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Plane Barely Recovering from Spin in Mountains

by asix66 on 7/11/24, 12:47 PM with 21 comments

• by mathsmath on 7/11/24, 4:52 PM

  Lots of comments here about a 172 at these altitudes. Our field is at 7,500’ and has the continental divide with peaks over 14,000’ on one end of the runway.

  A 172 can fly up here, but you have to be smart and very picky about the days you fly. We don’t fly with full fuel and take the back seats out in the summer.

  If there’s enough wind over the passes, or density altitude is high, we stay in the valley. Mountain flying is an entirely different beast.

• by throwup238 on 7/11/24, 4:37 PM

  Link to the Facebook video (it didn't show up on TFA for me): https://www.facebook.com/1460864974/videos/pcb.1023090920054...

  Literally feet away from death. That pilot is incredibly lucky.

• by TheLoafOfBread on 7/11/24, 6:48 PM

  If somebody wants to see the video and comment from another pilot why it did happen, go here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcM7O9JYXKU

• by chasil on 7/11/24, 5:22 PM

  Interesting that it did not show up on the AV Herald.

  Thursday Jul 4th 2024:

  Incident United B739 near Chicago on Jul 3rd 2024, cabin pressure problems

  Incident France B789 over Atlantic on Jul 3rd 2024, burning odour on board

  https://avherald.com

• by sv123 on 7/11/24, 4:45 PM

  That seat definitely had to be replaced.