Back to Basics - Tips to Mountain Flying

[@erictaylor5462]

1:15 If you see this video with the audio intact, you can hear that as the pilot turns, the plane stalls, the nose drops, and the plane leaves a stall. But the pilot tries pulling up, the plane re-enters a stall condition and the pilot keeps pulling up, keeping the plane in a stall, all the way to impact. This crash had nothing to do with mountain flying, aside from the fact the ground was at a higher elevation. Had the pilot leveled the wings and let his airspeed increase he would probably have been fine, but when the plane stalled, he panicked, and that panic killed him and his passenger.

[@jimboke6yb]

I would recheck the mixture right before takeoff as well. the engine and ambient temperature may have risen. good films with good advice!

[@DihemisSantos]

Muito bom esse video. só dicas de ouro e precisamos aprender as tecnicas de voar entre montanhas. hello from Brazil.

[@jimburnsjr.]

Seems like they are using the word mountain pass to describe a ridge line, instead of a passable foot / vehicle path to move through the mountain... is that standard terminology in mountain aviation... a pass being described as any terrain passed over including a ridge-line or peak; or is some other part of my perception inaccurate?... thanks ... and thanks for posting the video regardless.

[@smeagolplaysgames4517]

Generally, mountain passes can form ridges, albeit ridges lower than the surrounding peaks. The information also applies to flying over and ridge.

[@jerrygoodrich815]

Convinced me to not fly my airplane from Minnesota to Arizona but to take a mountain flying course in Chandler and rent an airplane there.

[@agentorange153]

Personally, I prefer setting the mixture as an extra item during the engine runup, not after completing the entire checklist -- and also adjusting it every 1000 feet if possible. Other than this, great info!

[@firstinflightadventures9650]

Real mountain flying.

[@ronmckay3898]

Mountain check/endorsement saved my life and in B.C. Canada if your not certified for mountain flying you are not flying.

[@patrickohlhaut7916]

Good video except all the smart as remarks. "Airplane flew completely different than you expected now, didn't it?"