An Escalating Gear Issue — IFR Mastery Scenario

An Escalating Gear Issue

#65 | JUNE 2018

Getting your whole family and a week's worth of gear to the Gulf means flying a loaded Beech Baron near the limit of its fuel range. That's not a problem … until your landing gear decides to take its own holiday right as you approach the final approach fix. Will this be an annoyance or disaster?

Tom Turner

Master CFI Tom Turner holds an ATP certificate with instructor, CFII and MEI ratings and has a Masters Degree in Aviation Safety. He was the 2010 National FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year and the 2008 FAA Central Region CFI of the Year and has logged over 2,500 hours instructing. In 2015 Tom was inducted into the NAFI Flight Instructor’s Hall of Fame. Tom was a Captain in the United States Air Force and has been Lead Instructor for the Bonanza pilot training program at the Beechcraft factory. He now directs the education and safety arm of a 9000-member pilots’ organization.