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269 Mastering Your Checkride with ForeFlight with Seth Lake

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269 Max talks with Seth Lake about how to use and how not to use ForeFlight for a successful checkride. Even if you aren’t planning to take a checkride, you’ll learn lots of tips from Seth about how to use the Documents tab of ForeFlight to organize information that you may want to have at your fingertips when you fly. He recommends you create a Binder for your checkride and then add documents to that binder. For example, for an instrument checkride, you may want to include some of the FAA Handbooks, including the Instrument Procedures Handbook and the Instrument Flying Handbook. Other things you might want to include are: Part 61, Part 91, Part 135, ACS Instrument Rating Airplane, Aeronautical Information Manual, Digital Terminal Procedures Supplemental and FAA International Flight Plan. He also mentions a glitch with the Bookmarks function, which is keyed to a particular page in a document, rather than a particular topic. This can become an issue as documents get updated with new pages, and the topics shift to different pages.

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ForeFlight
Seth Lake’s VSL Aviation web site
Seth Lake’s podcast

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268 How to Troubleshoot a Failing Engine In Flight with Tom Turner + GA News

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268 Max talks with Tom Turner about how to troubleshoot a partial or total engine failure in flight. Every engine is going to be a little different, but there are generic steps for troubleshooting any partial or complete engine failure. All piston engines need fuel, air, and a source of ignition, so you need to check each of these items. For fuel, switch tanks, turn on any auxiliary fuel pumps, and adjust the mixture. If you have carb heat and a manual alternate air system, try applying these. For ignition, try different positions on the mag switch to see if that helps. The mixture on turbocharged engines is handled differently. In all cases, you should refer to the engine failure in flight checklist for your aircraft.

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UND Pilot Survey about Healthcare Services and Procedures
Snowed-in Residents Airlifted to Safety
Tom Turner’s Mastery Flight website
Aviation News Talk #164 Helicopter Rescue from California Fires

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267 What Led to Fatal Breakup of a Medevac Pilatus PC-12 in Nevada

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267 Max plays audio from ATC and the NTSB press conference and discusses what preceded the fatal breakup of a medevac Pilatus PC-12 in Nevada. The aircraft departed Reno, International Airport on February 24, 2023 at about 9 PM. It was snowing lightly at the time, and moderate turbulence and icing were reported in the area. It was a medevac flight with a pilot and four passengers, including a patient. Approximately 15 minutes after departure, the aircraft turned off the instrument departure procedure it was flying, turning about 90 degrees to the right. It appears the autopilot was disconnected about the time of the turn and that the pilot hand flew the airplane to get it back on the original course. About a minute later, it began a steep spiraling turn to the right with a high descent rate. Max discusses possible reasons the autopilot may have become disconnected.

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266 DA42 Spin Accident and other Listener Feedback and Insights – A Friday Mailbag Special

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266 Max reads listener letters and feedback. A CFI asks what it would take to transition a pilot trained in a Diamond DA42 into a traditional piston twin. A DA42 pilot gives feedback on #263 about the DA42. We discuss the final report of a DA42 involved in a spin accident in Norway. A listener discusses his Carbon Monoxide incident. And a pilot describes his off-field landing after a partial power loss on takeoff.

Mentioned in the Show
Episode 263: Exploring the Technology and Performance of the Diamond DA42 with John Ewing
Final Report: DA42 Spin Crash in Norway
Episode 88: Four things you should know about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Episode 90: Mooney Pilot Passes out from CO Poisoning and Survives Crash
Article: Dim White light is superior to Red light

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265 Crackling Communications: Exploring the Phenomenon of Precipitation Static + GA News

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265 Max talks about Precipitation Static, sometimes called p-static. P-static is a phenomenon that can affect aircraft in flight, particularly in areas of high humidity or where there is precipitation. It is a form of electrostatic discharge that can cause interference with an aircraft’s communication and navigation systems. Static electricity is created by air friction as an aircraft flies, and when the electric charge accumulates sufficiently to discharge, radio interference is generated.

