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Published: 18 June 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-April through May. We hope to use the following detailed accident information to develop safety programs and briefings to help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the necessary action to prevent them from having similar

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Published: 17 June 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that should be addressed to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from April 13 through May 11 there were seventeen pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO office. These deviations were

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Published: 12 June 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   Just to be clear, the opinions and statements made within my articles are strictly mine and may not necessarily reflect any policy or position of the Arizona Pilots Association.   AVOIDING ELT FALSE ALERTS Did you know that Emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) cause over 8,000 false alerts each year in the United States? Yup, that is

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Published: 21 May 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   As of my last query on April 27th into the NTSB database, there have still been NO fatal accidents in Arizona since January 1st of this year. That is a great statistic, finishing out the 1st quarter of 2023 with no fatal accidents, and we entered the 2nd quarter still accident free!! Furthermore, the NTSB database only shows 7 other accidents, 6

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Published: 18 May 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that occurred in Arizona from mid-March through April. We hope you use the following detailed accident information to learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the necessary action to prevent similar occurrences. In this reporting period the number of accidents were up

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Published: 17 May 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the report from March 10 through April 13 there were thirty-one pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were committed by

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Published: 12 May 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   Just to be clear, the opinions and statements made within my articles are strictly mine and may not necessarily reflect any policy or position of the Arizona Pilots Association.   ENGINE FAILURES A couple of years ago, the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee, the FAA, airframe manufacturers, user groups, associations and other

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Published: 21 April 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   As of my last query on March 27th into the NTSB database, there have been NO fatal accidents in Arizona since January 1st of this year. That is a great statistic, and one worth stating loudly! Hopefully we will finish out the 1st quarter of 2023 with no fatal accidents. Now, Mother Nature has not been very nice to us the past month or so, not

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Published: 18 April 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents and incidents that occurred in Arizona from mid-February through March. We hope to use the following detailed accident information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers to help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and take the necessary action to prevent them

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Published: 17 April 2023

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common threat exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that occur, and thus enhance aviation safety. In the time period from February 10 through March 9 there were eight pilot deviations recorded by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were committed