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Published: 20 August 2025

by Will Worthington (APA Member)   As a follow up to last month’s article regarding LightHawk Conservation Flying, Will Worthington put together some information with examples of the projects LightHawk volunteers have supported here in Arizona.   Border Wall Construction Plans are quickly moving forward to build 27 miles of new border wall in the San Rafael

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Published: 20 August 2025

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-June through mid-July. We hope to use the following detailed accident/incident 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

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Published: 17 August 2025

  By Leanne Tawoda   Hi AZ Pilots, Hope you are having a great summer.  It is August, and soon we will be starting Grapevine fly ins in October.  I am looking forward to a great season of flying, camping, and Arizona night skies. This year, I will continue with Saturday night movies.  Please send me an email if you have any suggestions for a movie

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Published: 17 August 2025

  by Mike McCann   Mark your calendar & RSVP today:       Combined Day Trip/Weekend Getaway Monument Valley Airport/Goulding’s Lodge – UT25 Day Trip participants – Saturday Oct 4, 2025 Weekend Getaway participants – Fri/Sun Oct 3-5, 2025 Greetings fellow APA members…. this month I’m very excited to share our plans for the upcoming combined

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Published: 17 August 2025

   by Jim Timm   There was a Near Mid Air Collision incident reported during the reporting period from June 13, 2025 through July 10, 2025.   DATE: July 1, 2025 LOCATION: Near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX) About 6.5 NM west of Sky Harbor an Embraer air carrier on a visual approach to the runway reported a NMAC with a small white quad copter at

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Published: 16 August 2025

By Paul Wiley   The FAA definition of Loss of Control - Inflight (LOC-I) is the “unintended departure from controlled flight”.  LOC-I accidents are by far the most common category of accident as shown in the chart below from the US NTSB.  LOC-I accidents account for almost half of all fatal General Aviation (GA) accidents. It has often been said that

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Published: 16 August 2025

    Greetings, Greetings, It’s been a busy year so far and despite the summer heat, July was no exception. I managed to make the annual aviation pilgrimage to Oshkosh last month and, as always, it was worth the trip. Overall, it was a great show, and I was fortunate to connect with a lot of our fellow APA members during the week. Special thanks to the

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Published: 15 August 2025

    The Saturday morning breakfast fights had to be put on hold for a time while many of us went to the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. I’m sure everyone had a great time. While it was a bit warm, and wet, I’m certain everyone survived. Speaking of hot, this coming Saturday it is predicted to be record breaking heat again, so another breakfast flight may have to be

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Published: 15 August 2025

  By Howard Deevers   After reading quite a few accident reports, I noticed that there were many that happened during a “go around.” I know that you remember your basic training about go arounds, and you will have to demonstrate one on a checkride. So, why do we have so many accidents during a go-around that is a maneuver that should prevent accidents? Reading

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Published: 14 August 2025

   by Jim Timm   These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common thread exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that continue to occur and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from June 13, 2025, through July 10, 2025, there were eighteen pilot deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO. These