05-04-2025, 01:52 AM
An old buddy of mine has almost put his Cirrus into the ground three times. Iced over twice. The second time was pilot error--I hear most of this in passing across the table at Perkins for lunch--he had to declare emergency. When he got on the ground in the second one FAA inspector was there and in the plane with him shortly after landing; he didn't even let him out of the plane to piss. They walked backwards in what he did and FAA showed him how he screwed up and didn't turn on the plane's ice melt system correctly.
He had to hire a pilot to fly the plane home.
He had to hire a pilot to fly the plane home.