Lessons Learned

Accident Case Study: Hazardous Attitudes

It’s an overcast afternoon on February 3, 2019, when the pilot of a Cessna 414 Chancellor departs Fullerton Municipal Airport in California. He plans to fly VFR to Minden, Nevada, 320 nautical miles to the north.

Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we follow the flight that four minutes after departure encounters instrument meteorological conditions – weather air traffic control had warned the pilot about. Within another two minutes things turn from bad to ugly, in microburst conditions, turbulence, and rain showers. Learn how hazardous attitudes can betray pilots who don’t heed warnings.

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Mike Bennett

Mike is an active Flight Instructor (CFI CFII) at a part 61 flight school in Tampa FL area. He has been an active pilot since 2002 having logged more than 2400 hours of total flight time.

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