Firewall Rudder Weather 
Plane and Pilot
MAY 19, 2025
The weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the development of serious carburetor icing, which was consistent with the pilots announcement of a rough-running engine. Postaccident examination revealed that the left rudder cable had separated at the pulley under the cabin floor.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
Depressions in the vertical stabilizer and rudder, as well as stabilator skins and ailerons, all help increase panel stiffness while allowing less under-skin structure. 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.
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Plane and Pilot
JULY 1, 2025
Probable cause(s): The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees after takeoff, during high density altitude weather conditions. The pilot applied right rudder in an attempt to correct this, resulting in a ground loop. While attempting to control the speed to prevent stall, the airplane veered to the left of the runway.
iPad Pilot News
MAY 29, 2024
Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators iPad Pilot News Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? To get started, ensure your computer firewall and Wi-Fi router are not blocking UDP traffic port 49002.
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