This week, NTSB announced its 2017-2018 Most Wanted List for Transportation Safety Improvements. NTSB has been issuing the Most Wanted List (MWL) of advocacy priorities since 1990. This list marks a new two-year cycle. Loss of Control in Flight in General Aviation appeared on the list for the fourth consecutive year. In remarking on the topic at the […]

Last week, GAJSC Safety Analysis Team co-chair Corey Stephens (FAA) presented on the GAJSC at “FAA’s Meet the Regulators” session at NBAA-BACE in Orlando, Florida. The session featured a panel of FAA’s senior leadership discussing topics including FAA’s new compliance philosophy, the ADS-B equipage mandate, and safety data sharing.

The GAJSC met this week (Oct. 12) in Washington, DC to review GA safety data, discuss the status of ongoing safety efforts, and deliberate on FAA/industry safety priorities. Among the updates the GAJSC received, FAA reported on the expansion of FAA Aviation Weather Cameras from Alaska to the lower 48 (see Safety Enhancement 12 – “Deploy […]

The GAJSC’s System Component Failure – Powerplant (SCF-PP) report is now available online! Read the GAJSC’s SCF-PP-related safety enhancements (SE) and the underlying analyses in the report, and look for updates on SE-related materials here.

The GAJSC held its summer meeting on June 23 at NBAA headquarters in Washington, DC. The meeting focused on the FAA Small Airplane Directorate’s road map for future safety technology and the GAJSC’s soon-to-be-released System Component Failure – Powerplant (SCF-PP) Report. The FAA is interested in taking steps to facilitate technology for new engines, including the […]

The GAJSC met on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 in Washington DC. The committee discussed ongoing work and received updates including briefings on NTSB’s work on PIREPs, FAA’s work regarding airport cameras, research into angle of attack indicators (AOAs), NATA’s misfueling program, and FAA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). The GAJSC also approved a revised Charter […]

The 38th annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey for reporting on CY 2015 is underway! The GA Survey is an important source of information on the general aviation fleet, the number of hours flown, and the ways people use general aviation aircraft. This information is used to prepare safety statistics and calculate the rate […]

The March/April 2016 issue of FAA Safety Briefing, Your Guide to Preventing Loss of Control, is now available online. This issue features articles on loss of control — or “unintended departure from controlled flight” — a key focus of the GAJSC and the subject of two work group reports. Articles in Your Guide to Preventing Loss of Control are intended to help pilots […]

At the GAJSC’s first meeting in 2016, the committee reviewed the FY16 general aviation (GA) safety performance data. A slide presentation on the FY16 data has been added to the Document Center. The committee also reviewed updates to the GAJSC Pareto chart to help the committee identify target areas for future work: