by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 23, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Communication in the area was encumbered by heavy usage and several radio calls we made were blocked due to other transmissions, leading to confusion over aircraft positions at the airport we were using. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The Cessna 172 started pitching up slightly nose high. The student was adjusting trim, and at some point I told him that “you are adjusting trim wrong direction.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 17, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation Fuel, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flight training, General Aviation
I noticed he was very busy on final this last trip around, and it appeared at this time he was switching tanks. I have never instructed him to switch tanks on final before. For some reason, he continues to do things in the airplane that were not taught, or are in...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 15, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
During the turn, my foot became entangled in my headset cord. In an effort to manage the aircraft, I pulled my headset plugs from the ports and dislodged my headset on my head. It is a very confined area in a Cessna 152 and the ports are under the center portion of...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 11, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The Tower cleared me for takeoff, but did not say to use Bravo to get to the runway, which was behind me. Once cleared for takeoff I crossed both sets of dashed lines thinking I was on Runway XXR, but later realized I was aligned with a taxiway. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 9, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I entered my flair and “ballooned” slightly. When I came back down from ballooning, I came down hard and, in the process, experienced prop strike, front gear collapse, and damage to my right wing before coming to a stop on the grass to the left of the...
