Flight Instructor Resources
Featured in the AOPA Air Safety Institute eFIRC course
ASI Richard G. McSpadden Report and Accident Reports
- Richard G. McSpadden (formerly Nall) Report
- Fatal Flight Training Accident Report 2000-2015 PDF
- ASI Stall Spin Accident Report 2000-2014 PDF
- Night Flying Accident Analysis Report 2017-2021
- Seaplane Accident Analysis Report 2008-2022
ASI Products for CFIs
- ASI CFI to CFI Newsletter Archives
- Flight Instruction Safety Center
- Learn to Turn with Rich Stowell Webinar and resource downloads
- AOPA BasicMed Resources
- Focused Flight Review
- Lesson Plans
- Student Pilots Safety Center
Downloads and Guides Featured in the eFIRC
- ASI Personal Minimums Contract - VFR
- ASI Personal Minimums Contract - IFR
- ASI Runway Safety Flash Cards
- ASI Aircraft Flash Cards
- ASI Airspace Flash Cards
- Pilot Qualification Cards (P-Q Cards)
- AOPA Airport Watch Emergency Contact Card
- ATC Light Gun Signals Card (business card size)
- Pirep Form
- ICAO FLT Plan Form & FAA Guidance
- Sample FAA Flight Review Record
- Instrument Proficiency Check Flight Record
- ASI Online Course Guides for Student Pilots
FAASTeam and WINGS
TSA
- AOPA General Aviation TSA Security Awareness Online Course
- DC Special Flight Rules Area Course
- Flight Training Security Program (FTSP) (formerly Alien Flight Student Program)
- Letter of Interpretation on Certain Record keeping Requirements in 49 CFR Part 1552
- TSA Inspection Checklist for Flight Schools
- Security Contacts Card
Airspace and Intercept Procedures
Survival
- Survival Safety Center
- Preparing for the Worst: Preflight Survival Tips (part 1) Webinar
- Preparing for the Worst: Preflight Survival Tips (part 2) Webinar
- Forced Landings...A Plan to Survive Webinar
- Passenger Safety Briefing Card
Mountain Flying
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
FAR/AIM
Handbooks
- Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators
- Airplane Flying Handbook
- Aviation Instructors Handbook
- Helicopter Instructor’s Handbook
- Instructor Mentoring Best Practices Handbook
- Instrument Procedures Handbook
- Instrument Flying Handbook
- Instrument Flying Handbook Errata
- MedEx Brochure for Pilots
- Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
- Plane Sense for GA
- Risk Management Handbook
- Seaplane, Skiplane and Float/Ski Equipped Helicopter Operations Handbook
- USCG Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook
Endorsements, Flight Reviews, and Instrument Proficiency Checks
- AC 61-65H, Certification: Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors
- AC 61-98D, Currency Requirements and Guidance for the Flight Review and Instrument Proficiency Check
Airman Testing Standards
- AC 61-65H, Certification: Pilots and Flight and Ground Instructors
- AC 61-98D, Currency Requirements and Guidance for the Flight Review and Instrument Proficiency Check
Airman Testing Standards
- Private Pilot – Airplane Airman Certification Standards
- Instrument Rating – Airplane Airman Certification Standards
- Commercial Pilot – Airplane Airman Certification Standards
- Commercial Pilot – Military Competence Airman Certification Standards
- Airline Transport Pilot ‒ Airplane Airman Certification Standards
- Remote Pilot ‒ Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airman Certification Standards
- Flight Instructor PTS for Airplane
- Other Pilot Practical Test Standards
- Airman Certification Standards FAQs
- FAA Test Code Lookup website
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