Loss of Control in General Aviation Roundtable Event

More general aviation pilots and passengers die from accidents involving loss of control in flight than any other single factor. But greater pilot situational awareness—both during flight training and through the use of technology—can make a difference. The NTSB invites general aviation pilots, flight schools, instructors, GA enthusiasts and any others interested in improving GA safety to watch this important roundtable on one of NTSB’s Most Wanted List issues. Check out this video to learn more!

[upurnose]

Most accidents i hear about are raising the flaps at near stall speed, usually on a go around which causes the plane to stall, and icing. More training is usually the solution.

[JHNielson]

They really need to but more info in their descriptions. Like links to the stream, date and time (w/time zone) of the round table. I went to webpage and finding the links for the webcast was not the easiest to find.

[cwilson]

I was really looking forward to this webcast but I was too late. The info on FAAST sight is very confusing. I am so sad I missed this. I am looking for the archive now and can't find it. Very very very confusing.

[Dat-Mudkip]

Before I looked at who uploaded this I thought based off the video preview that this was a beam.NG Drive video...

[dalesmith]

This isn't that SW carrier, is it !

Wait! the color is wrong.

Sending airships outa country for their maintaince schedule, would be the first order of concern, for your meeting.

[perfectscotty]

My ex girlfriend used to lose control all the time. Is that off topic?

[WarblesOnALot]

G'day,

Yay Team !

Well, if you want my proverbial Two Cents' worth....; try this...

"Loss of Control" almost always results from either spatial disorientation of the Pilot or their having Stalled the Aerofoil... (except in the case of Weight-Shift Rogallo-Wing Hang-Gliders being Aerotowed..., which can become "Locked-Out" in the Roll Axis if the Glider is displaced Left or Right of the Towplane and is then allowed to develop a Bank-Angle away from the Towrope of more than 45-Degrees....; and the Glider Pilot finds that they cannot shift enough Weight far enough to overcome Physics & the Towplane's Engine power..., so unless they or the Tow-Pilot release the Rope the Glider WILL Always roll inverted before Pitching-out sufficiently as to break the Weak Link - and it takes 250 to 350 Ft of Altitude to recover an inverted Hang-Glider to level-flight via a Half-Loop, I have seen it done....{Title-Search YT for "Aerotow-Launching Rogallo Hang-Gliders, Development & Implementation Of The Lockout-Index..." for more...} ).

While I can't suggest any remedy for spatial disorientation, but to ward off Stalling the Aerofoil/s I strongly recommend that it be declared illegal to offer or conduct Ab-Initio Flying Training using any Powered Aircraft..., so that everybody who wants to Fly is obliged to go and make all their initial Learnings in an Unpowered Aircraft...; so as Paramotor Pilots have to learn to fly a Paraglider first, and Microlight Tricycle-Powered Rogallo Pilots have to learn to fly a Hang-Glider..., then ideally wannabe Powered Ultralight Pilots would train on Ultralight Sailplanes, and General Aviation Pilots would begin in GA Sailplanes...., and Helicopter/Gyrocopterists could start with Auto-Rotating Gyro-Gliders...(!).

In all cases, the idea is for everybody to begin by learning to Fly The WING, and also grow used to there being no second chances or "Go-Arounds" when landing, and having it deeply ingrained into them to NEVER Ever fly out of achievable Gliding-Distance of a Safe place to land...; and then, later on when a Powerplant is introduced to the Equation and it fails, as soon as the Noisy Smells go quiet then the Pilot reverts to what they always regarded as NORMAL Gliding Flight, and they get on with landing on the spot they'd already picked for the purpose....

And people whose first Solo is unpowered apparently learn to both extract the maximum performance from their machines, but to not try to go beyond what their Aircraft were capable of ; as evidenced by the top scoring British & US Fighter-Pilots in WW-2 both having achieved 40 Kills in Aerial Combat, and like almost all Allied Pilots they learned to fly in powered Aircraft - whereas the Jagdwaffe's top "Ace" racked up 352 "Kills", there was two others with over 300 each, and a total of

There could be the same kind of recognition of crossover which currently means that here in Australia where a Restricted PPL is 45 Hrs minimum & Unrestricted takes 55 Hrs, a Recreational Aircraft (Ultralight, up to 1, 000 Lbs MTOW...) Licence takes 25 Hrs, or 15 Hrs for FAI Certified Glider Pilots, who also get 10 Hrs knocked off their GA-PPL minimum Required Airtime, and having a PLL also cuts 10 Hrs off the time to get a RAAA Licence for Ultralights...