Ep. 223: Surviving a Plane Crash in the Mountains - Brian Brown

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Science, Health & Fitness, Sports, Nature, Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Brian Brown, along with his wife and one of his daughters, flew out of northern California in their personal plane, a Cessna 172, with plans to visit their oldest daughter in Mountain Home, ID. The trip was going well until weather started filling in the skies directly in their path. After diverting to an abandoned airfield to wait out the storm for a while, they saw what they thought was their chance to continue on. It didn't take long before their plans were drastically changed. The plane was engulfed in low-level clouds making it impossible for safe visual flight. In attempt to find a solution, the plane with the three family members aboard, slammed into the side of a mountain in Idaho. The book is: "Rescued: One Family's Miraculous Story of Survival"

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0:00.0	I had actually told Jan and Heather, my wife and daughter, that I was sorry, and told them I didn't think we were going to make it.
0:08.5	I told them I loved them and then pushed the nose of the plane down into the canyon to try and keep flying it so it wouldn't stall.
0:18.6	This is the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180TAC.
0:22.9	Get out there and have some fun.
0:27.2	Episode 223, a story of a plane crash and survival in the Idaho Mountains with Brian Brown.
0:37.8	Hi, and welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast.
0:41.5	This is Travis.
0:42.6	So today on the line with me is Brian Brown.
0:45.5	Brian is a pilot and a retired captain of the fire department.
0:50.6	The show today is going to be on Brian's experience flying, but the kicker here is that Brian was involved with a plane crash in the mountains in Idaho, and he had written a book about it.
1:04.6	The book is called Rescued One Family's Miraculous Story of Survival, and it really is a pretty crazy story, one that you guys
1:12.6	will definitely enjoy. So, Brian, let's jump into it. Welcome to the show.
1:16.9	Thank you for having me. Yeah, good to have you. Yeah, glad to share our experience.
1:21.9	Absolutely. Well, I'm glad you're around to share it with us. Okay, so let's jump in a little bit.
1:27.2	We like to get a little bit of background on our guests.
1:30.4	I understand you've been flying for quite some time.
1:33.0	You started flying at 16?
1:35.9	Yeah, I actually started at 16 years old.
1:39.3	It was kind of interesting.
1:40.6	My sister used to play softball, and right next to the softball diamond, there was an airport in the little town of Real Linda where we lived.
1:49.1	And so I would sit there and watch her play softball, but in fact, I really watched a lot of times the airplanes flying overhead, getting ready to land at the little airport right next door.
1:58.8	And I was probably actually only around 10 years old then. And at that
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