by General Aviation News Staff | Apr 4, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220428, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, flight training, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
“VFR into IMC is among the top five causes of fatal GA accidents, which are largely preventable,” said ASI Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden. “And it’s not only VFR pilots who get trapped — about one-third of these accidents involve instrument-rated pilots.”...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 28, 2022 | #Aircraft, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Video
The Real Pilot Story videos allow pilots to “share their encounter with a dilemma so others can benefit — while comfortable on the ground — from lessons learned the hard way in flight,” said AOPA Air Safety Institute Senior Director Paul Deres. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jan 18, 2022 | 20220203, Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
The AOPA Air Safety Institute is launching four new webinar series in 2022, including NTSB Insider, Flight Deck Tech, Flying the Backcountry, and Weather Flying. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jan 8, 2022 | Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, aviation accidents, Aviation News, Feature, General Aviation, NTSB, Video
A new video from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute gives an analysis of the Dec. 27, 2021, crash of a Learjet air ambulance flight that crashed in a neighborhood in El Cajon, California. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Dec 16, 2021 | #Aircraft, Air Safety Institute, aviation accidents, Aviation News, aviation safety, backcountry flying, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Now available to view for free is a recording of an Air Safety Institute webinar that looks at accidents in the backcountry, with an eye towards preventing these accidents in the future. Not a backcountry pilot? You can still learn something, says Bill McGlynn,...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 22, 2021 | Air Safety Institute, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, AOPA, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
A new Accident Case Study from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute looks at the events that led a Beechcraft Bonanza G36 to crash shortly after departing Aspen, Colorado. Read...
