Circuit Basher
14th Aug 2003, 17:31
Sorry about opening up the old chestnuts again, but there is a new report from AOPA out on stalling / spinning which makes interesting reading. It seems to dispute some of the oft-churned out myths and points the finger at PPLs / CPLs as being the most likely candidates to suffer a circuit-level stall / spin which is unrecoverable.
EXPERIENCED PILOTS' FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?...
AOPA's Air Safety Foundation (ASF) just released a report on spins and stall accidents, and while some of the results aren't surprising, it challenges some pretty well-entrenched perceptions of one of the most deadly types of in-flight mishaps. The ASF reports stall and spins have a fatality rate of about 28 percent, and account for about 10 percent of all GA accidents. "Fatal stall/spin accidents most often begin at or below traffic pattern altitude (generally 1,000 feet above ground level), well below the altitude necessary to recover from even a one-turn spin," the report reads.
The full report is available here (http://www.aopa.org/asf/ntsb/stall_spin.html) and it even dares to talk about the PA38! ;)
I'm sure this may well open up the old discussions, but this is maybe a new slant on things.
[Having lit the blue touch paper, I shall now retire to a safe distance - Singapore sounds good ;) :D]
EXPERIENCED PILOTS' FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?...
AOPA's Air Safety Foundation (ASF) just released a report on spins and stall accidents, and while some of the results aren't surprising, it challenges some pretty well-entrenched perceptions of one of the most deadly types of in-flight mishaps. The ASF reports stall and spins have a fatality rate of about 28 percent, and account for about 10 percent of all GA accidents. "Fatal stall/spin accidents most often begin at or below traffic pattern altitude (generally 1,000 feet above ground level), well below the altitude necessary to recover from even a one-turn spin," the report reads.
The full report is available here (http://www.aopa.org/asf/ntsb/stall_spin.html) and it even dares to talk about the PA38! ;)
I'm sure this may well open up the old discussions, but this is maybe a new slant on things.
[Having lit the blue touch paper, I shall now retire to a safe distance - Singapore sounds good ;) :D]