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On December 23, 2021, when Morgan Farmer and Jake Zakrzewski plugged in to train on their first session of the day at Denver Center (ZDV), they were greeted with reports of severe icing and severe turbulence. Shortly after plugging in, N340J checked on. Zakrzewski and Farmer immediately noticed that he was having trouble maintaining altitude. They later determined that N340JS encountered severe icing, was unable to maintain altitude and descended below the Minimum IFR Altitude (MIA). Though the pilot never declared an emergency, the training team treated the situation as such, and was able to lead him to a safe landing.
Read the full story of this save, for which Northwest Mountain Regional Vice President Alex Navarro III presented Zakrzewski and Farmer with the 2022 Archie League Medal of Safety Award for the Northwest Mountain Region at #NATCACFS.
www.natca.org/northwest-mountain-region-morgan-farmer-jak...
On the chilly desert evening of February 15, 2022, NATCA members Matt Cox, Eric Joe and the training team of Dan Hauptman and Colby Alford were having a routine shift at Las Vegas TRACON (L30), when N77FH, a Beech Bonanza (BE35), checked in VFR, and stated that he needed assistance. Not being IFR certified, N77FH soon encountered IFR conditions, lost control of the aircraft and became inverted, regained control, lost engine power, restarted the engine, regained control, and finally navigated on course to land safely — all thanks to the help of the L30 controllers.
Read the full story of this save, for which Western Pacific Regional Vice President Joel Ortiz presented these controllers with the 2022 Archie League Medal of Safety Award for the Western Pacific Region at #NATCACFS.
www.natca.org/2022/09/07/western-pacific-region-colby-alf...