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And mechanical issues can all test a pilot's skill. >> general aviation pilots, they are nonprofessional pilots. they are flying for recreational purposes. they don't necessarily have the same level of operational discipline as an airline pilot so there's a lot of room for error. >> the vast majority of light aircraft flights land safely without incident. but when things do go wrong, a split second decision can mean the difference between life and death. july 16th, 1999, it's a mild quiet evening in fairfield, new jersey, at thees sex county airport known to locals as caldwell. private pilot j...

Joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news today on mt. hood. >> rescuers are going aft...

Airplane significantly degraded the aerodynamic performance that wasn't going to allow that airplane to fly. >> the snow and ice are causing another grave problem for the plane. there are sensors on the front and back of the engines that measure epr, engine pressure ratio. that's the number used to set proper takeoff power. but those sensors are iced over and the pilots don't know it. this causes a false high reading on the epr gauges in the cockpit. 2.04 which would be enough to take off. based on that false reading, the first officer believes he's setting the proper power, even though, accor...

A d.c 9 is heading from dallas to toronto when the cockpit is filled with smoke. the electrical systems shut down making it near lily impossible control the plane. >> the captain was faced with a difficult task. >> the pilot tries to get the plane back on the ground, but passengers are already sure coming to smoke inhalation. june 2nd, 1983, air canada flight 797 has a normal take off and climb to cruising altitude. but about 2.5 hours into the journey, the plane experiences an electrical malfunction. >> i looked at the breaker. we're allowed one reset so i

Enormous amount of energy and could ignite a fire. investigators do, in fact, find evidence of arching on the left and right laboratory feeder wires, which come up through holes in the floorboards. the arc start as fire. the fire then spreads consuming vital electrical systems. making it almost impossible for captain cameron to control the aircraft. >> but came suddenly very hard to fly. it was nose heavy because the stabilizer trim failed. >> his arms would have been very, very tired by the time that he got on the ground. he had ex pended a lot of physical energy just to keep control of the a...