Checking Engine Oil Levels Thanks for the article on preflight inspections (June 2024 Accident Probe, “Preflight Inspections 101”). I know I have not been diligent in looking for liquid spills under the aircraft. I will try to improve my process. I’m wondering about the statement “always a good idea to check engine oil levels before […]
It demands a thorough preflight, and a pilot spring-loaded to abort the takeoff. And maybe stay in the pattern a while?
After missing its own deadline by eight months, Congress got its act together long enough to finally agree on an FAA funding bill. It actually has a few goodies inside.
Flying VFR into instrument conditions is the way most spatial disorientation accidents happen. Just say no.
General aviation is always under a pall of bad news when it comes to growth. If it’s not stupid pilot tricks or a celebrity getting the wrong kind of attention, we can look no further than contemporary sales figures for piston airplanes and compare them with the late 1970s. Another scorekeeping statistic is student starts, […]
Turbulence can be a minor discomfort or endanger the aircraft. Recognition, avoidance and recovery are your tools.
The following is derived from maintenance facility submissions to the FAA’s Service Difficulty Reports database.
Even with in-cockpit traffic, CTAF, moving maps and ATC’s help, we can get momentarily lost and disoriented, and forget to cancel IFR.
An engine oil leak is the kind of thing we should look for and notice during a preflight inspection.
A monthly summary of recently published NTSB preliminary accident reports involving general aviation and air carrier aircraft.
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