About this episode

Father-and-son pilots Michael and Ethan Russo share their experience of an IFR flight that faced a critical avionics failure in heavy rain.

Father-and-son pilots Michael and Ethan Russo recount an IFR flight that turned critical when their aircraft suffered a complete avionics failure at 8,000 feet in heavy rain.

People in this episode

Guests: Michael Russo, Ethan Russo

Topics covered

• avionics failure
• IFR flight
• heavy rain
• aviation safety
• father-son pilots

Keywords

• avionics
• IFR
• flight safety
• heavy rain
• pilot experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AOPA Air Safety Institute

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