Safety Pilot Article Index - by date
Find all of Bruce Landsberg's “Safety Pilot” articles published in AOPA Pilot in chronological order from 1993 to date. Also view “Safety Pilot” articles sorted by subject.
2012
January: Safety Pilot Aging gracefully, flying safely
February: Safety Pilot Spin cycle
March: Safety Pilot Gas pains
April: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Calm in chaos This captain and FO had time--but didn't take it
May: Safety Pilot Backwards!
June: Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents: Three strikes The last misstep slapped this Bonanza pilot
July: Safety Pilot: Transitions Moving from model to model
August: Safety Pilot: Alpha (again) Stubbornly sticking to the airspeed indicator
September: Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Pointing fingers Inadequate training or inadequate decision making?
October: Safety Pilot: Missed approach mishap Lack of real-world IFR experience?
November: Safety Pilot: An airline of one What's the best you can offer?
December: Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Not so easy Modification-induced accident claims singer's life
2011
January: Safety Pilot: Math myths
February: Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents Into thin air, a pilot unknowingly takes his last breath
March: Safety Pilot: A new dawn?
April: Safety Pilot How much data should we collect?
May: Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents A foregone conclusion - Should this pilot have been flying?
June: Safety Pilot: Flying to standards
July: Safety Pilot: In-cockpit weather
September: Safety Pilot Bitten by sound bites
October: Safety Pilot: Let's take an excursion!
November: Safety Pilot: You can’t take it with you
December: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Owatonna overshoot A less-than-complete before-landing check
2010
January: Safety Pilot: Passive safety
February: Safety Pilot: Zodiac CH 601 XL: An aircraft under scrutiny
March: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Attitude or altitude? Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
April: Safety Pilot: Pattern police
May: Safety Pilot: A personal and systemic failure
June: Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: I think we’re alone now Two aircraft collide on intersecting runways
July: Safety Pilot: Flight risk evaluator
August: Safety Pilot: Revised flight plan
September: Safety Pilot: A deadly invincibility Tragedy in Oregon claims vacationers
October: Safety Pilot: Balance of power
November: Safety Pilot: Non sequiturs in the politics of safety
December: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Overloaded, unbalanced, unable A winter wallop that a pilot ignored
2009
January: Safety Pilot: Mission Mindset
February: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: The day the music died The Buddy Holly crash—50 years later
February: Landsberg named president of Air Safety Foundation
March: Safety Pilot: Weather windows
April: Safety Pilot: You be the judge
May: Safety Pilot: Something's burning Did NASCAR follow safety precautions?
June: Safety Pilot: No one wins
July: Safety Pilot: Wish List II
August: Safety Pilot: Too close for comfort Thunderstorms claim a Piper Comanche
September: Safety Pilot: Truth in performance
October: Safety Pilot: Mapping the mind
November: Safety Pilot: Student again
December: Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents Comfortable and complacent: A dark night, high terrain, and a climbing skyline
2008
January: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Snowy, Foggy, and Overloaded Two pilots make all the wrong decisions—and pay heavily for it
February: Safety Pilot: Island time
March: Safety Pilot: Deja vu: 50 years of mishaps
April: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Always Another Dawn A. Scott Crossfield offers his last lesson
May: Safety Pilot: Report from the runways
June: Safety Pilot: The apprentice
July: Safety Pilot: Air traffic saviors
August: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Jet Transition Troubles Thurman Munson tried to play the game his way
September: Safety Pilot: Safety envelope
October: Safety Pilot: Weather wolves II
November: Safety Pilot: The sky is not falling, but...
December: Safety Pilot: Overrun! Landmark Accidents: Southwest slides off the runway
2007
January: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: An Inconvenient Departure You can't move a mountain
February: Overhauling Part 61 Safety Pilot
March: Pattern elan Safety Pilot
April: Landmark Accidents: Three Strikes Making the wrong choices knocks the pilot out
May: Take it off Safety Pilot
June: Just the facts, ma'am Safety Pilot
July: What was he thinking? Safety Pilot
August: TAA safety Safety Pilot
September: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Into the Abyss
Why black hole approaches have bad reputations
October: Safety Pilot: Light sport design
November: Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Ice Crisis Never let your guard down
November: 'Live' safety seminars at your fingertips
December: Safety Pilot: What makes an aircraft old
2006
January: Cape Cod caper
February: Do the right thing
March: Landmark Accidents: Dark and Stormy Night
April: Making gumbo
May: Tired?
June: Landmark Accidents: Working a Hole A Cessna gets knocked around in a Florida thunderstorm
July: Bold steps
August: Human nature vs. hardware
September: Landmark Accidents: A Fix Too Far Too much information confuses a flight crew
October: Autopilot supermen
November: Wrong runway
December: Guilty before trial Safety Pilot
2005
January: Wrecked wreck
February: Staying in the loop
March: Not-so-happy landings
April: Landmark Accidents: Aspen Arrival A Gulfstream III and its overbearing passenger never make the runway
June: Safety Pilot: The Way to Fly Skill and judgment keep you safe in the air and on the ground
July: Landmark Accidents: Midlevel Mayhem A Malibu pilot ignores the weather warnings
August: The great airplane chainsaw massacre
September: Strictly business
October: Landmark Accidents: Radar Service Terminated A beautiful flying day in Florida claims four lives
November: There is no safety in politics
December: Landmark Accidents: Down and Locked A minor malfunction turns into a major accident — and the death of a U.S. senator
2004
January: Why VFR into IMC?
