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The Other Kind Of Rotor Mountainous terrain offers great scenery but recent accidents illustrate it can be treacherous for the unwary. Here’s what to look for and how to avoid it.
Mountain waves were blamed in 10 fatal airplane accidents in the continental U.S. from 1996 to 2006. Not by coincidence, three of them occurred within four miles of Eagle Peak in the Warner Mountains of Northern California. This account of those three accidents suggests ways to avoid mountain waves and to escape if you do encounter one. It is also a lesson that one doesn’t have to fly close to the larger mountains to encounter a mountain wave—smaller ones will do quite nicely. … Subscriber Login Purchase selection, or begin your subscription to www.aviationsafetymagazine.com. Click Here to download Adobe Acrobat |
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