Flight Safety Australia - Close calls Civil Aviation Safety Authority - Australia

Weather affects short flights and long ones equally, as this pilot found out.  I hadn’t ever been so glad to feel the earth beneath my wheels as I did when my aircraft touched the runway after this flight.

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/02/what-did-i-think-i-was-doing/

Despite all good intentions, a pilot ends up in a nightmare situation. Self-analysis follows a lucky escape.

Read this close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/05/stuck-on-top/

Having purchased a Piper Warrior, endorsements for manual propeller pitch control and retractable undercarriage were straightforward. The next issue that seemed worthwhile addressing was the deadline imposed on VFR pilots by last light. So I embarked on a night VFR endorsement. The darkness of regional Australia at night proves to be more than a match for a city slicker’s night VFR rating.

Some years ago, I was involved in an incident that nearly resulted in a mid-air collision. It happened in the vicinity of the Archerfield Southern Training Area during a training session that I was conducting in a Cessna 172...

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2022/03/too-close-for-comfort

A former boss once warned me that 'an assumption is the basis of a screw-up'. While I've often repeated that maxim to others, it took 5 white-knuckle minutes to teach myself the wisdom of those words.

Read this Close call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2023/01/assumed-risk/

In this unexpected and scary incident, the pilot reaches for something familiar to use in an unusual way.

Read this Close Call at https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2022/11/belting-along/