Safety Briefing 11March2009 Preventing Accidents and Mishaps

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Safety Briefing11-March-2009Preventing
Accidents and Mishaps

• Joseph R. Perea, MD, Maj, CAP
• NM Wing Director of Safety

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Safety Briefing Requirements for All

• CAPR 62-1 (3d) CAP Safety Responsibilities and
  Procedures
• All CAP members must obtain a monthly 15 minute
  face-to-face briefing (or Make-up) before they
  may participate in any CAP activity (including
  unit meetings).
• Joseph R. Perea, MD, Major, CAP
• NM Wing Director of Safety

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To receive credit . . . . .

• Upon completion of this briefing, send an email
  stating
• Subject March Safety Briefing Preventing
  Accidents and Mishaps completed.
• Wing Staff Send to Judy.Candelaria_at_kirtland.af.
  mil
• Squadron Members Send to your Squadron Safety
  Officer

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High Profile Fatalities

• A. Scott Crossfield
• NASA, flew the X15 at Mach 2
• Died 19 April 2006, Cessna 210 personal flight
• James Steven Fossett
• 116 World Records in 5 sports
• Round the world, solo
• Crashed 3 Sep 2007, Bellanca Super Decathelon

Even the most experienced pilots can and do have
fatal Accidents
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Fatality Factors

• Over-confidence in ones abilities
• Watch this! . . . . . . .vrrroooooomm
• Lack of Situational Awareness
• Never go where your brain has not been 5 times
  before 3Ts Terrain, Turb, Towers
• Lack of Proficiency (vrs Currency)
• ie Night Flight, Mtn flying, IFR

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SAFETY SOLUTIONS

• 1. Leave ego at
• home.
• Ego, no! Stay!

Small ego
Even BIG EGOs have to stay at home
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SAFETY SOLUTIONS

• Leave ego at home.
• Ego, no! Stay!
• Always do a complete preflight.
• Always check the weather.
• Always check NOTAMS, TFRs, and charts.
• No Watch this! behavior 83 of accidents
  attributed to maneuvering flight

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Safety Solutions

• Use the Risk Management Matrix
• Situational Awareness (use ALL of your resources)
• Co-pilot, Crew Resource Management,
  Communication, Observer, Scanner
• For VFR and IFR Use VOR, ADF, GPS, Sectional,
  WAC, IFR charts, local pilot information, etc,
  etc, etc

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Safety Solutions

• Maintain Proficiency (Not just Currency)
• Night Flights with another pilot
• Short Field, Soft Field, Power Off,
  Go-round, ground maneuvers
• IFR Proficiency, Approaches, lost procedures,
  unusual attitudes,

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Other Safety Concerns

• CO Monitor Card (Even G1000!)
• Headache, dizziness, fatigue, sleepiness
• I M SAFE
• Illness
• Medications
• Sleep
• Alcohol 8hrs? 24hrs?
• Fatigue (Duty Day Limits)
• Eat (or Emotions)

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CAP ACCIDENT REPORTING

• Form 78s DECEMBER 2008

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Summary of Form 78 Accidents and Incidents for
December 2008

• Aircraft

• Precautionary landing electrical engine power
  rough engine
• Aircraft departed runway after touch down
• Defective tie down in trailer, damaged glider
  during tow
• Preflight Found damaged tie-down ring
• Hangar Left horizontal stabilizer contacted
  metal cabinet
• Right main tire went flat on landing.
• Landing with crosswind on frosty runway, airplane
  slid into snow
• Vehicle None
  Reported

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Form 78 Accidents for December 2008How can you
prevent these??

• Aircraft
• Precautionary landing Think
  about . . . . . . .
• electrical Circuit breakers,
  rheostats
• engine power Too lean Mixture (decent),
  magnetos
• rough engine Mixture, magnetos, propeller,
  carb icing
• Aircraft departed runway after touch down
• Roll out Attn only to
  directional control and deceleration
• Preflight Found damaged tie-down ring
• ????? Maybe tail ring damage from nose
  high strike?

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Form 78 Accidents for December 2008How can you
prevent these??

• Hangar Left horizontal stabilizer contacted
  metal cabinet
• Follow the two-man rule for moving
  Aircraft
• Right main tire went flat on landing.
• Avoid Excessive braking pressure and
  Locking the brakes
• Landing with crosswind on frosty runway, airplane
  slid into snow
• Roll out Attn only to directional
  control and deceleration

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Summary of Form 78 Accidents and Incidents for
December 2008Cont

• Bodily Injury
• Cadet had eye irritation from dirt between
  contact lens and eye
• Cadet received bloody nose playing Frisbee
• Cadet cut finger with knife while opening MRE
• Cadet split lip and fractured tooth after hitting
  bleachers while playing basketball

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Questions?