The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety\nInstitute (ASI) has released a new episode of its popular Accident Case Study\nvideo series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest video in the series, Accident Case Study: Into\nThin Air, recreates the events that led a Beechcraft Bonanza G36 to crash\nshortly after departing Aspen, Colorado, on its way to the pilots\u2019 East Coast\nhome base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDensity altitude affects every airplane. We are taught\nabout it, but it\u2019s an abstract concept until we experience it in context,\u201d said\nASI Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden. \u201cThe Bonanza\u2019s encounter with\nhigh-density altitude\u2014an inherent hazard in high terrain that significantly\ndegrades aircraft performance\u2014coupled with deceptively upsloping terrain left\nno escape for the two flatland pilots attempting to fly up and over an unknown\ncanyon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accident Case Studies use FAA air traffic control radio\ncommunication transcripts, National Transportation Safety Board documentation,\nand video animation to recreate the dynamics, and track each accident’s chain\nof events. The videos share critical lessons to help pilots recognize and avoid\nsimilar mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n