AOPA Air Safety Foundation
Safety Topics
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation has compiled a list of its available material—ranging from publications to online courses—sorted by these topics:
For a complete overview of ASF's programs, please visit the home page
Accident Statistics and Analysis
- Safety Pilot Articles on Accident Statistics and Analysis
- ASF Accident Database
- Special Reports
- Technologically Advanced Aircraft Special Report
- General Aviation Accidents 10-Year Trends
- Stall/Spin Accidents
- Instructional Accidents
- Accident Statistics
- 2007 Nall Report
- Nall Report Archive
- Featured Accidents in ePilot
Aeronautical Decision Making
- Safety Advisor: Do the Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots
Aircraft Specific Information
- Safety Pilot Articles on Aircraft Specific Information
- Safety Highlights
- Cessna 182 Skylane
- Beechcraft Bonanza/Debonair
- Piper Cherokee and Arrow
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Airport Operations
- Safety Pilot Articles on Airport Operations
- Runway Safety
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Land and Hold Short (LAHSO)
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Runway Incursions
- Runway Incursion Analysis
- Online Course: Runway Safety
- Flashcards — Download the PowerPoint presentation or print PDF file
- Airport Taxi Diagrams
- Towered Airports
- Safety Advisor: Operations at Towered Airports
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Towered Airports
- Safety Hot Spot: Operations at Towered Airports
- Nontowered Airports
- Safety Advisor: Operations at Nontowered Airports
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Operations at Nontowered Airports
- Safety Hot Spot: Operations at Nontowered Airports
- Wake Turbulence
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Wake Turbulence
- Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings
- Safety Advisor: Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings
Airspace and ATC
- Safety Pilot Articles on Airspace and ATC
- Airspace Flash Cards
- Safety Hot Spot: Critical Airspace
- Safety Advisor: Airspace for Everyone
- Safety Advisor: Lights-Out
- Online Course: Say Intentions
- Online Course: Know Before You Go
- Online Course: Mission Possible: Navigating Today's Special Use Airspace
- Online Minicourse: Visual Warning System for The Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone
- ADIZ interactive presentation (produced by AOPA)
- Intercept Procedures Card
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Pilot/Controller Responsibilities
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Airspace
Bird Hazards
- Instructor Report: Heard about the bird? Sharing the air
- Photos
- FAA Links
Collision Avoidance
- Safety Pilot Articles on Collision Avoidance
- Safety Advisor: Lights-Out
- Online Course: Mission Possible: Navigating Today's Special Use Airspace
- Safety Advisor: Collision Avoidance
Fuel Management
- Safety Pilot Articles on Fuel Management
- Safety Advisor: Fuel Awareness
- Safety Brief: Misfueling
GPS, WAAS, and ADS-B Technology
- Safety Pilot Articles on GPS, WAAS, and ADS-B Technology
- Safety Advisor: GPS Technology
- Online Minicourse: VFR GPS Guide: Garmin 430/530 Minicourse
- Online Course: GPS for VFR Operations
- GPS Manuals and Simulators
Instrument Flying
- Safety Pilot Articles on IFR Procedures and on IMC
- Single-Pilot IFR
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Single-Pilot IFR
- Safety Advisor: Single-Pilot IFR
- Live Safety Seminar: Single-Pilot IFR
- Online Course: Single-Pilot IFR
- Online Course: IFR Insights: Regulations
- Spatial Disorientation
- Safety Advisor: Spatial Disorientation
- Pilot's Weather Stories
Mechanical and Maintenance
- Safety Pilot Articles on Mechanical and Maintenance
- Online Course: Engine and Propeller
- Online Minicourse: Pneumatic Systems
- Safety Advisor: Propeller Safety
- Safety Brief: Pneumatic Systems
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Propeller Safety
Mountain Flying
- Safety Pilot Articles on Mountain Flying
- Mountain Flying Weather Resources
- Terrain Avoidance Plan (TAP)
- Safety Brief: Terrain Avoidance Plan
- Safety Advisor: Mountain Flying
- Online Course: Mountain Flying
Night Flying
- Safety Pilot Articles on Night Flying
- Articles from AOPA Pilot and Flight Training
- Terrain Avoidance Plan (TAP)
- Safety Hot Spot: Flying Night VFR
- Safety Brief: Terrain Avoidance Plan
- Safety Advisor: Spatial Disorientation
- Night VFR Accidents
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Obstruction Clearance
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Night Flying
- FAA Advisory Circular: Pilot's Spatial Disorientation
- Videos
- Re-creation of J.F. Kennedy JR Accident
High resolution | Low resolution - Night Takeoff in Mountainous Terrain
High resolution | Low resolution
- Re-creation of J.F. Kennedy JR Accident
- Safety Hot Spot: Night VFR
Physiology
- Safety Pilot Articles on Physiology
- Safety Advisor: Spatial Disorientation
- Online Course: Single Pilot IFR
Training
- Safety Pilot Articles on Flight Training
- Online Courses
- Mission: Possible—Navigating Today's Special Use Airspace
- Runway Safety
- Know Before You Go
- Say Intentions...When You Need ATC's Help
- SkySpotter
- IFR Insights: Regulations
- Single Pilot IFR
- ASF Safety Quizzes
- Safety Advisor: Instructor's Guide to the Pre-solo Written Test
Weather
- General
- Safety Pilot Articles on Weather
- Flight Planner Forms
- Weather Wise
- Safety Advisor: WeatherWise
- Weather Wise
- Weather Tactics
- Safety Brief: Cold Facts — Braking Action Reports
- Safety Advisor: ASOS
- Online Course: Skyspotter
- Cloud Chart
- Pilots Weather Stories
- Icing
- Safety Brief: Cold Facts — Wing Contamination
- Safety Advisor: Aircraft Deicing and Anti-Icing Equipment
- Safety Hot Spot: Winter Preflight
- ASF Safety Quiz: Wing Contamination
- Aircraft Icing
- ASF's Safety Quiz: Aircraft Icing
- Safety Advisor: Aircraft Icing
- Thunderstorms
- Safety Advisor: Thunderstorms and ATC
- Online Course: Weather Wise: Thunderstorms and ATC
- Pilot Stories: Thunderstorms
Updated April 8, 2009
