Safety Pilot Article Index - by subject

Find all of Bruce Landsberg's “Safety Pilot” articles published in AOPA Pilot sorted by subject. Also view “Safety Pilot” articles sorted by date of publication.

Accident Statistics and Analysis
Aircraft Specific Information
Airport Operations
Airspace and ATC
Collision Avoidance
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)
Fuel Awareness
GPS, WAAS, and ADS-B Technology
Instrument Flying
Mountain Flying
Mechanical and Maintenance
Night Flying
Physiology
Training
Weather
Landmark Accidents

Accident Statistics and Analysis

April 2013
Safety Pilot: Guide for the future Introducing AOPA's field guides to flight training

March 2013
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: When nothing makes sense Historic loss of Air France 447

February 2013
Safety Pilot: Join the club The benefits of flying together

January 2013
Safety Pilot: Curb their enthusiasm Judgment errors, youthful exuberance give GA a bad mark

December 2012
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Not so easy Modification-induced accident claims singer's life

November 2012
Safety Pilot: An airline of one What's the best you can offer?

October 2012
Safety Pilot: Missed approach mishap Lack of real-world IFR experience?

September 2012
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Pointing fingers Inadequate training or inadequate decision making?

August 2012
Safety Pilot: Alpha (again) Stubbornly sticking to the airspeed indicator

July 2012
Safety Pilot: Transitions Moving from model to model

June 2012
Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents: Three strikes The last misstep slapped this Bonanza pilot

May 2012
Safety Pilot Backwards!

April 2012
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Calm in chaos This captain and FO had time--but didn't take it

March 2012
Safety Pilot Gas pains

February 2012
Safety Pilot Spin cycle

January 2012
Safety Pilot Aging gracefully, flying safely

December 2011
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Owatonna overshoot A less-than-complete before-landing check

November 2011
Safety Pilot: You can’t take it with you

October 2011
Safety Pilot: Let's take an excursion!

September 2011
Safety Pilot Bitten by sound bites

July 2011
Safety Pilot: In-cockpit weather

June 2011
Safety Pilot: Flying to standards

May 2011
Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents A foregone conclusion - Should this pilot have been flying?

April 2011
Safety Pilot How much data should we collect?

March 2011
Safety Pilot: A new dawn?

February 2011
Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents Into thin air, a pilot unknowingly takes his last breath

January 2011
Safety Pilot: Math myths

December 2010
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Overloaded, unbalanced, unable A winter wallop that a pilot ignored

November 2010
Safety Pilot: Non sequiturs in the politics of safety

October 2010
Safety Pilot: Balance of power

September 2010
Safety Pilot: A deadly invincibility Tragedy in Oregon claims vacationers

August 2010
Safety Pilot: Revised flight plan

July 2010
Safety Pilot: Flight risk evaluator

June 2010
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: I think we’re alone now Two aircraft collide on intersecting runways

May 2010
Safety Pilot: A personal and systemic failure

April 2010
Safety Pilot: Pattern police

March 2010
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Attitude or altitude? Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

February 2010
Safety Pilot: Zodiac CH 601 XL: An aircraft under scrutiny

January 2010
Safety Pilot: Passive safety

December 2009
Safety Pilot: Landmark Accidents Comfortable and complacent: A dark night, high terrain, and a climbing skyline

November 2009
Safety Pilot: Student again

October 2009
Safety Pilot: Mapping the mind

September 2009
Safety Pilot: Truth in performance

August 2009
Safety Pilot: Too close for comfort Thunderstorms claim a Piper Comanche

July 2009
Safety Pilot: Wish List II

June 2009
Safety Pilot: No one wins

May 2009
Safety Pilot: Something's burning Did NASCAR follow safety precautions?

April 2009
Safety Pilot: You be the judge

March 2009
Safety Pilot: Weather windows

February 2009
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: The day the music died The Buddy Holly crash—50 years later

January 2009
Safety Pilot: Mission Mindset

December 2008
Safety Pilot: Overrun! Landmark Accidents: Southwest slides off the runway

November 2008
Safety Pilot: The sky is not falling, but...

