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Title: Pilot Proficiency and Training


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Pilot Proficiency and Training
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Deficiencies in Basic Piloting
  • Inadequate preflight inspections
  • Failure to check security of oil filler cap
  • Failure to ensure fuel on board
  • Failure to check fuel for contaminants
  • Noncompliance with weight and balance limitations

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Deficiencies in Basic Piloting
  • Failure to maintain airspeed during powered
    flight before, during egress
  • Failure to prevent stall/spin
  • Failure to perform procedures to recover
  • Inadequate performance of emergency procedures
    following power loss
  • Allowing airspeed to decay to stall
  • Feathering the wrong propeller

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Training Requirements
  • No special airman qualifications
  • Flight review in preceding 2 years
  • 1 hour flight training
  • 1 hour ground training
  • In any aircraft
  • In contrast, Part 135 pilots subject to
  • Initial and recurrent training
  • Annual testing on performance, limitations
  • Flight competency checks
  • In class/type of aircraft that they fly

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Overview Safety Issues
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Pilot training and proficiency
  • FAA Oversight and Direct Surveillance
  • Most of the accidents easily preventable
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