News Stories

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Murphy legal interpretation on 91.209
John F O’Neill Jr article in Aviation Mechanics Bulletin
Jim Sparks article at Aviationpros.com

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Residential Airpark Video – Groveland, CA
Pilot announces on NY Tower frequency
Service Bulletin to add static wicks to older Cirrus aircraft

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264 Emergency Declarations: Listener Feedback and Insights – A Friday Mailbag Special

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264 Max reads listener letters and feedback. An FAA employee recommends pilots adopt the newer phraseology for declaring an emergency, which is “requesting priority handling.” He believes pilots are reluctant to declare an emergency, as it suggests that what went wrong was their fault. The newer phraseology results in the same service provided by ATC; they’ll still ask for souls on board, and fuel remaining, and you can still deviate as needed, but you don’t need to say the words “I’m declaring an emergency.”

Mentioned in the Show
Episode 26 1: Fatal Bonanza Engine Failure Crash at Westchester Co. Airport
Episode 262: The Deadly Partial Engine Failure with Tom Turner
Episode 263: Exploring the Technology and Performance of the Diamond DA42 with John Ewing

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263 Exploring the Technology and Performance of the Diamond DA42 with John Ewing + GA News

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263 Max talks with DPE John Ewing about the Diamond DA42NG, its specifications, strengths and weakness, and gives safety tips for flying this amazing airplane. He also discusses common errors he sees pilots make in this plane during their multiengine checkrides. Savvy Aviation’s Mike Busch answers a listener question about the new Continental Service Bulletin for 6-cylinder engines. If you’d like to get flight training from Max Trescott in a 2021 DA42NG-VI that’s available for rent in Palo Alto, CA, please send me an email.

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Mike Busch’s 70+ EAA Webinars on YouTube
Savvy Aviation – Mike Busch’s main web site
John Ewing’s Concise Guide to Diamond DA42
John Ewing’s List of Books
DA42 AD requiring inspection after windmilling engine restarts
Diamond Aviators Online Forum – DAN
New Diamond Owners Type Club

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262 The Deadly Partial Engine Failure with Tom Turner + GA News

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262 Max talks with Tom Turner about an ATSB study showing that partial power loss is 3X more likely than complete engine failure. It also shows that that serious injury or death occurred more frequently in partial power loss versus complete engine failures. With full power or no power, pilots know what to do. But the uncertainty of partial power loss makes it harder for pilots to decide what to do.

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Tom Turner’s Mastery Flight website
Aviation News Talk #151 Understanding Airworthiness – Seth Lake
Klutchcard customizable credit card
Barry Schiff’s AOPA Pilot article – Partial Engine Failure
ATSB Study on Partial Engine Failures

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AOPA ASI: P-51 Engine Out, Off-Airport Landing

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261 Fatal Bonanza Engine Failure Crash at Westchester Co. Airport + GA News

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261 Max plays ATC audio and discusses a fatal Bonanza crash near the Westchester Co. Airport. He discusses things the pilot and controller might have done differently. The pilot declared an emergency about 22 minutes into the flight, though he’d been having engine issues for nearly 20 minutes. It also took him over 2 minutes to follow a vector toward the airport. Poor weather also played a role.

News Stories

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UK CAA’s Rejected Takeoffs article
Episode 258: A Pilot’s Story of Losing His Son in an Airplane Accident
Episode 259: Go Around Song – Interview with Singing Pilot Ken Dravis

Videos Mentioned
Aeronca Champ experiencing Loss of Thrust On Take Off
16 year old solos in R-44 helicopter and Aeronca Champ on same day
AOPA The Companion Copilot YouTube Series

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260 Knowing When to Attempt the Impossible Turn with Rob Mark + GA News

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260 Max talks with Rob Mark about a listener based at KPWK who usually departs runway 16, and turns within 1/2 mile of the runway, because KORD is straight ahead. This puts him in a better position for returning to the airport, provided he lands on one of the other runways. Rob and Max talk about why the FAA recommends landing straight ahead, and the training one should do before turning back.

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A Case Study In Honesty; Pilot Loses Medical
ILS Critical Area: When Should You Hold Short?
Flying Companion Seminar
Rob Mark’s JetWhine.com blog
AC 61-83J – Teaching Turn Back to Runway
Captain Brian Schiff’s webinar on the “Possible” Turn
The FAASTeam brochure P-8740-44, “Impossible Turn”

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