by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 10, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The tower at KFNL is temporary and has no current access to radar but relies on visual observation from the ground level. Though radar has been installed, it has not been certified for almost a year now due to FAA-imposed Covid restrictions. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 8, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
After we landed we listened to the live ATC recording of our flight and came to the conclusion that ATC misspoke and that the call to “make left traffic pattern at your discretion” was meant for a different aircraft. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 3, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I attempted to takeoff from the wrong runway at Charles M Schulz Sonoma County Airport (KSTS), at a known hot spot (Taxiway Hotel at Runway 20). This is a stupid mistake that “I would never make,” nonetheless, even after I made the mistake, I was not convinced...
by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 1, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
After a difficult flight and a complicated landing, to think that negotiating the ground would be the most difficult part was stressful. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 24, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I feel the mechanic created this situation by not performing the overhaul in a timely manner. He would work for a few hours, leave the hangar and not get back to the job for days or weeks. This caused him to lose track as to where he was in the overhaul process, and...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 22, 2022 | #Aircraft, ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Upon inspection of the runway a dead Prairie Dog was found in the vicinity of where I landed. It appears as though my right main tire struck the Prairie Dog, which caused me to veer to the right. There were no injuries. Read...
