The annual Richard G. McSpadden Report’s accident summary for 2023 shows a few improvements and some surprises.
The release of MOSAIC has increased the interest in Sport pilot training. The requirements for the certificate have not changed under the new rules, and sport pilot allows for certification with less ...
General Aviation experienced an overall decline in accident rates in 2023, according to the 35 th Richard G. McSpadden report ...
As the saying goes, “the FARs are written in blood,” and every time two student pilots want to fly together I am reminded of a fatal 2008 accident out of Atwater, California, in which two student ...
The physics of the cut itself becomes a storm of extreme heat and pressure, causing rapid tool wear and introducing stresses into components where perfect reliability is the only acceptable standard.
The overall accident rate fell from 4.3 per 100,000 flight hours in 2022 to 3.86 in 2023 and the fatal accident rate declined ...