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...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 5, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
I looked back outside in the general direction that the airplane was supposed to be at (right side) and saw the airplane in a steep bank at approximately 400 feet from us with no vertical difference. As soon as I saw them, I banked the airplane to the right and kept...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | ASRS Reports, Aviation News, Aviation Safety Reporting System, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
During short final/touchdown we noticed the plane buzzed over the top of our aircraft at about 200 feet (ADS-B showing the information), causing undue danger in the event that we had to abort our landing for whatever reason. My instructor radioed to them about their...
