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Originally Posted by vreihen16
My late old man used to say that he would not fly with 50% of the pilots at the airport where he kept his planes. Sadly, he perished on final approach, so my guess is that 50% of the other pilots would have him on their would not fly with list.....
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Sorry for your loss. Final approach is one of the most dangerous times for a pilot, because things can happen that are so subtle you don't notice until it's too late. I was shown that in a twin on a single-engine approach - my instructor told me to fly the approach as normal, and then he just backed the power of the running engine back slowly as if it was running out of fuel or something. There was barely any change in sound, but we started descending at a higher rate despite the aircraft remaining at the same angle of attack. Was a real eye opener.