They survived, thanks to cell phones, but didn't see the mountain at all.Since I've been pushing "moving maps" for about 12 years or so, I really believe in them, whether panel or hand-held. Another tried to follow the freeway to clear wheather but made a wrong turn into a blind canyon and an IFR student & instructor flying in complete darkness hit a mountain peak before activating their flight plan.
And in one case last year, the pilot was actually on an IFR plan, and had cancelled to fly to the local airport, but mistakingly turned towards rising terrain.
Far too many pilots fly into rising terrain around here, when sudden IMC (whiteouts) occur, especially in darkness. to make myself look smarter than I am at least to the casual observer! :)But, one thing about it these new moving maps greatly add to the "instant" situational awareness when urgently required. I double check yet again that I have set the target altitude of 3600 feet, that AP is on, and FLC is on.But I wonder if some of us who learned on steam>gauges may find ourselves missing those challenging days at>some point.Possibly!!!Besides, I crammed all those steam gauges into my plane. I wait for another 30 seconds and I’m not climbing and the altitude is staying at 3000 feet. The vertical speed indicator will briefly go up a little and I see a climb rate of 100 feet per minute or so, and then it just drops back to the neutral position and I don’t see a climb or descent rate. Except this time, it won’t climb with FLC set to “On.” I have double checked and the AP button is still clicked and the G1000 is still in AP mode (it says AP in green). Once it is set to 3600 feet, I then click the FLC button to turn it to “On.” I am still set to full throttle in the Cessna 172. So using the altitude knob on the bottom left, I set it to 3600 feet. Then, ATC tells me I have to climb further to 3600 feet and to expedite my climb. The Cessna 172 climbs and eventually levels out at 3000 feet.
Then I click the FLC button to turn it to “On” and then I click the AP button. So using the altitude knob on the bottom left, I have set the altitude to 3000 feet. Either FLC is really buggy or I’m not using it right.
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