322 N960LP TBM 960 Truckee crash; Robinson helicopter factory tour + GA News + GA News
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🗓️ 6 April 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Max talks about the details of the crash of a TBM 960, N960LP, at Truckee, California last weekend. He also talks in detail about his factory tour last week of Robinson Helicopter.
Weather at the time the pilot flew the approach was ½ mile visibility and snow with clouds scattered at 300 feet and overcast at 700 feet. However the approach minimums were 1 mile visibility and the MDA is 582 feet AGL. The pilot flew the instrument approach more or less successfully, though he descended more than 200 feet below the minimums, and he started his turn for the missed approach 1.3 miles beyond the missed approach point. While he flew the approach with the autopilot, he flew the missed approach by hand, and lost control.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you heard about the crash of a one-year-old TBM-960 at Truckee, California last weekend? |
| 0:07.9 | The pilot, by all accounts, was well trained and experienced in the aircraft, yet apparently lost control during the missed approach. |
| 0:14.4 | I'll explain what we know from ADSB data, and I have some recommendations for Garmin and Dahrar and for pilots using an autopilot with an |
| 0:21.9 | advisor glide slope. And during my updates, I'll tell you about the factory tour I took last week |
| 0:27.1 | of Robinson Helicopter. Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk |
| 0:31.7 | General Aviation. My name is Max Truscott. I've been flying for 50 years. I'm the author of |
| 0:36.4 | several books and I'm the 2008 National CFI of the year. And my mission is to help you become the safest |
| 0:41.9 | possible pilot. Last week, we talked about sleep inertia and false glide slopes, both of which played |
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| 1:31.1 | Coming up in the news for the week of April 1, 2024, there may be changes in the way that |
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