Nate you are very lucky, I had some friends (one was a CFII) who were killed in a Piper Warrior while in the vicinity of a thunderstorm, cruising at 2000ft. The NTSB report was rather vague, but it cited the likely cause as a microburst. Regards, Bob built/flying RV-6 _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist