AOPA Air Safety Foundation
Fuel Awareness Pilot Safety Announcements (PSAs)
No pilot takes off intending to run out of fuel—and yet, in an average week, nearly three GA aircraft crash as a result of improper fuel management. That sad statistic provided the impetus for ASF’s new series of Pilot Safety Announcements (PSAs). Taking a cue from televised public service announcements, these short videos are meant to raise awareness of the problem among the many pilots who “know” it can’t happen to them.
After watching the videos, check out ASF’s fuel management resources (below) for tips on avoiding these highly preventable accidents.
“From an accident prevention perspective, fuel mismanagement is one of the most frustrating problems. The accidents are easy to avoid. The hard part is reaching the pilots who are most at risk, because they’re not the ones attending safety seminars or taking online courses. A new approach is needed to get pilots to stop and think about the issue. Airing some ‘dirty laundry’? Perhaps, but we think it’s more than justified by the lives, aircraft, and dollars we lose to this problem every year. ACCIDENTS do far more damage to GA’s reputation than educational efforts like this. It shows that, as a community, we are making a good faith effort to address the problem.”
—Bruce Landsberg, Executive Director, AOPA Air Safety Foundation
