Aopa Never Again

A Meridian pilot learns the true purpose of training, and any pilot at any time is capable of making a mistake that leads to a dangerous situation. By John Smith. 

Most pilots would agree that gambling with an airplane is a bad idea. See how one pilot found this out. By Donald Burkley. 

Have you ever declared an emergency? Have you ever considered it? Ride along in instrument weather with a failed HSI. By Austin Kallemeyn. 

Flying a Cheetah with the canopy open sounds pretty cool--so long as you've read the handbook. By Martin T. Murat

There's darkness, and then there's middle-of-nowhere darkness. Add in a low cloud base and you've got the recipe for an uncomfortable flight. By Tom Haack.

Flight safety is compromised by a moose carcass. (By Mark Owen) 

An oft-practiced landing technique pays big dividends in the real world when smoke fills the cockpit and the engine self-destructs. 

A Centurion pilot ices up over the mountains and hears two voices in his head. Find out which one he listens to. (By Joe Brinck) 

 A Civil Air Patrol pilot on an Angel Flight mission realizes the importance of patience when he finds himself nose to nose with another aircraft at 100 feet off the deck. By Dale Brown. 

 When the runway lights go out at night while you're enjoying an electrical failure, decisions have to be made--and quickly. By Gary Souder. 

A sod farm makes a fine landing field until it's harvested. Prepare for a bumpy arrival in "Ninety-Degree Turn on Takeoff" by Tom Haack. 

On a 10-minute VFR trip, a Cessna Skylane pilot wanders into unforecast IMC. What to do? By Peter Boody. 

 Always perform a visual inspection of the fuel in your tanks. By Jerry Hawkins.

A hand-me-down checklist causes problems during an engine failure after takeoff. By James Carter. 

There's certainly something wrong with a Skyhawk that runs through its entire fuel supply in an hour and a half. But if there's no obvious leak, where do you look next? By Doren Weston

 A Cessna 210 flying in the Bahamas is suddenly filled with blinding smoke. What would you do? 

In this episode, a Zenith 601 XLB pilot finds himself unexpectedly upside down--twice. You might want to grab that helmet and ride along in "Surprise Encounter," by Bill Thomas. 

Erratic airspeed indications, including a 70-knot indication while plugged into ground power. You trust your ASI, don't you? Compare your answer in "Just Like the Real World," by Harvey R. Greenberg. 

High over the North Atlantic, a King Air pilot inadvertently causes a complete electrical shutdown. Stray on the oxygen and fly along with "Gang Bar Down," by Dan Gleason. 

When the gear fails to retract, a Grumman Goose pilot attempts an extraordinary repair with a most unusual tool.