I’ve been a Captain at a major airline for 30 years. I think these videos should be mandatory for all pilots. Young and old. Amazingly done.

The second one broke my heart because he did so many things right that people in other case studies failed, like deciding against continuing and asking for clear assistance from the tower, yet his reluctance to admit trouble got him in the end.

15:07 "hope is not a strategy for flying safely" Yep.

The aversion to declaring an emergency by pilots is alarming.

That ATC controller was incredibly professional, and it's bad he had to go through that.

I see your animators have picked up the new Flight Simulator

I fly Cirrus every day as an instructor- that shot of the CAPS pin still in the handle in the wreckage was chilling to see.

Did not realize I was waiting for another one of these videos but I’ll be damned if I didn’t click it immediately

You guys make the 'best' videos. Sobering content, but very educational, high quality. Thank you.

I always repeat this phrase when I encounter a dicey weather briefing: Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.

The narrator is very talented, but I identify his voice with the sad helplessness that accompanies these stories.

"Radar contact lost... how do you hear me?" The controller must be gutted :(

These videos are crucial to my ability as a flight instructor to give the best scenario-based instruction I can to my students. Please keep these coming.

When I was growing up my family often flew down the LA for Christmas from the San Francisco area. My dad was IFR qualified with lots of IMC time. In addition he was a CFI. One year the weather turned sour in central California and when my dad got the weather briefing for the flight home he decided we were not flying back home. He barrowed his Uncles van to drive to the airport and make arrangements to store the plane for a week or so until he got a chance to retrieve it. While doing this he met another pilot and his friend who were planning to fly back up to the Bay Area. Fortunately he was able to talk them out of this and offered them a ride home in the van. I remember this so clearly. Driving up I-5 under row after row of Morning Glory cloud and winds so strong they were pushing the van around. This guy looks out as says, "I think we could have made it?" Even at 12 I knew enough about airplanes to know that the sky was no place for a light plane. I didn't say anything but I remember my dad asking, "Really? Are you willing to bet your life on it?" "I can probably make it." just isn't good enough. Unless you are willing to bet your life and the life of your passengers on that "probably" you should not go. Because in going you *ARE* betting your life. Only go if you are sure you can make it. Also, stop and land if conditions get bad enough to turn your "sure" into a probably. No one is going to kill you for deciding to land and wait for the weather to improve. On the flip side, continuing when you shouldn't will get you killed.

Just got my PPL a few weeks ago. Will watch these as long as I keep flying. I earned a license to continue learning.

These videos are so well done, very professional. The voice recordings are incredibly sad, given we already know the outcomes. What these situations illustrate is how a situation can go from Ok, to 'concerning', to flat out emergency in a matter of minutes/seconds. I kept rooting for that Cirrus pilot to admit he was struggling and needed to declare an emergency and wanted to get on the ground, RIGHT NOW, to the ATC. We pilots don't like to admit when the conditions have us spooked and we may be over our heads.

The narrator on this video is excellent. Perfect intonation. Just enough emotion. Never gets in the way of the story. He also has a distinctive and mature voice that is a welcome relief from Big Voices and Kid Voices. Bravo.

I feel so terrible for 451TD. He understood the danger he was in, and even if he made mistakes, he did the best he could to try to correct for it and make the right call. Sometimes we make mistakes and get in over our heads, and we don't always get a chance to make good on those errors. May he rest in peace.

I'm very impressed with the professionalism of the air traffic controllers in this video.

Finally a new one! Legendary channel, love the professionalism.

These videos are so incredibly well done... how is this not a Netflix or cable series?? You definitely have more than just pilots watching these, please keep 'em coming!

Thank you to the families that allowed these stories to be shared. We will attempt to learn from your losses.

The controller did an outstanding job trying to help a pilot who was not being very helpful in providing real information rather than wishful thinking.

I have owned two Piper Archers and have over 700 hours. I haven’t flown in six or seven years, and when I think about my flying time I always am glad I did it, but as I think about the various close calls and things that can go wrong, now I am glad that I do not own an airplane, not even considering all the expenses that go with owning. The icing situations here are so scary, but not nearly as bad as flying in the bad weather where are you lose the horizon. I had that happen one time, and that was one time too many.

Both are sad, but the second one really got me. The pilot realized what was happening and tried to take corrective action, but just couldn't take that last step and declare an emergency. The last bit about the CAPS pin - Lord. Imagine being in that aircraft, out of control, pulling that handle in desperation, and nothing happening. Keep up the great work, these videos are literally saving lives.

Air Safety Institute: I really appreciate how the flight paths are re-constructed on your channel. That helps people like me who are not familiar with the requests and commands between pilots and control towers. Keep up the great work!

This video series is the most compelling, sobering experience on all of KZfaq. Thank you for continuing to make new episodes.

