AOPA Never Again

• Takeoffs are Optional (May 2025)

  In this episode of "Never Again," pilot James Ott recounts a harrowing near-disaster during a short takeoff from a challenging airstrip. With just 120 hours of flying experience, Ott experiences a critical engine failure at 60 feet of altitude due to an improperly set fuel selector.

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• Spring Break to Remember (April 2025)

  In this "Never Again" episode, a 21-year-old instrument rated multi-engine commercial pilot shares his harrowing experience of a sudden engine failure during a spring break trip from Kansas to Florida in a Cessna 182. Just three miles from his destination, the engine catastrophically failed, forcing him to execute an emergency landing at Panama City Airport (ECP). For questions or comments about this podcast, email [email protected] Send us your Never Again and we may publish it in an issue of AOPA Pilot and share it on this podcast. Email [email protected].

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• The Hard Yards (March 2025)

  For questions or comments about this podcast, email [email protected] Send us your Never Again and we may publish it in an issue of AOPA Pilot and share it on this podcast. Email [email protected].

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• Flying Blind (February 2025)

  For questions or comments about this podcast, email [email protected] Send us your Never Again and we may publish it in an issue of AOPA Pilot and share it on this podcast. Email [email protected].

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• Two Useless Engines (January 2024)

  For questions or comments about this podcast, email [email protected] Send us your Never Again and we may publish it in an issue of AOPA Pilot and share it on this podcast. Email [email protected].

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