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205 Cessna and Cirrus Seat Rail Incidents and Accidents + GA News

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Summary 205 Max talks about Seat Rail accidents that have occurred in Cessna and Cirrus aircraft. Also, a video recording from a pilot made minutes after he pulled the parachute in his Lancair over a forest in Oregon last week. You'll also hear the ATC audio from a San Diego plane crash that killed two people last week; the pilot appears to have lost situation awareness.

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Videos MentionedLancair Pilot's Video after pulling parachute

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