If you want to see just how fast this happens, pick a location where it's snowing right now and fly your simulator through it. I did that a few weeks ago just to see how the aircraft would react to light to moderate snow. The feeling of entering a spin in IMC and popping out of a low base with terrain imminent won't leave me. It was just as sim but man... that sucked

I truly love the high quality production values presented in these videos. Amazing content! Great for education, and for general interest in aviation safety and operations. Thank you!

"Radar contact lost", definitely one of the saddest phrases said in these videos :(

Just wait man or Drive. You have no Anti-Ice System. Wow

Anyone even remotely interested in aviation can learn so much from these lessons in safety. Excellent work!

This mans narration is nothing short of Oscars Level

Finally a new accident study video. Keep 'em coming!

I look forward to these videos. Not because they're enjoyable, but because I learn. Unfortunately, training does little to prepare a pilot for real, terrifying situations like these. I'm a relative low-time pilot (280 hours, almost to CFI), so my experience is limited as-is. These videos give me courage to maintain my personal minimums and to always be cautious, even when my experience increases.

Been watching this channel for almost a decade now...and its just refreshing to see professional, straight-forward explanations with no unecessary drama at all! And the new animations with MSFS is just incredible!! A huge Thank You to everyone involved!!

Absolutely heart breaking and gut wrenching to watch. Every pilot knows these situations are easy to get into. Two great examples of don't take off when the odds are stacked against you. :(

There are a lot of new super hydrophobic coatings and surface treatments coming to the aviation market soon. They are very effective at stopping icing. Hopefully we will see the number of icing-related incidents drop drastically in a few years.

Outstanding content, as always. I just listened to an episode of the Flight Safety Detectives podcast where they talk about the parachute system, and the expert they had on mentioned how a lot of pilots don't remove the safety pin... sad way to die.

Besides the usefulness, this is the most entertaining aviation channel. Please produce more of these videos! You've got the magic recipe. Oh, and give that narrator and the script writer a raise. A big one.

My students are always humbled and thankful for these videos, please keep them coming until accidents like these are things of the past.

Every CFI should review and discuss this with their IFR student.

I just started school. I can not tell you how much I appreciate these accident case studies and the quality of the production. Thank you. It comes across to me (among others) that your present flight could be you last flight at any time regardless of experience. One of the best things anyone can do throughout their anytime is lifetime is learn from the mistakes of others not just those of yourself. That's why I am here. I'm saddened. The controller is great. The pilot seemed skilled and had situational awareness. This graveyard spiral and spatial disorientation is scary to me. I'll probably never carry passengers for a long time.

Excellent work ASI, I'm in the Air Force and this content is incredible.

This series should be on Netflix. Very well done!

People buy aircraft like the Cirrus and think it's made of Kryptonite, with a parachute. But... here we see what all too often happens. Even if equipped with FIKI... don't do that. Life's too short already. Most just do not understand the impact even a small amount of ice can have of aircraft performance. Well done, thank you.

Beyond the engrossing content for would be armchair pilots like myself, these Air Safety Institute videos are smart training for any sort of management, planning and risk mitigation disciplines.

I am always amazed at how amazingly helpful American ATC is in these moments compared to what we have in Europe.

The narrator could do play-by-play of a riot and make everyone feel calm.

Who is the narrator? Top of the class educational documentaries and incident reports. There simply is no one else that does it better.

Thank you for making these and posting...

Please keep this series going! Very helpful

These are so well done - thank you for making these!

As always, excellent video. Thank you and please keep producing them.

Thank you so much for continuing this series. It's my favorite aviation videos.

Love the effort put into these. Thank you

These videos are so well done, thanks

I always learn from these. While it is very unfortunate that these incidents happen- hopefully we can all learn from them. This also illustrates the criticality of getting a full weather briefing 2 hours before flight (at the earliest), and also calling the flight service station enroute if there are any qeustionable conditions that are forecasted to arise.

my favorite aviation videos on youtube. what a rare treat! thank you ASI, you guys are amazing

Always exciting to see a new accident case study video from your channel! Fascinating stuff! Thanks for your efforts!

Absolutely incredible videos, as always. Props to the animators and narrator. Great info.

Watching this made me check back on some of the decisions I made on a cross country flight yesterday. 1st I deciding to fly at a lower altitude because I anticipated some clouds coming in. And sure enough they did, right in front of me. It was easier (for me) to get below it in time than to go through it if I was higher. 2nd, coming in to land, Tower told me to hurry up because there were 2 other aircraft coming in. I acknowledged, but I kept at my same pace and went through my normal landing procedures. I'm in no rush to land the plane, rather go around than hurry and miss something, or worse speed up and bank the plane at a steeper angle than usual. Not worth it when you're that low to the ground.

Thank yo for all you do, and hard work going in to making these!

Thanks for doing these. Invaluable!

Excellent video. Having done my first night IMC flight sans instructor recently (never had a reason to before), I can attest to how significant the workload is. Couple that with an onset of disorientation and icing, and you’re asking for a scenario that’s not terribly favorable to a good outcome.

