Stall/spin and high AOA accidents are not the only kind of accident turning base to final. Low Speed Spirals – essentially, botched base to final steep turns – may be more common than stall/spin as a causal factor in base to final turn accidents. Supporting evidence comes from videos, onboard digital flight data recording and close re-examination of NTSB reports.
To remove psychological pressure to avoid a runway overshoot, and to reduce paying too much attention to the runway at the expense of good aircraft control, expose pilots to deliberate runway overshoots and teach go arounds, even before solo.
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Ed Wischmeyer has decades of professional aviation safety research, including the effects of low level wind shear on jet transports; unstable approaches; runway incursions; and the PEEMBO technique for modeling accident progressions. Additional research focused on general aviation loss of control, including detailed review of 600 NTSB reports.
Pilot experience includes ATP/CFII with 3600 hours flown in 200 makes and models of aircraft. His Ph.D. is from MIT.
Karen is the NAFI Board Chair, a Designated Pilot Examiner, three-time NAFI Master Instructor, CFI, CFII, MEI, CFI-G, AGI, IGI, FAA Gold Seal Instructor and FAASTeam Lead Representative. She teaches in a range of aircraft and enjoys flying her own RV6.
Karen is a Major in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), serves as a member of the WINGS Industry Network, contributes to the FAA Surface Safety Group, is an FAA Safety Team Lead Representative, and is active in several other aviation organizations. Karen is the 2019 National FAASTeam Representative of the year.
She became active in aviation after success as a senior VP in the banking sector, as a graduate school professor, and as President of her own international consulting business.
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