Video: Near CFIT – Close Call with Terrain

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Bonanza aircraft experienced a critical near-miss, narrowly avoiding a Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) incident, though the exact circumstances leading to the event are unclear.
  • The article features a video of this close call and encourages readers to submit interesting aviation videos, offering an AVweb baseball cap for featured recommendations.
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The circumstances of this incident are unclear (and the subject of much speculation in the forums), but the result is pretty clear. The people aboard this Bonanza came within a tree branch or two of becoming victims of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).

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