I love these (even if they are under sad circumstances). Great work on visualizing the data and telling a story that will hopefully save other's lives.

I always learn so much from these videos. Thanks for making them

These accident case studies are amazing, please create more videos!

These are so well done. Pumped when a new ACS gets released. Always edifying. And now MSFS has added to the cinematic element.

Imho, this is the best, most interesting, and most informative aviation content on KZfaq. Keep up the good work.

This is an amazing breakdown and explanation video! Great job to the uploader, you just got one more sub!

Such an awesome series!!!

Very awakening episode this one, Great job ASI. Thank you and I am certainly looking forward to more.

SUPERB QUALITY VIDEOS!!! Thank you the great informative videos! Learning a lot to keep safe of myself and my passengers.

These accident report videos are very much appreciated.

Excellent job on this videos! Thank you

Thank you aopa for this well presented, thorough, informative, sobering video.

Not a pilot, just a layman with an interest and enough-to-be-dangerous knowledge about GA, plus lots of sim time. I saw at least three missed opportunities for a "safe" (relatively speaking) outcome: -continued diversion to Johnstown. From the map animation it didn't look like he was too far from landing there. -missed localizer intercept at Altoona. He was probably minutes from being on the ground safely had he not overshot the localizer. -the SR22 parachute. Damn, if he hadn't missed pulling the safety pin on the parachute system. Lots of "woulda/coulda/shoulda" with this one. RIP to the pilot and passenger, and lessons learned for the rest of us. Even as a non-pilot these accident case studies are fascinating.

We need more of "accident case study" on this channel ! It's the best

Love this channel. Really good work you guys are doing for everyone. Love to watch these specially being a student pilot.

Glad to see another video, these are great. 2020 + 2021 have been tough for GA safety. These videos provide a lot of awareness

I recently started watching this channel because it came up in my recommendations. Probably because I watch a lot of other aviation content. Amazing job. The videos are well put together, detailed, and informative. And this narrator is top notch! His voice is extremely pleasant, I feel like I could listen to him talk about anything.

Thank you for these videos. We must all learn from these

I love your videos and using the FS2020's icing visualisation just makes this look very real. Keep up the good work...

I really enjoy these videos for the knowledge I gain from them but they really hit hard. We are listening to the last words these people speak. RIP

Great channel and videos!

I'm so happy that you guys are getting more videos together! I have used these as introductory attention getter's to my classes for years. They have such great content for them to learn from. They are absolutely amazingly good. Please keep going!

These case studies are superb. Thank you.

It is like MFS2020 was developed just for this series. Great work, as always!

451TD was involved inside the cockpit worried, but he seemed to do *most* things right, he made mistakes that piled up. This is a fascinating review of these two incidents.

Please keep doing these case studies. They are extremely informative and impressively recreated

Thank you for the time and effort putting these together. No doubt they make a difference and probably the kind that is hard to see.

The SECOND I give it right input and it continues left I am reaching for that chute handle.

I know this is an old vid... BUT this is important, and somebody NEEDS to say it. Guys, it's OKAY to declare an emergency! Your balls aren't going to shrivel up and blow away because you admitted there was something wrong enough on your flight that you're just not comfortable "flying as usual" anymore. It does NOT matter whether it's icing, engine noise, oil pressure, gauges or gyros failing, or a damn migraine "coming on"... If you're in trouble, SAY SO. Nobody's going to remember that day you landed at an unintended alternate because you got rattled and it turned out to be light frost and a loose rivet in some piece of unessential cowling making a racket. They WILL remember the day you splattered your plane and passengers over about a mile square of terrain, BECAUSE you will get featured in a dozen videos like this one. They WILL cry over the Sucrets box they bury you in. Frankly, I'd RATHER buy the ATC guys a round of beers and laugh with them about the loose rivet and negligible frost that scared me out of the sky. It'll be worth every "ribbing" I get whenever I fly through their area and they recognize the voice and numbers... It'll be worth a dubious nickname for years... It's a lark and you get over it... and/or lean into the comedy gold. Be a legend, survive a sh*tty situation! ;o)

Thank you for the great public service you guys are doing with these videos.

I'm not a pilot but this video is impressive in that it clearly explains how a chain of mistakes / wrong decisions can lead to a fatal crash.

I don’t think it’s even legal to fly into known icing with an un-equipped aircraft

Thanks for these videos. We can get valuable lessons from these. Keep them coming.

I love the way these videos are presented. The narrator is perfect for this sort of educational video. Great content and presented in a clear and concise way. Great job.

I LOVE that you are doing these videos! Keep it up ASI, these are GREAT Learning resources, actual situations for people to learn from instead of hypothetical... I think that works a Lot better, now if we could just get more people to watch them regularly! Thank you lots ASI team, editor, narrator, ect! Thank you all~!