February: Cirrus safety
March: The driving fallacy
April: First-flight fiascos
June: GPS - going beyond 'Direct-To'
July: Terrain Avoidance Plan (TAP)
July: Beware the Dark Side
August: Going bump in the night
September: Practical standards
October: Landmark Accidents: Much More Than a Bad Day Basic skills could have saved a senator's life
November: Terrain Tactics: Going to Jackson
December: Weather forecast
2003
January: A boot in the posterior
February: Spinning In
March: In the mind's eye
April: Leading Edge Navy carrier operations combine training, skill, and dedicated hard work
May: Bugged
June: Too Close for Comfort A DC-9 has a close encounter of the scariest kind
July: Standard of training
August: A little too real
September: Delayed and distracted
October: Watch this!
November: Trust but verify
December: Old friends
2002
January: Virtual training, real safety
February: The 90-Percent Solution Avoiding spatial disorientation equals avoiding IMC
March: No trespassing!
April: Drilling hills
May: 'North Star Over My Shoulder'
June: Luck saves the day
July: Going to the show
August: Fogged on final
September: Loaded
October: An old idea
November: Ask ASF's database
December: Ups and downs
2001
January: Landmark Accidents: Collision Over Cerritos The accident that changed everything
February: Following the fronts
March: 2000 'Nall Report': Safety report card
April: Landmark Accidents: High-Terrain Tangle The lessons from Cali
May: Just say 'unable'
June: Landmark Accidents: Bowling Alley Blues Caught between a thunderstorm and a hard place
July: Formation fumbles
August: Dry-tank disasters
September: Driven to distraction
October: High-flight hazards
November: Putting an accident into perspective
December: Snow time
2000
January: Head to head
February: Learning from ourselves
March: Low-impact aerobatics
April: Road trip
May: A trip not taken
June: The sterile cockpit
July: When is an aircraft too old?
August: Landmark Accidents: Chain Reaction Collision on 30R at St. Louis
September: Landmark Accidents: Vineyard Spiral Low visibility contributes to JFK Jr.'s accident
October: My brother's keeper
November: Pilot disorientation
December: Simpler is safer
1999
January: Cold Realities
February: VFR to IFR transitioning
March: What's new in aircraft safety?
April: Don't get LAHSOed
May: Safety, then and now
June: Landmark Accident: Thunder at JFK
July: Pilot/controller responsibilities
August: Technology intelligence
September: Fast-forming fog
October: Making the choice
November: Ice on the approach
December: The "1999 Nall Report"
1998
January: Runway Incursions A perfect example of the accident chain
February: Shortcut to disaster
March: Too windy?
April: Computer culture clash?
May: Boozin' and cruisin'
June: Landmark Accidents: Cleared for the Approach One accident led to many changes
July: Pattern personalities
August: Deadly Surprise Thunderstorms require a wide berth
September: Of forecasts and pireps
October: Wake Turbulence: Should You Worry? This invisible hazard continues to threaten light aircraft
November: The safety equation
December: The 1998 Nall Report
1997
January: Ground encounters
February: Tomahawk Controversy
February: Tomahawk Safety Review
March: Case study method
April: The great debate
May: Decisions That Matter A rushed departure proved to be a costly mistake
June: Learning about boomers
July: Meet the PCATD
August: Prospecting for oil
September: Times of transition
October: The airline mentality
November: Piper Comanche Safety Review
December: Collision at Quincy A perfect example of the accident chain
1996
January: Keep it simple
February: Flight training devices
March: Too little, too late
April: Dumb and dumber
June: A question of age or judgment
July: The weather accident picture
August: IFR into VMC
September: Going, going, going around
October: Drop in anytime
November: Most dangerous game
December: Home for the holidays
1995
January: Ice folklore
February: Real world
March: Frontal assault
April: Radio pros and clods
June: Blown Away With thunderstorms, a minute or two can make a huge difference
July: Baron Safety Review
August: Stop, look, and listen
September: Datalink days
October: Mooney Safety Review
November: Weather wolves
December: Cessna 172 Safety Review
1994
January: Open-door policy
February: Bonanza Safety Review
March: Sight unseen
May: No second chances
June: Slow hands
July: Make up your mind--quickly
August: The angle's the thing
September: Too heavy, too hot
October: PA-28 Safety Review
November: Management by objective
December: Uneasy riders
1993
January: Please remain seated
February: Avgas: Good to the last drop
March: Is that all there is?
April: The year that was
May: Weather robots
June: A miss is as good as a mile
July: Blowin' in the wind
August: Cessna 182--star safety performer
September: Fat, dumb and happy
October: The doctor is in
November: Who's in charge?
December: Great news for flight instructors
1992
December: Flap distraction
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