February 22, 1998 York, PA Cessna 172P 1 FATAL The airplane was on final approach to a runway…
Past ASRS research has documented that the “hurry-up syndrome” ? any situation in which pilot performance is degraded…
Many small airplanes have impulse magnetos installed which use sensitive spring-loaded coupling to produce a series of sudden…
A number of gear-up landings reported to ASRS by pilots of experimental aircraft involve a mechanical or electrical…
It’s that spring-wonderful season of the year when pilots brush the cobwebs off their flying skills and airplanes…
Both pilots and controllers are educated to recognize the effects of oxygen deprivation and hypoxia. This training can…
A general aviation pilot rushed to make a VIFNO (Void If Not Off by) departure time for an…
A general aviation pilot recently supplied ASRS with a compelling tale of “wrong way” ground navigation: I had…
The following report, submitted to ASRS by a B-727 Captain discusses an incident in which established procedures still…
The FAA and many pilot organizations have given much attention in recent months to prevention of runway incursions…
Couples who share flying experiences face special challenges in learning to work and communicate as a team. This…
I was honored to be invited by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism for the 2010 Gateway Fixed Base…
Everyone at Toledo’s Suburban Airport knows Mildred Benson. She learned to fly there, back when it was called…
For many young aviators making the leap (of faith?) into professional aviation, it comes as a shock that…
I took my first lesson on October 31, 1983 after seeing The Right Stuff. My next three lessons…
“You are up there with your friends. You might be the last one out and you make that…
On August 7, Paul Olson from the Dayton Flight Service Station spoke to the Sidney (Ohio) Pilots Association…
The transition from student pilot to certificated pilot commences with the designated examiner handing you a temporary certificate…
What is the culture of aviation? In what ways do pilots think, talk, and act differently from other…
Find an instructor you can work with and stick with that CFI until you earn your ticket. That…
Well, there I was… Finally sitting in front of my FAA examiner thinking about how long and hard…
To see if working with a simulator can help me be a better pilot, I scheduled four hours…
An in-flight emergency is a time when pilots are truly “put to the test.” A pilot’s actions alone…
Livingston County Airport (OZW) in Howell, Michigan, gets a lot of business from high time pilots who prefer…
When it comes to flying small airplanes, there’s not much that’s worse than having to make a forced…
You can land at Toledo Express (TOL) or Metcalf (TDZ) or Toledo Suburban, long ago called Wagonwheel in…
The day was perfect for flying. The clouds were at 5,500 feet with some haze below, but expected…
Do you remember you first solo? I believe every pilot who climbs into a plane and solo’s for…
12-4-00 Piper Warrior Examiner: George Barone, Wurtsboro Airport (NY) I’ve read many descriptions of student pilots’ flight tests,…
My test began at about 9:00 AM, with George Barone at the Wurtsboro Airport. George had given me…
After many hours of sweat I passed my private pilot checkride at KRHV in San Jose, CA. I…
“This is Eric, my flight instructor,” I said to my wife. They exchanged greetings and said a few…
As usual I met my instructor at the FBO for a dual training flight. This particular flight was…
What is color blindness? The human eye relies on its 6-7 million cone cells and 100-130 million rod…
NASA CALLBACK REPORT: A pilot reported that he used GPS successfully to navigate to a distant point on…
Pilots, it’s coming up on springtime and the season to fly is upon us. We shake ourselves from…
As promised here is my follow up to “First Crash Solo”. Before I begin I would like to…
My CFI and I wanted to get the remaining 2.2hrs of hood time I had left out of…
Here are a couple of tales from my flying days. The first is my encounter with wake turbulence…
I had it planned for three weeks. I was going to put my brand new private pilot certificate…
I took my long 300-mile x-country Sunday – it was an experience indeed! I got up at 7…
I began my day by meeting my instructor at my homefield here in California at 7:00am or 1100Z.…
I guess that I’m about to be indoctrinated into the “unsupervised-solo-group” with this post, but its really the…
I enjoy reading articles from others, so I though I would share my long cross-country experience: My long…
I didn’t write about my first solo because it so unexciting – takeoff, land, takeoff, land, takeoff, land…
After much advice, I finally got my landings acceptable and the CFI stepped out of the plane (at…
The following is an actual account of what transpired on April 28, 1998. My scheduled flight time was…
Last Wednesday my instructor signed me off for my second cross-country flight after the successful completion of my…