General Aviation Accident & Pilot Safety

Ask any pilot, safety is top priority when it comes to flying. General aviation accident prevention is the focus of our NTSB Debriefer. Learn keys to being a safe pilot with the articles below.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Air Race Accidents Safety in air racing depends on the airplane as well as the pilot The death toll quickly rose to 11, including the pilot with about 70 injured.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Fire In Front In a fire scenario, aircraft control can be lost at any moment According to a search of NTSB data, in 2010, there were only four general aviation fixed-wing accidents investigated that involved in-flight engine compartment fires.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Fuel Imbalance Wing heaviness may be a minor annoyance or a genuine threat to safety Most pilots know what it feels like when an airplane is wing heavy because there's more fuel on one side than the other.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 The Ted Stevens Accident It looks as if we’ll never know exactly what happened The NTSB says cockpit recorders might have helped shed better light on exactly what happened in the accident in which former U.S.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Broken Brakes There are times when the risk of not stopping should stop you from going Not too long ago, I was looking forward to an hour or so of poking holes in the sky in a Piper Cherokee 180.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Accepting A Bad Situation It’s better to accept a poor outcome than to create a disastrous one While a pilot needs to evaluate the consequences of making any decision, he or she needs to know that revising a decision is likely to make a bad situation even worse.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Getting A Few Winks There was an outcry after a controller fell asleep, but concerns about tired controllers aren’t new Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt led the outcry of indignation when news broke that the lone controller on the overnight shift at Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington had fallen asleep

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 How Tight Is Tight? Even if you’re really thorough, you can’t always tell during preflight whether something is coming apart Prominent on its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements for 2011 is an assessment by the NTSB that the FAA needs to speed up improvements to procedures and equipment in order to help eliminate runway incursions.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Adding Air Bags And Harnesses In The Air We take air bags and shoulder harnesses for granted on the ground Prominent on its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements for 2011 is an assessment by the NTSB that the FAA needs to speed up improvements to procedures and equipment in order to help eliminate runway incursions.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Close Calls On The Runways Having a clearance doesn’t always guarantee that you’re clear Prominent on its list of Most Wanted Safety Improvements for 2011 is an assessment by the NTSB that the FAA needs to speed up improvements to procedures and equipment in order to help eliminate runway incursions.

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