FAASTeam

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FAASTeam North Florida Flight Standards
District Office

• Flight Instructor
• Special Emphasis Program
• Flight Training Accident Incident Data Review

Central Florida CFIs
Dennis H. Whitley, FAASTeam
June 30, 2010
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Exits and Rest Rooms

• Exit meeting room
• A. Elevator to Right
• B. Stairway at end of Corridor to Right
• Rest Room
• Exit meeting room
• Down Corridor
• Take Right Rest Rooms on Right

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• The North Florida FSDO has oversight
  responsibility for the largest volume of flight
  training and pilot certification activity within
  the purview of the Federal Aviation
  Administration

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Line Up and Wait Training Now Available
• On Sept. 30, 2010, the familiar ATC instruction
  taxi in position and hold will become history.
  Instead, expect to hear line up and wait when
  ATC issues instruction for a pilot to taxi onto a
  departure runway and wait for takeoff clearance.

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Runway Clearances Training Now Available
• Another procedure change that occurred on June
  30, 2010, requires ATC to issue an explicit
  clearance to aircraft crossing any runway
  (active, inactive, and closed).

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Military Activity
• Penetrations of active restricted areas are on
  the rise - costing the military valuable time and
  resources when their operations must be suspended
  for a wayward aircraft. 

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• WINGS New Phase
• The WINGS now includes specific recognition for
  those sea-rated pilots who complete a Phase of
  WINGS in a seaplane or amphibian. "significant
  premium discounts" to members of the Seaplane
  Pilots Association who complete a Phase of WINGS
  in a seaplane. 

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Number One Training Issue
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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Number One Training Issue
• Solo Landings Loss of control

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Florida FSDO Borders
Alabama FSDO SO09
North Florida FSDO SO15
South Florida FSDO SO19
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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• In response to a high number of aircraft
  accidents and incidents involving flight training
  aircraft, the Orlando FSDO along with the FAA
  Safety Program Managers initiated the first
  Flight Instructor Special Emphasis Program on
  September 1, 1998.
• This program has evolved into one of the most
  important activities conducted by the FAA
  Safety Team or FAASTeam in the North Florida FSDO
  area of responsibility. This has become a model
  for similar CFI programs across the country.

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Designed to provide more direct and focused
  FAA involvement with the Flight Training
  Community.
• Accomplished in a positive, educationally
  oriented manner.

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• Program Goals
• Improve the quality of flight training within
  the flight schools
• Increase awareness among flight instructors
  of their instructional responsibilities
• Reduce the number of flight training
  accidents and incidents

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• CORE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM
• Initial Flight Instructor Certification
• Flight Training Accident Incident
  Investigations
• Bi-weekly CFI/DPE Special Emphasis Meetings
• Pilot Examiner Oversight
• Part 141 Pilot School Oversight

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) Support
• CFI Special Emphasis Program Meetings
• Web Site FAASafety.gov
• Production Studio Broadcasts from NRC
• Web Site http//www.faa.gov/fsdo/orl
• FAASTeam CFI Workshop National Program

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FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECIAL
EMPHASIS PROGRAM

• The Program has demonstrated that a
• PARTNERSHIP
• between the FAA and the Flight training
  Community can
• ACHIEVE REMARKABLE RESULTS

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NORTH FLORIDA FSDO ACCIDENT INCIDENT
ANALYSIS

• FLIGHT TRAINING ACCIDENTS INCIDENTS
• PRIOR TO INITIATION OF CFI PROGRAM
• AVERAGE OF 60 PER YEAR
• 600 IN TEN YEARS
• TEN YEARS OF CFI PROGRAM
• TOTAL OF 259 AI
• or
• 341 ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN
• 57 REDUCTION

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NORTH FLORIDA FSDO ACCIDENT INCIDENT
SUMMARY

• FLIGHT TRAINING ACCIDENTS INCIDENTS
• 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  2007 2008
• 60 38 24 28 22 18
  12 18 25 30 44
• 2009
  2010
• 25 32

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FY 2007 ACCIDENT INCIDENT DETAILED SUMMARY

• OCCURRENCE STUDENT CFI SOLO
  STUDENT
• COLLISION ON GND 1
• GO AROUND (single eng.) 1
• HELO HOVER 3
• HELO SLOPE LND 1
• HELO AUTOROTATION 1 1
• WAKE TURBULENCE 1
• FUEL EXHAUSTION 1
  
• HARD LANDING (180 accu. lnd.) 1
• GEAR-UP 3
• LANDING (loss of control) 2
  14

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FY 2008 ACCIDENT INCIDENT DETAILED
SUMMARY

• OCCURRENCE STUDENT CFI SOLO STUDENT
• COLLISION ON GND 1 3
• TAKEOFF 3
• HARD LANDING
  2
• GEAR-UP 6
• GEAR DOWN WATER LANDING 1
• HELO HARD LANDING 1
• HELO AUTOROTATION 1
• HELO GROUND VIBRATION 1
• UNLACHED CANOPY / DOOR 1
  1
• SR-20 BRAKE FIRE 1
• WATER IN FUEL 1
• LANDING (loss of control) 2
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FY 2009 ACCIDENT INCIDENT DETAILED
SUMMARY

• OCCURRENCE STUDENT CFI
  SOLO STUDENT
• COLLISION ON GND 1
  1
• HARD LANDING 3
• HELO (roll over)
  1
• HELO (hard landing) 1
• GEAR-UP 6
• FUEL EXHAUSTION
  1
• STALL / SPIN
  1
• LANDING (loss of control) 2
  6
• TAKEOFF (loss of control) 1
• GLIDER (off airport landing) 1
• Total for FY09 25

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FY 2010 ACCIDENT INCIDENT DETAILED
SUMMARY

• OCCURRENCE STUDENT CFI
  SOLO STUDENT
• COLLISION ON GND
  1
• HARD LANDING (Helo) 1
• FUEL MISMANAGEMENT
  2
• GEAR-UP
  4
• TAKEOFF (loss of control)
  1
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• LANDING (loss of control) 5
  16
• Total for FY10 32