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Aviation Audio Clips / Wind gust blows a GA8 off the runway after landing at PANC

« Last post by KB4TEZ on December 09, 2025, 17:27:08 UTC »

(just a normal day at Ted Stevens, and then the wind, and then it gets interesting.  ATC pretty cool )

Date:   Monday 8 December 2025
Time:   c. 12:55 LT
Type:   Silhouette image of generic GA8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different   
GippsAero GA8 Airvan
Owner/operator:   Grant Aviation Inc
Registration:   N680GV
MSN:   GA8-03-036
Fatalities:   Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:   0
Aircraft damage:   Unknown
Location:   Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC), Anchorage, AK -    United States of America
Phase:   Landing
Nature:   Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:   Soldotna Airport, AK (SXQ/PASX)
Destination airport:   Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC)
Confidence Rating:    Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A GippsAero GA8 Airvan, N680GV, encountered a gust of wind upon landing on runway 33 and was blown off the runway, incurring a propeller strike. No injuries.

At the time, winds were from 030° at 27 knots, gusting 48 knots. The calculated crosswind component was ~41 knots.

Weather:
METAR PANC 082053Z 03023G39KT 10SM CLR M06/M21 A2947 RMK AO2 PK WND 04039/2052 SLP982 T10611206 51012
METAR PANC 082153Z 03027G48KT 10SM CLR M06/M20 A2948 RMK AO2 PK WND 04048/2147 SLP986 T10561200 <<<
Sources:

FAA ASIAS
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N680GV
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N680GV/history/20251208/2104Z/PASX/PANC
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a903e1&lat=61.173&lon=-150.000&zoom=14.9&showTrace=2025-12-08&leg=1&trackLabels

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Aviation Audio Clips / UA5344 Control issues after departure returns to KORD

« Last post by KB4TEZ on December 09, 2025, 12:04:56 UTC »

(once landed, no clear audio, glad all are safe)

Date:   Monday 8 December 2025
Time:   c. 17:45 UTC
Type:   Silhouette image of generic CRJ2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different   
Bombardier CRJ-200LR
Owner/operator:   United Express, opb. SkyWest Airlines
Registration:   N963SW
MSN:   7865
Year of manufacture:   2003
Engine model:   GE CF34-3B1
Fatalities:   Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:   0
Aircraft damage:   None
Location:   near Chicago, IL -    United States of America
Phase:   Initial climb
Nature:   Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:   Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD)
Destination airport:   Saginaw-Tri City Airport, MI (MBS/KMBS)
Confidence Rating:    Little or no information is available
Narrative:
United flight UA5344, a Bombardier CRJ-200LR, reportedly experienced flight control issues after takeoff from ORD.
The flight returned to ORD and landed safely, 13 minutes after takeoff.

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Listener Forum / Re: CYWG Status

« Last post by drose12 on December 07, 2025, 23:38:00 UTC »

I have 6 SDRs for ATC audio and one doing ADSB.  To be honest, what I was trying / playing around with is multichannel mode with rtlsdrairband where I could put something like clearance and ground on one stream  (clearance in the left ear, and ground on the right ear) ... in my current scan mode, often I miss part of the conversation because with the pause in conversations between ATC and the pilot the SDR will move on to scanning again and miss the transmission or it locks in on another frequency and you miss it.  The thought here is that generally speaking in Winnipeg there isnt often a lot of  clearance, ground and tower all transmitting at the same time, and it kinda naturally flows through that position workflow.   So my thought was  clearance / ground on one stream,  then  ground / tower on another stream and maybe tower / departure on the  last ...  I've been experimenting with the "mixers" on rtlsdrairband and while it "works" the audio has echo even though I am setting them to full LEFT or full RIGHT on the stereo, and I can also see that both channels are moving in the audio bars visual in your audio player, so its almost like its not really doing what I expect anyhow.  But maybe what would be cooler (but kinda much more complicated)  is to  have a "mixer app" that can take multiple single ATC position streams and do the mixing of those outside of the rtlsdrairband  and then actually you could mix multiple airports!  But that is way advanced for what I'm trying right now, I can claude code that in another project I suppose.   From what I've found so far is there might actually be a bug in the mixer code for rtlsdrairband or I'm configuring it wrong. I'll keep testing configurations and see if I can get it working otherwise the scan mode does work fine.

