General Aviation Joint Safety Committee
CFIT Working Group
Outreach Guidance Document
2023/10-29-298(I)PP
This outreach guidance is provided to all FAA and aviation industry groups that are participating in outreach efforts sponsored by the General Aviation Joint Safety Committee (GAJSC). It is important that all outreach on a given topic is coordinated and is free of conflicts. Therefore, all outreach products should be in alignment with the outline and concepts listed below for this topic.
Outreach Month: February 2025
Topic: General Aviation Survival
The FAA and industry will conduct a public education campaign emphasizing the benefits of survival knowledge, skill, equipage, and planning to General Aviation flight operations.
Background:
A GAJSC study found that lack of survival knowledge and equipment was a factor in a number of cases where General Aviation pilots made successful off-airport landings but succumbed to environmental challenges on the ground..
Teaching Points:
- Basic survival knowledge and equipment can greatly improve odds of surviving after a forced landing.
- Dress according to the environment over which you’re flying.
- Carry basic survival tools on your person.
- When flying to or over remote areas consider 406 MHz personal locator beacons and or satellite phones.
- The most important factor in survival success is the will to survive. .
References
- Deep Survival – by Laurence Gonzales
