It is a truth universally acknowledged that when an airplane stalls, the pilot must push its nose down. And yet it sometimes happens that even quite experienced pilots do the opposite. That was the ...

When an airplane stalls, it’s no longer able to produce lift. When this occurs, there’s an insufficient amount of air traveling under the airplane’s wings to keep it up. As a result, the airplane will ...

Stalls during takeoff are a significant cause of fatal accidents, primarily resulting from poor pilot decision-making, improper aircraft configuration, or inadequate pre-flight planning regarding ...

Sometimes a relatively minor accident brings to light safety issues of broad importance. After the crash of a Cessna Citation in Fargo, North Dakota, the NTSB decided to classify the accident as only ...

What began as a routine aerobatic lesson quickly became a high-pressure cockpit challenge when the controls were handed over during a stall exercise. Every second demanded precise control inputs as ...

NTSB's Hawker 900XP crash report cites icing and training gaps, prompting urgent safety recommendations for Textron, the FAA, and NBAA.

Pilots often misunderstand that published stall speeds apply only under specific, 1G conditions, mistakenly believing they cannot stall above a certain indicated airspeed. Accelerated stalls ...

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Stalls occur at a critical angle of attack (AoA) regardless of airspeed, making AoA sensors the ultimate basis for effective stall warning and protection systems. Various AoA sensor technologies, ...