Episode 84: Missing Prop

Flight instructor and airline flight attendant Travasha Runyon recounts a harrowing engine failure that struck during the final leg of the all-women’s Air Race Classic. Just 100 miles from the finish line, Runyon and her crew members suddenly lost all engine power, turning a cele ...  Show more

On the first flight home in a newly purchased airplane, pilot Dennis Steinbock experienced a total engine failure over remote forest. What followed was a dramatic crash landing and 54 hours trapped in the wreckage before ultimately being rescued by the Civil Air Patrol. 

Flying single engine over the mountains at night in a vintage airplane. What could go wrong? (By Jim Pitman) 

In this "Never Again" episode, a 21-year-old instrument rated multi-engine commercial pilot shares his harrowing experience of a sudden engine failure during a spring break trip from Kansas to Florida in a Cessna 182. Just three miles from his destination, the engine catastrophic ...  Show more

A 172 pilot on a family outing encounters the perils of flying IFR - standing for "I Follow Rivers." 

A Grumman pilot neglects a checklist item and nearly pays a heavy price. By Bob Lamberton.