by Mike Busch | Dec 1, 2015 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
When repairs are covered by insurance, it’s the owner’s job to keep things under control. By the time he contacted me, the aircraft owner—let’s call him Fred—was boiling mad. Fred had bought an airplane last year, and the pre-buy and subsequent annual inspection gave...
by Mike Busch | Nov 1, 2015 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
When pilots screw up, plaintiff lawyers always seem to sue equipment manufacturers. In June 2014, I posted an item to the AOPA Opinion Leaders Blog titled “The Dark Side of Maintenance.” It talked about what I refer to as “maintenance-induced failures” (or “MIFs” for...
by Mike Busch | Oct 1, 2015 | AOPA Pilot Magazine, Magazine Articles
Changing competitive landscape in piston GA aircraft and engines. By Mike Busch I just returned from EAA AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, where aviation firms traditionally make major announcements. This year was no exception. One of the most significant announcements to...
by Mike Busch | Sep 11, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Suppressing the urge to overreact to and overkill problems. The Bonanza owner encountered an engine problem 11 hours after his aircraft came out of annual. He had crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains VFR at 12,500 feet westbound enroute to the Bay Area, and was...
by Mike Busch | Aug 15, 2015 | EAA Sport Aviation Magazine, Magazine Articles
Cessna gets caught with its hand in the FAA’s cookie jar. On February 10, 2014, the Cessna Aircraft Company did something quite unprecedented in the history of piston GA: It published a revision to the service manual for cantilever-wing Cessna 210-series airplanes...
