A student pilot who died along with his family in a Cessna 336
accident in August was inexperienced, according to an NTSB
preliminary report. While he had more than 96 hours total time and
more than 43 hours in type, he only had 3.4 total hours of night
flying.
DOE Answers AOPA Questions About Los Alamos Airport Landfill
Project
The Department of Energy (DOE) has concurred with AOPA's request
that the federal agency suspend its landfill project at Los Alamos
Airport (LAM) in New Mexico. At a high-level meeting this week
between AOPA and senior DOE officials in Washington (DC), the
department committed to put the project on hold for 90 days and to
address the concerns of airport users before proceeding with the
cleanup of the old airport landfill.
Roger Christiansen, a general aviation pilot of note in the
Northwest, was severely injured Wednesday when his Piper PA-18 Cub
went down just after take-off from Oak Harbor Airport (WA).
AD NUMBER: 2004-21-01
MANUFACTURER: Hartzell
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-21-01
SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing AD for
certain Hartzell Propeller Inc. (formerly Hartzell Propeller
Products Division) Model HC-B5MP-3()/M10282A()+6 five bladed
propellers.
From Garmin...
G1000 Aircraft Owners and Operators,
Aircraft equipped with G1000 systems must be limited to
“VFR DAY ONLY” until an inspection is
performed.