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On April 23, 2021, the skies over Oklahoma were riddled with areas of precipitation and low ceilings. At 4:51 p.m., N7108Q, a Cessna 172, executed a missed approach at Clinton Regional Airport (CLK) and requested another approach. Fort Worth Center (ZFW) member Kerri Fingerson (formerly Kerri Phillips, and currently at Boston Center, ZBW) was working the sector, and then the aircraft missed the approach again.
With only 50 minutes of fuel remaining the aircraft would be short on options if they failed the third approach, now with weather against them as well as time. ZFW member Megan Baird plugged in next to Fingerson, and together, their decisive action and clear communication became lifesaving.
Read the full story of this save, for which Southwest Regional Vice President Nick Daniels presented Fingerson and Baird with the 2022 Archie League Medal of Safety Award for the Southwest Region at #NATCACFS.
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