by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 4, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The NOTAM for glider activity doesn’t let pilots transiting the area understand the nature of the hazard presented by dozens of paragliders operating at once from the cloud base to the ground in a narrow gap in the hills. Anyone that’s not familiar with...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 25, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The other pilot said that they had us on their ADS-B in, but in my opinion they did not because we barely were able to avoid them. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 18, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I could smell a distinct smell of oil/rubber burning. I decided to get the fire extinguish ready and available if a fire broke out. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 13, 2022 | #Aircraft, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Once we were almost to touch down, we noticed the black profile of another aircraft at the landing end of the runway. As ZZZ1 is in a trough with trees on both sides and ridges, we had not the luxury to go right or left and abort, but to either climb out or go...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 11, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
This is a relatively new aircraft with three different fuel gauges and it has a very low burn rate. I have come to not trust two of the gauges. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 6, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Fortunately my incident caused by the improper repair of my engine was not fatal. No one was injured when we landed with loss of forward thrust. However, the next pilot may not have the good fortune that we had. Read...
