In this video, we hear from a Cessna 172 pilot who experienced a fire in the cockpit at about 1500 feet AGL. One minute it was a routine training flight-- the next, a desperate struggle for survival. Would the pilot be able to land before the cockpit was completely engulfed in flames?
AOPA NZ has selected this video from the Air Safety Institute video library. We’re grateful to our counterparts in the United States at AOPA Inc for producing this video. Click the video image appearing on screen now to view this video on YouTube.