Are you hungry for a challenge? Maybe you fancy flying an airplane that’s bigger, faster, and sexier than the old trainer you’ve come to know so well. But making such a transition requires additional instruction to learn new and often more complex aircraft systems and operating procedures. Is transitioning difficult? Are complex aircraft complicated to fly? Find out with ASI’s “Transitioning to High-Performance/Complex Aircraft” quiz.
Then take a moment to test your skills with the quizmaster’s latest brainstorm—“Instrument Procedures: A Tale of Two ILSs,” which proves that shooting any old ILS to minimums is anything but straightforward at Southern Vermont Regional airport. Visit the website for additional brainteasers from “Cold Weather Ops” to “Taming a Twin” to “Aeromedical Matters” and more. Safety quizzes are made possible by AOPA Insurance Services.
ASI’s ‘Nall Report’ goes beyond the numbers
Twenty-third edition examines data from 2011
The Joseph T. Nall Report is the Air Safety Institute’s annual review of general aviation (GA) accidents—it is dedicated to the memory of Joe Nall, a National Transportation Safety Board member who died as a passenger in an airplane accident in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1989.
The twenty-third Nall Report offers detailed analysis of general aviation accidents during 2011, a year that in many ways looked a lot like 2010. The report classifies accidents by type of operation, flight condition, pilot certificate level, and aircraft class/category, and it includes graphs for a quick visual overview and a comprehensive analysis explaining them. In addition, you’ll find case studies that profile accidents involving fuel management, weather, takeoff, maneuvering, descent/approach, and landing. The detailed narratives describe the accident flights and conditions, the NTSB’s probable cause findings, and ASI’s comments. Many of the case studies share a common element: the willingness of the pilots involved to take passengers on flights that they knew, or certainly should have known, would test the limits of their capabilities.
Peruse the report for complete details and search ASI’s online accident database for additional information.
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