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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 959: Surviving a Plane Crash in the Mountains - Revisited - Brian Brown

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

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

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Aviation Survival: Brian Brown on Miraculous Family Plane Crash Survival in Idaho Mountains – Cessna 172 Collision, Weather Ordeal, and Resilient Recovery Story. In a private flight from northern California, Brian Brown, accompanied by his wife and daughter, set forth in their Cessna 172 towards Mountain Home, ID, to reunite with their eldest daughter. Battling against sudden weather disturbances, they sought refuge at an abandoned airfield before daring to continue. However, destiny intervened as their aircraft was swallowed by blinding low-level clouds, leading to a tragic collision with an Idaho mountainside. "Rescued: One Family's Miraculous Story of Survival" captures their resilient journey, showcasing love's power and the unbreakable spirit that emerged from the harrowing ordeal. Today we’re hearing Brian’s firsthand account of the harrowing experience. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host Mason.

0:24.8

Today is Friday. We usually post on Thursdays, throwback Thursdays, but the last couple

0:29.7

weeks have been really busy for me. On Wednesdays in particular, so I've had to push the publishing

0:34.9

of the episode until Friday. Anyway, this one's worth the wait.

0:39.0

This is from 2016 when Travis was the host.

0:42.1

Travis and Kurt used to host this show together.

0:44.6

Well, this one, like I said, from 2016, Brian Brown, the author of the book,

0:48.9

Rescued One Family's Miraculous Story of Survival.

0:52.4

So this is a firsthand account of a private plane crash in

0:56.5

the Idaho mountains when Travis and I'm sorry, when Brian and his family were out on a flight to go

1:02.7

visit one of his children who was in school at the time in Idaho. And a storm rolls in,

1:08.6

things go terrible. This is a crazy story.

1:11.5

We don't often feature sensational stories like this,

1:14.0

but this was unique.

1:15.9

So I hope you enjoy.

1:17.3

Hope you learn something.

1:18.5

And hope it just inspires you to, you know,

1:21.3

when you do go out on your adventures, be cautious.

1:24.0

Take the right precautions whenever you go out into the wild, go out on adventures,

1:31.1

because things can happen, as we'll learn. All right, let's go ahead and jump in.

1:49.0

Hi, and welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast.

1:50.0

This is Travis.

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