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Benadryl, Cannabis & the FAA No-Fly List: Fatal Lessons for Pilots
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Episode 40 examines a wide range of recent accidents before focusing on a troubling pattern: pilots flying with impairing OTC medications or drugs in their systems. Max Trescott and Rob Mark begin with a fatal nighttime crash of C-GPTX, a Cessna 172 in Saskatchewan and the runway overrun of Eclipse 500 N816KD at Auburn, California . They also discuss Beech Travel Air N529RB , which was flown in repeated low-level circles about 100 feet above the Pacific before crashing into the ocean, raising the possibility of an intentional act. Preliminary reports include Piper Seneca N212ML , lost near the Bahamas in convective weather; C-IFBY, a Para-Ski VX powered parachute carrying three people even…