October 2008
Safety Pilot: Weather wolves II

September 2008
Safety Pilot: Safety envelope

August 2008
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Jet Transition Troubles Thurman Munson tried to play the game his way

July 2008
Safety Pilot: Air traffic saviors

June 2008
Safety Pilot: The apprentice

May 2008
Safety Pilot: Report from the runways

April 2008
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Always Another Dawn A. Scott Crossfield offers his last lesson

March 2008
Safety Pilot: Deja vu: 50 years of mishaps

February 2008
Safety Pilot: Island time

January 2008
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Snowy, Foggy, and Overloaded Two pilots make all the wrong decisions—and pay heavily for it

December 2007
Safety Pilot: What makes an aircraft old

November 2007
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Ice Crisis Never let your guard down

October 2007
Safety Pilot: Light sport design

September 2007
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: Into the Abyss
Why black hole approaches have bad reputations

August 2007
TAA safety Safety Pilot

July 2007
What was he thinking? Safety Pilot

June 2007
Just the facts, ma'am Safety Pilot

May 2007
Take it off Safety Pilot

April 2007
Landmark Accidents: Three Strikes Making the wrong choices knocks the pilot out

March 2007
Pattern elan Safety Pilot

February 2007
Overhauling Part 61 Safety Pilot

January 2007
Safety Pilot Landmark Accidents: An Inconvenient Departure You can't move a mountain

December 2006
Guilty before trial Safety Pilot

November 2006
Wrong runway

October 2006
Autopilot supermen

September 2006
Landmark Accidents: A Fix Too Far Too much information confuses a flight crew

August 2006
Human nature vs. hardware

July 2006
Bold steps

June 2006
Landmark Accidents: Working a Hole A Cessna gets knocked around in a Florida thunderstorm

May 2006
Tired?

April 2006
Making gumbo

March 2006
Landmark Accidents: Dark and Stormy Night

February 2006
Do the right thing

January 2006
Cape Cod caper

December 2005
Landmark Accidents: Down and Locked A minor malfunction turns into a major accident — and the death of a U.S. senator

November 2005
There is no safety in politics

October 2005
Landmark Accidents: Radar Service Terminated A beautiful flying day in Florida claims four lives

September 2005
Strictly business

August 2005
The great airplane chainsaw massacre

July 2005
Landmark Accidents: Midlevel Mayhem A Malibu pilot ignores the weather warnings

June 2005
Safety Pilot: The Way to Fly Skill and judgment keep you safe in the air and on the ground

May 2005
Death in the afternoon

April 2005
Landmark Accidents: Aspen Arrival A Gulfstream III and its overbearing passenger never make the runway

March 2005
Not-so-happy landings

February 2005
Staying in the loop

January 2005
Wrecked wreck

December 2004
Weather forecast

November 2004
Terrain Tactics: Going to Jackson

October 2004
Landmark Accidents: Much More Than a Bad Day Basic skills could have saved a senator's life

September 2004
Practical standards

August 2004
Going bump in the night

July 2004
Beware the Dark Side

July 2004
Terrain Avoidance Plan (TAP)

June 2004
GPS - going beyond 'Direct-To'

May 2004
Near misses with boomers

April 2004
First-flight fiascos

March 2004
The driving fallacy

February 2004
Cirrus safety

January 2004
Why VFR into IMC?

December 2003
Old friends

November 2003
Trust but verify

October 2003
Watch this!

September 2003
Delayed and distracted

August 2003
A little too real

July 2003
Standard of training

June 2003
Too Close for Comfort A DC-9 has a close encounter of the scariest kind

May 2003
Bugged

April 2003
Leading Edge Navy carrier operations combine training, skill, and dedicated hard work

March 2003
In the mind's eye

February 2003
Spinning In

January 2003
A boot in the posterior

December 2002
Ups and downs

November 2002
Ask ASF's database

October 2002
An old idea

September 2002
Loaded

August 2002
Fogged on final

July 2002
Going to the show

June 2002
Luck saves the day

May 2002
'North Star Over My Shoulder'

April 2002
Drilling hills

March 2002
No trespassing!

