October 20, 2009 Video: Near CFIT — Close Call with Terrain

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By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief
Originally Posted to YouTube by sc0rpio79

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The circumstances of this incident are unclear (and the subject of much speculation in the forums), but the result is pretty clear. The people aboard this Bonanza came within a tree branch or two of becoming victims of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).

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