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Somatogravic: All Was Well for a Pilot, and Then It Suddenly Wasn’t

Flying Magazine

After taxiing to Runway 32, he was instructed to turn to a heading of 090 after takeoff and maintain 3,000. He speculated that he might have mistakenly flipped the avionics master switch when he intended to turn off the ignitors, as he had done twice before.

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The Fateful Call

Photographic Logbook

While grumpily snapping off switches during the shut down flow, I reached for the avionics master switch and noticed for the first time that the ship's ammeter was pegged at zero. 17 September 2003: riding back seat with Dave and looking down South Haven's grass runway 14.