A Colorado pilot on a VFR mountain cross-country has few options when encountering a wall of clouds. Oxygen might be a good idea!

A Cherokee pilot is cautioned to not to try to scare his passenger, only to find out how scary an engine failure is for all aboard. It's clench time!

A ski landing on the Alaskan ice succeeds ... by inches.

A hurried takeoff induces an Arrow pilot to miss a fundamental engine control.

A Bonanza pilot suffers a catastrophic engine failure but lands safely using a synthetic vision system.

Hot weather, an overloaded airplane, and bad advice create a dangerous chain of events. Be glad you're on the ground!

In the chaos of a forest fire, a reconnaissance pilot forgets rule one: fly the plane.

When the alternator fails, the battery is supposed to be good for 30 minutes. But when it quits after only 18, how do you get the gear down?

A dual alternator failure in IFR, at night, on a twin just out of annual - what could possibly go wrong? Have your flashlight and raincoat handy and climb into the right seat.

The possibility of landing at night in the country's biggest swamp motivates a Cherokee to fly an engine-out approach very carefully.