(By Adam Kurtz. UND Today) – A recent Federal Aviation Administration recommendation is shining a spotlight on one of ...
Two fatal crashes at Venice Municipal Airport in 2022 and 2023 were blamed on spatial disorientation.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The federal investigation into the ...
New FAA guidance, Information for Operators InFO 26003, recommends spatial disorientation training for pilots operating under Part 91, Part 91K, and Part 135. It cites accident data showing that ...
Spatial disorientation (SD) in aviation refers to a misinterpretation of the aircraft’s attitude, altitude, or motion, often induced by conflicting sensory inputs. Pilots may experience erroneous ...
Inadvertent VFR flight into IMC weather and the resulting fatal accidents are not simply a problem for aircraft pilots, but also for those flying helicopters. In a news release, the US Helicopter ...
In Part 1, we discussed the circumstances surrounding the December 2019 crash of a Piper Cheyenne in foggy conditions at Lafayette, Louisiana. The 51-year-old accident pilot reported 1,530 total ...