AOPA Never Again
AOPA presents the "Never Again" series in AOPA Pilot magazine and online to allow pilots to learn from the experiences of others.
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Speeding toward the trees (September 2021)
By Steve Ells.
8 min
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Engine out at night (July 2021)
A night-time cross-country almost ends in disaster for want of a 50-cent part. (By Tom Hildebrandt)
8 min
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Where are the towers? (June 2021)
A medical helicopter pilot flies into night IMC. Where are the towers? (By Byron Edgington.)
8 min
54
What doesn't kill us (May 2021)
An icy diversion to JFK. Grab your winter gloves and fly along. By Charmaine Sperling
9 min
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Night fright (April 2021)
Get there itis and a lack of night experience cause a stressful flight over north Florida. (By Douglas Kiefer)
8 min
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In the dark (March 2021)
The unusual layout of controls creates a problem for the pilot of a Piper Tri-Pacer. By Gilbert Halacz.
6 min
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Pop quiz (February 2021)
When, and how, to defer to an older pilot in an emergency situation? Find out one opinion. By Paul Locander.
9 min
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Smoke in the cockpit (January 2021)
Smoke in the cockpit and a partial avionics failure make for an interesting flight. (By Alex Jones)
9 min
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I Knew I Was Rusty (December 2020)
it's been said aviation accidents are caused not by one bad decision but by a chain of them. How about seven? Find out what's going on. (By James Witt)
6 min
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Rental Pilot Reluctance (November 2020)
Do you pay attention to small things or do you wait until they become big things? Find out one pilot's opinion. (By Sebastian Teunissen)
8 min
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Whispers of trouble (October 2020)
Do you really need to inspect the oil filter after every oil change? Read one pilot's perspective. (By Rusty Herrington)
9 min
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Deadly decisions (September 2020)
A teardrop turn between two ridgelines in IMC? Sounds dangerous. Find out the grim results. (By Gary Deck)
10 min
63
In a Pickle (August 2020)
We've all had some stinky flights but this is ridiculous. (By Bob DelValle)
6 min
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Run Dry (July 2020)
A bush pilot unsuccessfully calculates fuel instead of looking at the tanks. By Steve Ells.
6 min
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Close Call (June 2020)
Flying a race plane is different from flying just about anything else. Find out what happened on this pilot's maiden flight. (By W. G. Hill)
9 min
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Mother's Day Get-there-itis (May 2020)
A Mother's Day promise to his wife and mother caused one pilot to push his limits. (By Tom Snow)
8 min
67
Floatplane Pain (April 2020)
Bad decisions often start with good intentions. (By Pat Haseltine)
9 min
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Close Call (March 2020)
How does a pilot miss seeing a Boeing 747? (By William Kramer)
9 min
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Into the Corn (February 2020)
Is a cornfield a good choice for an off airport landing? Sometimes you have no other option. (By Scott S. Thomas)
9 min
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Sputtering into Vegas (January 2020)
A 182 pilot discovers fuel gauges don't always tell the whole story. (By Dave Houghton)
8 min
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Multiplying risks (December 2019)
Accepting a number of seemingly minor risks endangers a Cherokee pilot and his family. (By John Parker)
11 min
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I do declare (November 2019)
A Cessna twin pilot applies what he learned in an engine-out emergency to another engine-out emergency. (By Pierre Wildman)
6 min
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Say again (October 2019)
A 172 pilot calls tower and receives an instruction that's completely Greek to him. Of course he is flying in Greece. (By Carl Dworman)
6 min
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Choosing between bad and worse (September 2019)
You're flying over the desert and your engine quits. How do you decide which tiny little butte you want to land on? (By Richard Snider)
8 min
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Rough passage (August 2019)
Engine trouble above a solid overcast with known icing. That's not good. (By Jose G. Riera)
8 min