Canadian investigators discovered damage that jammed the rudder mechanism of a Pilatus PC-24 which suffered control problems during climb en route to Kelowna. The aircraft had taken off from Vancouver ...
On a recent Budapest-Amsterdam flight on KLM, the flight crew announced that passengers must sit in their designated seats for weight and balance reasons. I have flown for many years worldwide and had ...
The author recounts a near-catastrophic flight due to significantly overloading a Cessna Skyhawk with passengers and luggage, exceeding weight and balance limits. The experience highlights the ...
In Part 1, we discussed how a Beech King Air 200 wound up in the frigid waters of Unalaska Bay, Alaska. It seems likely that the pilot knew the King Air was overweight. When investigators re-created ...