Yeti Air Crash Preliminary Report - Episode 157
The Flight Safety Detectives examine the preliminary accident report from the fatal January 2023 crash of a Yeti Airlines ATR 72. They discuss professionalism and crew resource management as the centr...
15 Mar 202336min
Deadly Cory Lidle Crash Caused by Failure to Plan- Episode 156
Major League Baseball player Cory Lidle was killed when he flew his Cirrus SR20 into a building alongside the East River in New York. The accident shows the consequences of failure to do preflight pla...
8 Mar 202333min
Vintage Aircraft Creating Safety Concerns - Episode 155
Vintage airframes are creating modern-day safety issues. Todd Curtis and John Goglia discuss the recent P63 -B17 crash at a Texas air show as one example. They also examine a 2020 crash of a Vietnam e...
1 Mar 202322min
Phraseology and Aviation Safety - Episode 154
Words matter. Todd Curtis, Greg Feith, and John Goglia discuss several aviation incidents with a common thread of communication issues. They cover two runway incursions that were dangerously close to ...
22 Feb 202337min
19 Operational Mistakes and 1 Ruined Helicopter - Episode 153
“A sloppy operation all around.” That’s John Goglia’s summary of a helicopter and truck accident that’s the subject of this episode. John counts 19 operational errors listed in the accident report tha...
15 Feb 202329min
A320 Elevator Damage Impacts Flight - Episode 152
John Goglia and Todd Curtis discuss a recent event where an A320 lost part of its left elevator during takeoff in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The focus is on the differences in aviation safe...
8 Feb 202327min
Experienced Test Pilot Doomed by Severe Weather- Episode 151
Even highly experienced pilots can be overcome by severe weather. Todd Curtis and John Goglia discuss the fatal crash that took the life of famed test pilot Scott Crossfield. A thunderstorm boxed him ...
1 Feb 202327min
Flight Instructors Can Be Dead Wrong - Episode 150
A pilot in training paid with her life when a flight instructor chose a poor location to practice engine failure maneuvers. John and Todd review the evidence collected following the air crash in Calif...
25 Jan 202321min
