MentorLIVE #82: Ten Ways To Be Ten Times Safer

[from WINGS Course Summary - Ten Ways to Be Ten Times Safer - MANDEL.docx – not SPANS] WINGS Course Summary: Ten Ways To Be Ten Times Safer – MANDEL In this course, we learned that we always need to Think, Train, and Practice in order to be safe pilots. In addition, we need to pay special attention to the most frequent causes of incidents and accidents, summarized below: -- Weather: VFR into IMC, Poor IFR technique, Turbulence, Icing -- Maneuvering: Stall/LOC*, Wires/Structures/Terrain, Aerobatics, Unknown, Mountains/Canyons -- Descent/Approach: Collisions, Stalls/Spins, Gusts/Wake Turbulence, Loss of Power, Deficient Instrument Approach Procedures -- “Other”: Other (power loss), Landing, Descent/Approach, Fuel Management, Weather, Takeoff, Collision, Taxi, Maneuvering, Not yet assigned, Cruise -- Fuel Management: Flight Planning, Systems Operation, Contamination -- Takeoff: LOC, Stalled/Settled, Aircraft configuration, Object, Delayed abort, Runway conditions, Weight/Density Altitude, Unknown -- Landing: LOC, Airspeed/stall, Runway conditions, Hard/other, Gear operation, Airspeed/long, Unknown, Short/other, Airspeed/short, Object, Long/other *LOC: Loss Of Control