July 2023
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282 Foggy Night: Unraveling the crash of a Cessna Citation 550 jet at French Valley in Southern California
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282 Max talks about the crash of N819KR, a Cessna Citation 550 jet, at French Valley in Southern California. The pilots flew two GPS approaches at 4 AM, while the field was below IFR minimums. After the first approach, they flew the published missed approach and flew a second approach as the weather worsened. On the second approach, they crashed 500 feet short of the runway.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk in general aviation, with relevant |
| 0:06.2 | news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Max Ruscott. |
| 0:10.9 | Today we'll be talking about the tragic crash of a Cessna Citation 550 jet at the French |
| 0:15.8 | Valley Airport in Southern California over the weekend, and in particular, we'll talk about |
| 0:20.5 | what instrument pilots can learn from the accident. particular, we'll talk about what instrument pilots |
| 0:21.4 | can learn from the accident. Specifically, we'll talk about flying an approach when the weather is |
| 0:26.2 | below minimums, and about when you might fly a second approach if you don't see the airport |
| 0:31.3 | on your first approach. Last week in episode 281, we talked with Catherine Kovignaro |
| 0:36.5 | about the myth of the 70-50 takeoff rule and what's wrong with it. |
| 0:40.7 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewsdorcom slash 281. |
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| 1:27.9 | Now let's talk about the crash of the Cessna Citation 550 at the French Valley Airport in |
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