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Bering Air Cessna Caravan departed overweight before fatal accident: NTSB

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The wreckage of the airplane was found two days after the crash in which all nine passengers and the sole pilot lost their lives. Indications show that its speed dropped from around 160 knots to 110 knots. About that time, the airplanes airspeed began to decrease and was accompanied by a reduction in engine power.

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Alaska Caravan Found Overweight Before Fatal Crash

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The report stated that the plane’s estimated gross weight at departure was approximately 9,865 pounds, which exceeded the maximum allowed takeoff weight for flights in areas with forecasted icing conditions by about 1,058 pounds. Approximately three minutes later, the autopilot disengaged when the airspeed was 99 knots.

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Game On!

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The school also offers spin endorsements, upset recovery, aerobatic training, and hourly instruction if youre just itching to check the GameBird off your airplane bucket list. The Sbach, a notoriously difficult airplane to fly, challenges even the hardest of hard-core aerobatic pilots. The four-blade MT propeller is the only exception.

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MOSAIC Progressing, 2025 Approval Likely

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The biggest change being that an LSA is defined by its weight at 1320 pounds maximum gross weight. Under MOSAIC, we get rid of the weight requirement completely and it goes to a performance based standard. So any airplane that meets a set of performance parameters based on clean configuration stall speed.

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Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

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How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Yeah, So How’s It Fly?

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Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Plane and Pilot

How did any given airplane sell? In order to be flown by a sport pilot, the resulting airplane must still meet the current regulations—1,320 pounds maximum gross weight, 120 knots max cruise speed, for example—but how it gets there is up to the builder. But successful? Not at all. Yeah, So How’s It Fly?

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Arriving in Style

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Anytime the airplane is heading downhill toward terra firma, our attention should be on the instruments in the clouds, and out the windows when the sky is clear. However, I am always aware that VA hovers somewhere near 100 knots, and VB may be even less, both depending on gross weight.

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