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Power-on Stall: How to Recover

Pilot Institute

Stalling with a high-power setting takes more effort since there is thrust and a high-energy slipstream from the propeller, which prevents boundary layer separation. The turbulent air hits the horizontal stabilizer, which causes a vibration that can be felt throughout the aircraft. Buffeting is like flying in rough, choppy air.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

Pretty much the only metal parts are the landing gear legs, stainless firewalls, engine mounts, engines and hardware. Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator. Everything that can be composite is, all the way down to the engine baffling. Pricing You would have to ask.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

Aerotime

Post-accident assessment of the aircraft revealed substantial damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall bulkhead, resulting from the aircrafts aft fuselages contact with the runway surface. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other.

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