This study presents a compilation of 24 cases involving general aviation (GA) pilots' weather encounters over the continental U.S. The project team interviewed pilots who had experienced a weather encounter, and we examined their backgrounds, flight experience, and weather encounter details. Results from meteorological data analysis for each weather encounter were consistent with findings of larger GA weather accident studies in terms of the types of hazards encountered and flight phase during which the encounters occurred. Investigation of pilot weather products and the sources from which they were obtained revealed a lack of uniformity of pre-flight data sources and underutilization of available en route flight information services. The team used these results to develop a set of pilot weather education and training recommendations intended to reduce the number and severity of weather encounters.
General Aviation Weather Encounter Case Studies
2012
22 pages
Report
No indication
English
Avionics , Aeronautics , Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Pilots , Weather , Aircraft , Case studies , Decision making , Demography , Education , Hazards , Ice formation , Training , Turbulence , Visibility , Weather forecasting , General aviation pilots , Weather encounters , Weather hazard , Weather products , Non-convective turbulence , Human factors , Taf(Terminal aerodrome forecasts) , Preflight planning , Flight phases , Imc(Instrument meteorological conditions)
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