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Published: 12 March 2018

Instrument Training Experience  GAARMS Report: March 2018   Fred Gibbs  (Your guy in Flagstaff)   The seventh annual APA General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium – GAARMS VII – will be held across the state this year: Phoenix, Prescott, Yuma, Tucson March 31st—The safety program will be held at the AeroGuard

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Published: 12 February 2018

By Jim Timm  February 2018      The following are NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late December, 2017, through late January, 2018. We use this detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings that will help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others, and then hopefully they will take

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Published: 08 February 2018

Symposium in Deer Valley  GAARMS Report: February 2018   Fred Gibbs  (Your guy in Flagstaff)   The seventh annual APA General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium – GAARMS VII – will be in Deer Valley on Saturday, March 31st, 2018. The safety program will be held at the AeroGuard Flight Training Center (the old

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Published: 19 January 2018

By Jim Timm  January 2018    The following are NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late November, 2017, through late December, 2017. We use this detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings that will help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and then hopefully take the action necessary

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Published: 15 January 2018

Accident Trends  GAARMS Report: January 2018   Fred Gibbs    Happy New Year to one and all!  May this coming year be your best yet, and as the Arizona aviation community, let’s try to make 2018 the safest year on record. 2017 appears to have mirrored 2016, with the total number of fatal accidents (6) staying the same, but unfortunately

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Published: 12 December 2017

By Jim Timm  December 2017    The following are NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late October through late November, 2017. We use this detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings that will help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and then hopefully take the action necessary to

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Published: 11 December 2017

Engine Health and Flight Plans GAARMS Report: December 2017  Fred Gibbs    As we wind down 2017 (but still with one more month to go), this year’s fatal accident rate appears to mirror last year, but unfortunately the total number of fatalities to date jumped to 13. The total number of fatal accidents (6) stayed the same as 2016, but only included 9

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Published: 16 November 2017

GAARMS Report: November 2017  Fred Gibbs    Another month has passed, and unfortunately, as I write this article, our safety record continues to slip further down the “Luck Meter”    From AZFamily.com: WILLCOX, AZ Oct. 19 - The pilot of a small airplane that died last week after crashing into the desert in southern Arizona has been

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Published: 16 November 2017

By Jim Timm  November 2017    The following are NTSB reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late September 2017 through late October 2017. We use this detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings that will help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and then hopefully take the action necessary

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Published: 13 October 2017

By Jim Timm  October 2017      The following are the NTSB reports of the aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from late August through late September, 2017. We will use this detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings that will help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and then hopefully take the