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I'm also about halfway through my private pilot license and while I don't know enough yet to even speculate on crashes, I really enjoy reading the NTSB reports

I'm also about halfway through my private pilot license and while I don't know enough yet to even speculate on crashes, I really enjoy reading the NTSB reports or crash reports in different aviation publications. It probably strikes many people as morbid, but I find it fascinating to try and learn from the mistakes of others so that I can be a safer pilot myself.

asmithmd1 17y ago
Continuing visual flight rules into instrument conditions is the pilot error most likely to kill you. If the weather starts to look bad land - now. Even on a golf course or a field if you have to http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu/Reports&PapersPDFs/isap01/gohwiegmannavpsy01.pdf http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu/Reports&PapersPDFs/isap...
DanielBMarkham 17y ago
The private ticket is one of the most exciting things I've ever done. Follow it up with some more training, like an instrument rating or some aerobatics (Emergency Maneuver Training) Aviation Safety magazine, in my opinion, has the best crash reviews and safety material. I think by reading those reports they can keep you alive -- it's a very good habit. Somebody once said that the first 1000 hours of flying are the time you're most likely to kill yourself -- especially in the 200-400 hour range, and especially if you let your skills lapse by a few months. I really wish that technology would learn lessons like aviation does. If we had the same feedback and crash analysis as aviation, perhaps so many projects wouldn't waste so much time and money.
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Somebody once said that the first 1000 hours of flying are the time you're most likely to kill yourself -- especially in the 200-400 hour range, and especially if you let your skills lapse by a few months. I believe you're talking about The Killing Zone, by Paul Craig. Highly recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/007136269X http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/0071362...

asmithmd1 17y ago

Continuing visual flight rules into instrument conditions is the pilot error most likely to kill you. If the weather starts to look bad land - now. Even on a golf course or a field if you have to http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu/Reports&PapersPDFs/isap01/gohwiegmannavpsy01.pdf http://www.humanfactors.uiuc.edu/Reports&PapersPDFs/isap...

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

The private ticket is one of the most exciting things I've ever done. Follow it up with some more training, like an instrument rating or some aerobatics (Emergency Maneuver Training) Aviation Safety magazine, in my opinion, has the best crash reviews and safety material. I think by reading those reports they can keep you alive -- it's a very good habit. Somebody once said that the first 1000 hours of flying are the time you're most likely to kill yourself -- especially in the 200-400 hour range, and especially if you let your skills lapse by a few months. I really wish that technology would learn lessons like aviation does. If we had the same feedback and crash analysis as aviation, perhaps so many projects wouldn't waste so much time and money.

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Somebody once said that the first 1000 hours of flying are the time you're most likely to kill yourself -- especially in the 200-400 hour range, and especially if you let your skills lapse by a few months. I believe you're talking about The Killing Zone, by Paul Craig. Highly recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/007136269X http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/0071362...