Interesting based on Juan's report it looks like they were lining up to land on the Cortney Campbell and in that case I imagine the decent countdown would have appeared to be normal. I wonder how often this stuff has happened in the past and only now where we have access to the data does it seem...
Couple of things i've found on my preflight within the last year on the rental CPA28 180D
Oil below level that I find acceptable.
Flaps that did not retract when depressing the bar.
Loose gas caps
Rudder where the cable broke to the pedals broke so it was flopping in the wind
Bad vacuum pump...
So this is real, someone posted the flight aware track
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N65440/history/20240704/2014Z/KRIL/KBJC?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR32_gUv2P62gth-_m_BPYR17GgbaXG1u5YODmPul4y5QdRr5-U-G5SO-80_aem_xDX1MDKjWEDSY4kEYq_vFg
Talk about lucky...check this out
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/plane-nearly-crashes-into-continental-divide-in-colorado-on-july-4/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1LC5ns3qeBZW9gHsdNGXPdjRcOVpD32mFsIvAqqEffhIAR8rbYlrfYXw0_aem_QB2N9kFBxuiYCoe2_HekMw
LIPO batteries in planes makes me nervous. Yeah I know that everything has lipo batteries but still. One of those catching fire in a plane and it's not going to go well. I'll stick with NiMH/ LIFE instead.
THem are fighting words...:D:D:biggrin::biggrin:
I always liked zima with a jollyrancher thrown in.
At least i'm not drinking Boones strawberry farm like those Mooney drivers