Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
It’s an overcast afternoon on February 3, 2019, when the pilot of a Cessna 414 Chancellor departs Fullerton Municipal Airport in California. He plans to fly VFR to Minden, Nevada, 320 nautical miles to the north.
Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we follow the flight that four minutes after departure encounters instrument meteorological conditions - weather air traffic control had warned the pilot about. Within another two minutes things turn from bad to ugly, in microburst conditions, turbulence, and rain showers. Learn how hazardous attitudes can betray pilots who don’t heed warnings.
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It’s an overcast afternoon on February 3, 2019, when the pilot of a Cessna 414 Chancellor departs Fullerton Municipal Airport in California. He plans to fly VFR to Minden, Nevada, 320 nautical miles to the north.
Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute as we follow the flight that four minutes after departure encounters instrument meteorological conditions - weather air traffic control had warned the pilot about. Within another two minutes things turn from bad to ugly, in microburst conditions, turbulence, and rain showers. Learn how hazardous attitudes can betray pilots who don’t heed warnings.
Apply credit to your ASI transcript for watching this video: bit.ly/ACSHazardousAttitudeCert
To help make videos like these possible, consider donating to the AOPA Foundation: aopa.org/donation/oneclickdonation?keycode=R2014WASIUT
Become an AOPA member, support aviation safety videos like this one. AOPA.org/PowerOfMembership
Watch more videos by the AOPA Air Safety Institute on our channel: youtube.com/AirSafetyInstitute
