NTSB Report: Stall Warning Heard Before Crash
(CBS Connecticut) — A National Transportation Board report on last week’s deadly plane crash in East Haven says another pilot nearby listened to an emergency transmission from the Piper PA-38, and could hear a stall warning horn in the background.
The stall warning horn goes off when there is not enough airflow around the wings to provide lift.
A stall can be caused if a plane’s speed becomes too slow, or if the angle of the wings is wrong.
One man was killed in the crash, anot
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