CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 8
CHECKLISTS, APPROACH PLATES, AND APPROACH BRIEFINGS
HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO SAFER FLYING.
Simply teaching effective arrival briefings
is useless unless students accept their
value. A few examples of what can go
wrong without them can help us make
our point:
- An expensive accident occurred when
flight service failed to brief a Cessna
310 pilot on a notam about trenches
across the runway;
- No one was injured, but a Cessna
172 pilot accepted a landing clearance
and landed on a runway ATIS said
was closed;
- Two fatalities resulted when a pilot
mistook parking lot lights for runway
lights and began descending six miles
too early, eventually hitting a ridgeline;
- Another pilot was killed when he
collided with a hazard beacon designed
to warn about a dark hill close to the
approach end of Runway 26 in Danbury,
Connecticut;
- The NTSB reports two costly mistakes
associated with pilot-controlled
lighting-in one case there wasn't any,
in the other the lights were notamed
out of service.
Military, airline, business, and private
aviation are safer because of several
contributing factors over the years,
including cultural changes, better
equipment, better weather forecasting,
and improved ATC services. In 1950,
for example, 776 Navy aircraft crashed,
but only 18 in 2001. There were 59
airline accidents in 1950 involving 1,059
casualties, but only 35 accidents involving
801 casualties in 2001. There were 4,505
general aviation accidents in 1950 when the
accident rate was 46.6 per 100,000 flight hours.
In 2001 there were 1,727 GA accidents, and the
accident rate was down to 6.79.
Checklists, approach plates, and approach
briefings have all contributed to safer flying.
Teach your students the procedures, show them
the facts, and especially discuss the situations
that illustrate the value of having your head
in the game. Facts make you think, but stories
change values, and values determine behavior.
Tom Harnish is an ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, CFIG
and former Navy flyer who actually managed to
make a living for 16 years hopping rides in 1920s
biplanes and 1940s warbirds. He has a cat named
Pratt and one named Whitney.
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Vol. 5, Issue 2
Arrival & Approach Briefings
Safety Seminar: Real World Weather
CFI Commentary: Talking to ATC
CFI Tips: Density Altitude - An Experiment
ASI Message: Landing Attitude
Real Pilot Story: Fire in the Cockpit
Safety Spotlight: Into the Unknown
ASI Online: In Review - Storm Week
Safety Quiz: Non-Precision Approach at CEC
CFI Tools: Passenger Safety Briefing
Chief's Corner: Flying is as Safe as You Make It
Pilot Safety Announcement: School Daze
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CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Arrival & Approach Briefings
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 4
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 5
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 6
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 7
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 8
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 9
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Safety Seminar: Real World Weather
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - CFI Commentary: Talking to ATC
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 12
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 13
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 14
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 15
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 16
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - CFI Tips: Density Altitude - An Experiment
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 18
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 19
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - ASI Message: Landing Attitude
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 21
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Real Pilot Story: Fire in the Cockpit
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 23
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Safety Spotlight: Into the Unknown
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 25
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 26
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 27
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - ASI Online: In Review - Storm Week
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 29
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Safety Quiz: Non-Precision Approach at CEC
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 31
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - CFI Tools: Passenger Safety Briefing
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Chief's Corner: Flying is as Safe as You Make It
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 34
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 35
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - 36
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 2 - Pilot Safety Announcement: School Daze
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