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AOPA Air Safety Institute

"There I was…", presented by the AOPA Air Safety Institute, invites you into the cockpit with pilots across the aviation community. We fly with them as they encounter unpredictable scenarios...

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Listen to There I was..., a Games & Hobbies podcast by AOPA Air Safety Institute. Stream 95 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episode 94: Engine-Out at Night

Kansas City-based flight instructor Lennon Carlson recounts a night engine-out scare in a borrowed Cessna Cardinal RG while flying home afte...

34:03Apr 21, 2026

Episode 93: Windscreen Blowout

Arkansas pilot Greg Robbins is flying to lunch with his wife when the front windscreen and side doors of his Aeroprakt A22LS suddenly blow o...

45:03Mar 17, 2026

Episode 92: Icing in a Sling

Newly minted instrument pilot Chris Yalanis launches on a long IFR trip in his Sling TSi. ATC issues a clearance that doesn’t match his plan...

41:50Feb 18, 2026

Episode 91: Unexpected Spin

Brad Cohen test flies his homebuilt Zenith Zodiac 601 XL. About 20 hours into testing, while working on departure and accelerated stalls, Br...

28:02Jan 8, 2026

Episode 90: Exhaust Valve

Flight test engineer Joey Brown recounts a New Year’s Eve flight in his Cessna 150 with his wife, when their trip is interrupted by violent...

45:02Dec 16, 2025

Episode 89: Gear-Up Landing

Tony Williams and Ben Taylor prepare to ferry a Cessna 401 that’s been resurrected after almost 25 years in storage. Despite meticulous plan...

46:57Nov 18, 2025

Episode 88: Bouncing on Empty

During a mountain flying trip in a Cessna 172, Doug Tilghman and two companions become dangerously close to fuel exhaustion.

32:55Oct 14, 2025

Episode 87: Safety Pilot

Bob Thomason recounts a tense IMC approach as safety pilot for a friend facing a cancer diagnosis. When his friend panics and fights the aut...

35:14Sep 16, 2025

Episode 86: Engine Failure Over New Mexico

Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Justin Lillie shares the story of an engine failure in his Mooney during an IFR cross-country flight wi...

41:00Aug 12, 2025

Episode 85: Three Greens

Mark Sellers shares the story of a nighttime overwater flight in his Bellanca Viking where a landing gear issue arose during approach.

42:46Jul 15, 2025

Episode 84: Missing Prop

Mel Rushton recounts a harrowing nighttime IFR flight when the propeller of his Piper Comanche separated mid-flight over Florida.

37:00Jun 17, 2025

Episode 83: Stuck Controls

While departing Tampa Executive Airport in his Thorp S-18, Mujahid Abdulrahim finds himself dealing with severely limited motion in his cont...

56:28May 13, 2025

Episode 82: Icing in a Baron

Scott Wright shares the story of a flight he made as a corporate pilot in a B58 Baron with five passengers, during which he had an encounter...

34:20Apr 15, 2025

Episode 81: Hard Landing

Erick Mahle tells the story of a night flight in his flying club’s Bonanza with his family on board that included a memorable landing and so...

37:41Mar 18, 2025

Episode 80: A Clever Workaround

While flying in his 1966 Cessna 150F over Arizona, Chris Smith and his father must resort to some creative thinking to breathe life into a s...

26:59Feb 18, 2025

Episode 79: Lost Comms

As a newly minted private pilot, Sara Gagné takes her mother on a sunset flight around the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Not expecting any advers...

32:29Jan 14, 2025

Episode 78: "What's That Sound?"

Peter Danzig hears a disturbing banging sound while flying his Bonanza A36 near Paso Robles, CA, and decides to make a precautionary landing...

51:07Dec 17, 2024

Episode 77: Cow Pasture Landing

While flying in his Piper Saratoga over the Mark Twain National Forest en route to Northeast Arkansas, Brent Reddick notices a subtle but di...

51:53Nov 26, 2024

Episode 76: Eerie Encounter

GA pilot Claudia Gibson recalls a flight on a late October night in Indiana, during her student pilot days. While on an extensive night trai...

30:33Oct 22, 2024

Episode 75: Landing Gear Failure

While shooting an IFR practice approach in his Twin Comanche, retired Air Canada pilot Marc Arsenault loses electrical power to his landing...

47:21Sep 17, 2024

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