Density Altitude Firewall Weather 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
I think twice of all the times we’ve flown, we’ve woken up and said, you know what, the weather’s not working out, let’s just drive it, he says. I also like to look for what I call crummy weather thats just low enough that I can get an instrument approach in, but not so much that I don’t have any outs.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 1, 2025
The calculated density altitude was 4,790 feet. Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees after takeoff, during high density altitude weather conditions. The postaccident examination revealed a fuel leak in a fitting where the fuel line passes through the firewall to the engine.
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