378 More on Best Glide + Bad Pilots and ATC in the News
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4.8 • 730 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Max discusses engine-out scenarios and best glide strategies, prompted by listener feedback on Episode 372, which analyzed the crash of a Bonanza B35B (N2UZ) that suffered engine failure at 7,500 feet near Charlottesville, VA. Although the pilot did many things correctly, he overshot a long field and crashed. Max highlights choices that might have improved the outcome, such as flight following and alternate route planning.
Listener emails, read by Aviation News Talk intern Kelly, offer insights and experiences. Karen Larson shares how a conversation about the episode helped her husband safely land a T6 with a failed engine. David Dismore and Nico Ghilardi emphasize the value of practicing power-off landings, especially from high altitudes. Daniel Switkin points out that glide range rings in EFB apps may not always be reliable, referencing an AOPA test. Carter Boswell inquires about glide differences between windmilling and stopped props. Max references Peter Garrison and Tom Turner for technical insight. Bozzie Boswell from Australia introduces the AvPlan EFB app, which offers planning features to keep routes within gliding range of airports.
Max underscores the importance of preparation, practice, and situational awareness to improve survival chances during engine-out emergencies.
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| 0:00.0 | About a month ago in episode 372, I analyzed the crash of November 2 Uniform Zulu, a bonanza B35 that suffered an engine failure at 7,500 feet over Virginia. |
| 0:13.6 | And you sent me more emails about that episode than any other episode in recent memory. |
| 0:18.8 | So today our intern Kelly will be reading some of them, including one from a listener who wrote that she heard the episode and told her husband about it, |
| 0:26.4 | and he used one of the tips we talked about when he later had an engine failure. |
| 0:30.7 | And we have ATC audio from that emergency. |
| 0:33.8 | We also have analyses of two fatal crashes this past week, one of a TBM 700 that crashed into a house in Minnesota and an SR22 that crashed in IMC in New Jersey. |
| 0:45.3 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk in general aviation. |
| 0:49.5 | Hi, Max Prescott. I've been flying for 50 years. I'm the author of several books and the 2008 National |
| 0:54.8 | Flight Instructor of the Year. And our mission here at the podcast is to help you become the safest |
| 1:00.0 | possible pilot. Last week in episode 377, some of you said it was one of our best episodes ever. |
| 1:07.6 | And we talked with Dr. Tony Kern about human error, airmanship, and the hidden threats |
| 1:12.9 | that pilots compose of themselves. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out. |
| 1:17.9 | Head on out to AviationNewsdok.com slash 377. And if you're new to this show, welcome, |
| 1:23.5 | glad you found us. Now, if you would, just take a moment in whatever app that you're |
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| 1:51.7 | AviationNewstalk.com slash support. Coming up in the news for the week of March 31st, 2025, |
| 1:58.6 | it's almost like an episode of cops because we have a slew of stories of bad behavior |
| 2:03.6 | of pilots and controllers that all come from the past week, including an air traffic |
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