Dog Chases Plane Down Runway: Student Pilot’s Split-Second Decision Ends in Crash | NTSB Case Study
**The Canine Interruption** The small Piper J3C, a classic tailwheel aircraft, rumbled down the grass runway, gaining speed. It was a crisp November afternoon in Waldoboro, Maine, 1994. Harry Bickford, a student pilot with 110 hours in his logbook, was at the controls, preparing for what should have been a routine local flight. But as […]
