Certainly avoiding many of the SPTs will greatly increase your safety.

Sadly, many of those who crashed in a SPT were respected by their
fellows as a good and careful pilot who never did SPTs. It makes one wonder.

So while those who regularly perform SPTs are more likely to crash, it
appears that any pilot can suffer a "brain fart" and do an SPT. For
some it's the first and last time.

http://www.cyberair.tv/tower/faa/jtm...t/content.html
I found this on the net a few years ago and used it for a report about
Pilot Judgment for my EAA Chapter. Even though it's titled "Judgment
Training Manual for Student Pilots" I believe that a review of the
material would be useful to any pilot.


"Don't just do something, sit there!"

- John Ousterhout -



Jay Honeck wrote:
Since I:

a) Usually fly with two pilots on board
b) Have a well-oiled cockpit resource management scheme in place
c) Always top off the tanks after each flight
d) Never fly IFR
e) Never fly at night
f) Never "buzz" anyone's house
g) Never skip a pre-flight inspection
h) Personally supervise the maintenance of my plane
i) Don't let anyone else fly my plane
j) Rarely fly in mountains
k) Fly twice per week, on average
l) Maintain excellent health
m) Don't "skate" on maintenance
n) Keep the plane in a locked hangar

...I conclude that I may eliminate many of the "stupid pilot tricks"
from my personal risk assessment.

Trouble is, I don't know how to do that...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"