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Here's the video

How much fuel/weight were you carrying?

I think you’ll need to do at least as much damage to yourself as to the plane for there to be enough accident related engine damage.

Do you think the bumpiness of taking off on grass caused it to pop? Or was it a situation that would have happened anywhere (like you didn't close it properly)?

Never let passengers close the door! Oh wait... What about the previous 5 minutes of it actually popping and you're reaction? I whipped out my popcorn for no reason!

ATC has never granted a Contact Approach when I’ve asked.

Am I the only one trying to click the picture to watch?

QT Halo is super light to hang on yoke. Spares you having to modify the plane to store a headset

You're wrong. It has ALWAYS made "more sense and sanity to sell the airplane and rely on the airlines". But, most of us just enjoy it too much. The problems you describe are across the board, not just aviation lately. Your airlines keep cancelling or delaying flights due to staff shortages just the same.

This is getting ridiculous. This is already the 3rd time I’ve either been hit or warned and trying to avoid a laser since 2018! I don’t even fly at night all that much. Without looking in my book, I’d guess that’s at least 1 in 20 night flights where I got hit or was avoiding getting hit. You can’t even say the b-word without getting arrested off an airplane, can they start treating this like the malicious act of terrorism that it is? They’re essentially trying to bring down an airplane.

The reality is that mechanical failure at night or in IMC isn't really all that much of a thing. Pilot screwing up day or night is of significantly greater concern. From the most recent Nall report.

Here is the position and distance from the runway where the plane impacted the tower vs the straight in approach. The lower line is the straight in and the upper line is the distance to the impact site. My understanding is that the minimum crossing altitude at JOXOX is 1280ft at 2.4nm from the runway. Given a TDZE of 520, at 1.2 miles the altitude on glidepath should be 900ft which is 380ft AGL. This is 111ft above minimums of 789ft MSL which won't be reached until a bit closer to the runway. Perhaps someone with some math skills can share with us at what exact altitude the airplane should have been at this position 1.22 miles from the runway given the approach profile. And what kind of deviation one might expect on the CDI and glideslope in such a position. Are we talking about one dot off or major deflection?

It’s not too much different than flying at night, over mountains, or over water. Yet the vast majority of aviation accidents happen in day VMC. You are more likely to have an accident at departure or destination so put greater focus on those. Stay proficient, take good care of the airplane, and carry lots of fuel. You can mitigate more risk by not fooling around, staying strictly legal, not going below minimums, avoiding stalls, and carrying enough fuel than worrying about what’s underneath you.

After all this, the cabin and baggage doors still functional!

Wouldn't matter on an LPV approach. Follow the needles to the ground. Would have crashed on the runway if all the needles were centered, not 1-2 miles short.

That’s not a wing walker, now here’s a wing walker!

I have a very good price on scam parts, 430s, whatever you want. I’ll match or beat any other scammer’s price!!

Sounds about right. Can't be expecting everyone else to be paying for rookie gear up mistakes. I know so many Mooneys that got gear upped or prop struck in the first 25 hours of new low time owner. I think with 100 hours and instrument you can expect to cut that in half and with 1000+ hours not quite in half again. What does that say about your current risk factor though? Be super careful, get good instruction, get lots of practice, don't do anything stupid, don't over estimate your capabilities, don't get too comfortable, and before long you'll be out of the danger zone and you won't have to pay so much for insurance.

I thought the back is closer to CG, sitting on the spar and all?

For motion sensitive passengers, what’s better the front or back? Besides visual differences, is there a difference in how motion/turbulence feel in the back vs front?

Was thinking about making some for birds but it turns out they don’t need them. They don’t get hearing loss like lowly mammals.