February 2002
The 90-Percent Solution Avoiding spatial disorientation equals avoiding IMC

January 2002
Virtual training, real safety

December 2001
Snow time

November 2001
Putting an accident into perspective

October 2001
High-flight hazards

September 2001
Driven to distraction

August 2001
Dry-tank disasters

July 2001
Formation fumbles

June 2001
Landmark Accidents: Bowling Alley Blues Caught between a thunderstorm and a hard place

May 2001
Just say 'unable'

April 2001
Landmark Accidents: High-Terrain Tangle The lessons from Cali

March 2001
2000 'Nall Report': Safety report card

February 2001
Following the fronts

January 2001
Landmark Accidents: Collision Over Cerritos The accident that changed everything

December 2000
Simpler is safer

November 2000
Pilot disorientation

October 2000
My brother's keeper

September 2000
Landmark Accidents: Vineyard Spiral Low visibility contributes to JFK Jr.'s accident

August 2000
Landmark Accidents: Chain Reaction Collision on 30R at St. Louis

July 2000
When is an aircraft too old?

June 2000
The sterile cockpit

May 2000
A trip not taken

April 2000
Road trip

March 2000
Low-impact aerobatics

February 2000
Learning from ourselves

January 2000
Head to head

December 1999
The "1999 Nall Report"

November 1999
Ice on the approach

October 1999
Making the choice

September 1999
Fast-forming fog

August 1999
Technology intelligence

July 1999
Pilot/controller responsibilities

June 1999
Landmark Accident: Thunder at JFK

May 1999
Safety, then and now

April 1999
Don't get LAHSOed

March 1999
What's new in aircraft safety?

February 1999
VFR to IFR transitioning

January 1999
Cold Realities

December 1998
The 1998 Nall Report

November 1998
The safety equation

October 1998
Wake Turbulence: Should You Worry? This invisible hazard continues to threaten light aircraft

September 1998
Of forecasts and pireps

August 1998
Deadly Surprise Thunderstorms require a wide berth

July 1998
Pattern personalities

June 1998
Landmark Accidents: Cleared for the Approach One accident led to many changes

May 1998
Boozin' and cruisin'

April 1998
Computer culture clash?

March 1998
Too windy?

February 1998
Shortcut to disaster

January 1998
Runway Incursions A perfect example of the accident chain

December 1997
Collision at Quincy A perfect example of the accident chain

November 1997
Piper Comanche Safety Review

October 1997
The airline mentality

September 1997
Times of transition

August 1997
Prospecting for oil

July 1997
Meet the PCATD

June 1997
Learning about boomers

May 1997
Decisions That Matter A rushed departure proved to be a costly mistake

April 1997
The great debate

March 1997
Case study method

February 1997
Tomahawk Controversy

February 1997
Tomahawk Safety Review

January 1997
Ground encounters

December 1996
Home for the holidays

November 1996
Most dangerous game

October 1996
Drop in anytime

September 1996
Going, going, going around

August 1996
IFR into VMC

July 1996
The weather accident picture

June 1996
A question of age or judgment

May 1996
The GPS learning curve

April 1996
Dumb and dumber

March 1996
Too little, too late

February 1996
Flight training devices

January 1996
Keep it simple

December 1995
Cessna 172 Safety Review

November 1995
Weather wolves

October 1995
Mooney Safety Review

September 1995
Datalink days

August 1995
Stop, look, and listen

July 1995
Baron Safety Review

June 1995
Blown Away With thunderstorms, a minute or two can make a huge difference

April 1995
Radio pros and clods

March 1995
Frontal assault

February 1995
Real world

January 1995
Ice folklore

December 1994
Uneasy riders

November 1994
Management by objective

October 1994
PA-28 Safety Review

September 1994
Too heavy, too hot

August 1994
The angle's the thing

July 1994
Make up your mind--quickly

June 1994
Slow hands

May 1994
No second chances

March 1994
Sight unseen

February 1994
Bonanza Safety Review

January 1994
Open-door policy

December 1993
Great news for flight instructors

November 1993
Who's in charge?

October 1993
The doctor is in

September 1993
Fat, dumb and happy

August 1993
Cessna 182--star safety performer

July 1993
Blowin' in the wind

June 1993
A miss is as good as a mile

May 1993
Weather robots

April 1993
The year that was

March 1993
Is that all there is?

February 1993
Avgas: Good to the last drop

January 1993
Please remain seated

December 1992
Flap distraction

Aircraft Specific Information