AOPA Says Its Efforts Kept Young Pilots Flying, While Grounding
"Stunt" Flights
It was ten years ago today -- April 11, 1996 -- that a Cessna
177 Cardinal took off and headed straight for a huge thunderstorm
cell outside of Cheyenne, WY. The plane, already over its gross
weight limit, was no match for the powerful storm... and the
encounter ended, sadly but predictably, with the deaths of the
three people onboard.