Summary
The TSB said the maintenance engineer, who had 15 years' experience and joined Northway about two months before the incident, set the magnetos wrong because he couldn't see the indented spot marked with red paint that shows where they should be set.
"It was a series of coincidences," the TSB's Peter Hildebrand said Wednesday. "We're certainly grateful to see the pilot made a safe landing on the highway.""When I was watching the Gimli Glider coming in, I was 11 and it wasn't fear," [Kerry Seabrook] told the Free Press last August.See the full content of this document
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Eyesight Defect Forced Landing
Engineer set magnetos wrong; Cessna touched down on highway
It's not black and white, but not seeing red and green was one of the reasons a passenger plane was fo...See the full content of this document
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