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Published: 12 April 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.   You have heard me say this at many a safety program: “I have never met a pilot who got up in the morning and decided to go out and crash his airplane. No pilot

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Published: 21 March 2023

  By Fred Gibbs   I am pleased to say that, as I write this during the last week of February, there are no fatal accidents to report. The new year – CY-2023 – is off to a good start. Irony of ironies, while doing a safety seminar down at Ryan Airport on January 21st, there was an accident at the airport during the program. Fortunately, no one was hurt, except for

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Published: 18 March 2023

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

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Published: 17 March 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 January 14 through February 9 there were twenty-seven pilot deviations recorded by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were

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Published: 17 March 2023

   by Jim Timm   There were two Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from January 14, 2023 thru February 9, 2023. The details these four occurrences are as follows:   January 19, 2023 An F16 that was assigned to the 195th Squadron, TUS ANG was struck by a UAS. While there were no injuries, there was minor damage to the rear of

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Published: 12 March 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.   With a little help from Mother Nature, my flight from Flagstaff down to Ryan last month (mid-January) only took one hour 10 minutes!  However, getting to

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Published: 18 February 2023

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

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Published: 17 February 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 time period from December 9 through January 13 there were fifteen pilot deviations recorded by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations were committed

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Published: 17 February 2023

   by Jim Timm   There were four Near Mid Air Collision incidents reported during the period from December 9, 2022 thru January 13, 2023. The details these four occurrences are as follows:   December 7, 2022 A NMAC was reported between an Air Force A10 and a Cessna Citation in the Tucson area. The Citation passed in front of, and below the A10. It was

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Published: 18 January 2023

  by Jim Timm   The following is a report of the aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from November through December. We hope the following detailed accident information can be used 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