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CFIT

CFIT. Controlled Flight into Terrain. Video - ron flat light. Definition.

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CFIT

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  1. CFIT • Controlled • Flight • into • Terrain

  2. Video - ron flat light

  3. Definition • Controlled Flight into Terrain occurs when an airworthy aircraft under the control of a pilot is inadvertently flown into terrain, water, or an obstacle with inadequate awareness on the part of the pilot of the impending disaster.

  4. CFIT • 17% of all GA fatalities • Fatal 58% of the time • 64% of the time in daylight • 36% of the time at night

  5. WHERE DOES CFIT OCCUR? • LET’S TAKE A LOOK

  6. % of CFIT Accidents Part Operation • 91 General Aviation 81 • 135 Air Taxi/Commuter 17 • 133 Rotorcraft-external 1 • load operations • 137 Agricultural 1

  7. Aircraft Type and % CFIT Accidents 1% 3% 13% 13% 70%

  8. Certificate Held and % CFIT Accidents 1% 2% 24% 39% 34%

  9. Type of Error in HFACS Decision Error Skill-based error Violations Perceptual % of 164 fixed wing GA CFIT Accidents 50 30 30 20

  10. Phase of Flight and % of CFIT Accidents 4% 5% 7% 29% 27% 28%

  11. What can you do???

  12. PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA-S-8081-14A FEDERAL AVIATION MINISTRATION PRIVATE PILOT • Practical Test Standards for AIRPLANE (SEL, MEL, SES, MES) AUGUST 2002 FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE Washington, D.C. 20591

  13. PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA-S-8081-12A FEDERAL AVIATION MINISTRATION COMMERCIAL PILOT • Practical Test Standards for AIRPLANE (SEL, MEL, SES, MES) AUGUST 2002 FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE Washington, D.C. 20591

  14. PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA-S-8081-4C FEDERAL AVIATION MINISTRATION INSTRUMENT PILOT • Practical Test Standards for AIRPLANE HELICOPTER POWERED LIFT OCTOBER 1998 FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE Washington, D.C. 20591

  15. PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAA-S-8081-5D FEDERAL AVIATION MINISTRATION AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND AIRCRAFT TYPE RATING • Practical Test Standards for AIRPLANE FEBRUARY 2001 FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE Washington, D.C. 20591

  16. NAFTA TRINATIONAL CFIT WORKING GROUP INITIATIVE FOCAL POINTS • Dr. Stephen Veronneau • FAA CAMI • http://www.cami.jccbi.gov/ • Roger Ayotte & Jim McMenemy • Transport Canada • http://www.tc.gc.ca/ • *http://www.flightsafety.org.pdf/cfit_check.pdf

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