The NTSB closed out the old year with a quintet of Safety Alerts (SAs) covering issues it believes to be the top threats in general aviation operations based on recent accident history. The advisories are short documents outlining the areas of concern and citing accidents in which the advice could have prevented injury or death. According to the Board, U.S. general aviation accidents kill about 475 people per year, and seriously injure hundreds more. Since their debut in 2004, a total of 30 SAs have been issued, including five last March preceding the five issued last month.
The five topics covered in the recent set of alerts include:
