02-18-2026, 05:02 PM
Hi,
Yesterday I flew the RNAV GPS (Z) RW32 at KSBS, recreating an accident flight that was a recent topic of discussion.
The approach and transition loaded fine, and I proceeded to fly.
Everything went fine initially, and I started down after the FAF in coupled AP (LNAV+V).
Having experienced the exact situation the accident flight had, I disconnected the AP and made a terrain avoidance maneuver.
I flew the rest of the approach by hand, and landed.
Upon passing the MAP, the GTN correctly detected this and asked me what to do, presenting two options. I ignored it and landed.
After stopping on the runway, I pressed the button to UNSUSP the approach. At this moment, the GTN froze, then started to stutter badly and run very slowly. All screen inputs were delayed by 5 seconds.
I tried to clear the flight plan but this just resulted in the waypoint names being deleted. I still had a flightplan but it was full of dashes (--------) for all data.
Unable to do anything with it, I ended up quitting the sim and restarting.
SEPERATE QUESTION: does the GTN drive the glideslope indicator?
Yesterday I flew the RNAV GPS (Z) RW32 at KSBS, recreating an accident flight that was a recent topic of discussion.
The approach and transition loaded fine, and I proceeded to fly.
Everything went fine initially, and I started down after the FAF in coupled AP (LNAV+V).
Having experienced the exact situation the accident flight had, I disconnected the AP and made a terrain avoidance maneuver.
I flew the rest of the approach by hand, and landed.
Upon passing the MAP, the GTN correctly detected this and asked me what to do, presenting two options. I ignored it and landed.
After stopping on the runway, I pressed the button to UNSUSP the approach. At this moment, the GTN froze, then started to stutter badly and run very slowly. All screen inputs were delayed by 5 seconds.
I tried to clear the flight plan but this just resulted in the waypoint names being deleted. I still had a flightplan but it was full of dashes (--------) for all data.
Unable to do anything with it, I ended up quitting the sim and restarting.
SEPERATE QUESTION: does the GTN drive the glideslope indicator?