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My compliments to Mr. Erik Reed-Mohn for a very well-written response to my columns on this subject. He eloquently expresses the factors behind the drive to adopt new (to most of the world) procedures. I remain unconvinced, but rather than flog this horse to death, I have but a few comments, and will thereafter move […]

This article is written in response to Mr. John Deakin’s Pelican’s Perch columns #24 and #25 concerning Constant-Angle Non-Precision Approaches (CANPA), in which Mr. Deakin takes the position that such stabilized non-precision approaches may not be appropriate for use by other than glass-cockpit aircraft with VNAV automation. I differ with that view. The concept of […]

As the snow piles up around the windows at the virtual airport and some of the resident airplanes grow funny appendages on their landing gear, I always ponder the fact that many pilots will spend a pile of money to put their feet into skis but few ever explore flying airplanes with skis attached. That’s […]

Rod Machado was born in Oakland, Calif., in1953. He’s half German and half Portuguese, which he claims gives him a geneticpredisposition to conquer a country and then go fishing. He began flying at 16, soloed at17, took his private pilot checkride with legendary instructor Amelia Reid, and, a fewyears later, began to teach flying. After […]

NTSB Identification: SEA91FA156For details, refer to NTSB microfiche number 43934A Accident occurred JUL-05-91 at BURNS, ORAircraft: CHAMPION 7AC, registration: N3006E Injuries: 2 Fatal. THE STUDENT PLT WAS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE ACFT. HE AND THE PASSENGER WERE ON APLEASURE FLT IN AN AREA OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE ACFT WAS SEEN TO TURN INTO A VALLEYWHERE […]

NTSB Identification: NYC93LA031For details, refer to NTSB microfiche number 48322A Accident occurred OCT-31-92 at MT. GILEAD, OHAircraft: CESSNA 150H, registration: N6402S Injuries: 1 Serious. THE PILOT WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE CONTROL TOWER AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AND INA DESCENT FROM FIVE THOUSAND FEET TO TWO THOUSAND FEET IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. SEVENMILES SOUTH […]

NTSB Identification: LAX94LA184.The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSBImaging System. Accident occurred APR-07-94 at KERMAN, CAAircraft: CESSNA 182N, registration: N9124G Injuries: 1 Serious. RECORDED RADAR & VOICE TAPES REVEALED THAT 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFTBEGAN DEVIATING FROM HEADINGS, ALTITUDES, & ATC INSTRUCTIONS. THE FACILITIES WORKINGTHE FLIGHT SAID THE AIRCRAFT’S COURSE OF FLIGHT WAS […]

NTSB Identification: IAD97FA043 Accident occurred JAN-17-97 at ALTON, NHAircraft: Piper PA-28-236, registration: N8263Y Injuries: 2 Fatal. HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 17, 1997, at 1335 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-236, N8263Y, wasdestroyed when it collided with trees near Alton, New Hampshire. The pilot and onepassenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a […]

NTSB Identification: FTW83LA156For details, refer to NTSB microfiche number 22073A Accident occurred MAR-15-83 at RAMON, NMAircraft: PIPER PA-22-150, registration: N1841P Injuries: 4 Uninjured. THE FLT DEPARTED OKLAHOMA CITY, OK WITH EN ROUTE STOPS PLANNED AT AMARILLO, TXTUCUMCARI, NM. AT TUCUMCARI, THE OCCUPANTS FOUND THEMSELVES “STAGGERING ALITTLE” & CONCLUDED THIS WAS FROM EXPOSURE TO HI ALT […]

NTSB Identification: DEN90DTE04For details, refer to NTSB microfiche number 42459A Accident occurred JUL-22-90 at FOWLER, COAircraft: OLSEN PURSUIT, registration: N23GG Injuries: 2 Fatal. WHILE ON A LOCAL FLT, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GND ABOUT 3/10 OF A MILE SHORT OF RWY 4.THERE WERE NO KNOWN WITNESS TO THE ACDNT, THOUGH ONE PERSON SAW DUST FROM […]