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Listener Forum / Re: CYWG Status

« Last post by RonR on December 07, 2025, 22:25:47 UTC »

Just some food for thought... it would be possible to set up individual separate streams for each of the frequencies in your current CYWG feeds using just three SDRs (assuming, of course, that's what you're trying to do).  Not sure how many SDRs you're already using; just wanted to throw that out there

Ron

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Listener Forum / CYWG Status

« Last post by drose12 on December 07, 2025, 15:01:03 UTC »

Anyone who listens regularly I'm making some changes as I have just installed a Stridsberg Multicoupler and I need to adjust and test the various gain and squelch settings which of course requires restarts of the rtlsdrairband software.  I will also be experimenting with moving from a scan mode to using mixers and hoping to remove some of the "lost" parts of conversations when the scan mode engages. Also adding even more Nooelec SDRs as well. Thanks for your understanding.

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Listener Forum / Open to sponsoring feed equipment in Switzerland

« Last post by zurichsfobased on December 07, 2025, 13:29:10 UTC »

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to state in case there is anyone in Switzerland near an unlisted airport aerodrome I would be able to get an antenna, SDR, airbandfilter, rasperrypi, SSD card to you for broadcasting within a week. I am currently on a Switzerland live ATC set up binge , we were able to get LSGK up and running yesterday (though it still needs some tuning)

Please write here or send me a message if interested.

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Aviation Audio Clips / Re: KDCA 12/6/25 2020Z - Air Defense Scramble for Piper Cherokee in the SFRA

« Last post by baldiedc on December 07, 2025, 05:10:52 UTC »

tracking pics...

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Aviation Audio Clips / KDCA 12/6/25 2020Z - Air Defense Scramble for Piper Cherokee in the SFRA

« Last post by baldiedc on December 07, 2025, 05:04:11 UTC »

Saturday 12/6/25 ~20:20Z / 3:20pm...

Piper Cherokee c/s N9965W departs Frederick Municipal Airport ~20:12Z headed to Montgomery Country Airpark in Gaithersburg MD, entering the Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) squawking VFR and not in communication with Potomac Approach [N9965W had approval from KFDK tower for frequency change at 20:16Z but unclear from the KFDK feed which frequency was communicated].

Attempts by Potomac (BWI Final & BELAY) to contact N9965W start at 20:19Z including relay of comms via another plane in the area, N369PP, on both Potomac (BELAY 125.525) and Gaithersburg CTAF (KGAI 123.075).  N9965W joined CTAF at 20:24Z, N369PP went back to CTAF and was able to relay the frequency; N9965W made contact with Potomac 125.525 at 20:27Z, notified of possible pilot deviation and given number to call, then returned to CTAF to land at Gaithersburg.

Meanwhile, USCG MH-65 c/s Blackjack-1 scrambled from DCA at 20:26Z, departing to the West and North up to 3k ft; breaking off around Bethesda around 20:31Z, circling the area until being stood down at 20:32Z and returning to DCA via Chain Bridge route at 20:40Z.

Approach relatively quiet - AS4 and AAL3014 on final Approach to DCA had approach clearances cancelled round 20:27Z with brief delay vectors before being cleared back for approach around 20:32Z.  JIA5627 and AAL2497 further out were delayed.  Departures were also halted during the scramble based on flight tracking but full Tower audio not available. 

Multiple users on Reddit reported a low level jet in the area of Rockville/Olney from 20:20-20:30Z ("Flew past at least twice in the Aspen Hill area") - though I could not find any radar track or ATC comms related to this, but given timing and location this was presumably part of the response to the SFRA violation.

Attached clip combo of KFDK Twr, KBWI Final, KBWI BELAY, KGAI CTAF, KDCA Heli, KDCA Tower/Approach; from 2011Z - 2035Z timeframe, edited for time and content, not realtime etc.

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Listener Forum / Re: KDCA feed status

« Last post by baldiedc on December 06, 2025, 02:11:18 UTC »

awesome, thanks Dave

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Listener Forum / Re: KDCA feed status

« Last post by dave on December 06, 2025, 02:05:36 UTC »

Failed power supply. Hope to have the gear back online Monday or Tuesday night. A replacement is en route.