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
Spatial Disorientation Kills – Episode 149
Spatial disorientation can happen to any pilot. It led to the fatal crashes that killed John F Kennedy Jr and Kobe Bryant. John, Greg and Todd are joined by expert Andy Watson to talk about ways pilot...
18 Jan 202340min
Troy Gentry Crash Caused by Maintenance Error – Episode 148
The helicopter crash that killed musician Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry was primarily caused by improper maintenance. The Flight Safety Detectives share why they find fault with the NTSB assigning ...
11 Jan 202326min
