SAFETY CENTERS
- Aerodynamics
- Aeromedical
- Aeronautical Decision Making
- Aircraft Ownership and Maintenance
- Aircraft Systems and Avionics
- Collision Avoidance
- Emergency Procedures
- Flight Instruction
- Collision Avoidance Resources
- Flight Planning and Preflight
- Fuel Management
- Icing and Cold Weather Ops
- IFR Procedures
- Operations at Airports
- Radio Communications and ATC
- Runway Safety
- Student Pilots
- Survival Safety
- Takeoffs and Landings
- Thunderstorm Avoidance
- Transitioning to Other Aircraft
- VFR into IMC
Takeoffs and Landings
Do you have trouble getting the correct picture during takeoffs or landings? You’ll want to get it right when in close proximity to the ground, which leaves little margin for error. Learn what you need to know about runway length and obstacle considerations, the effect of density altitude on aircraft performance, how to deal with a cross-wind, and ASI’s 50/50 solution to be a safer pilot each time you take off and land.
Videos
- Avoiding Gear-Up Landings and Gear Up Collapses
- Avoiding Hard Landings
- Avoiding Prop Strikes
- Base-to-Final Turn
- Beyond Proficient: STOL Goal
- Crosswind Landings
- Margins of Safety: Angle of Attack Indicators
- Normal Takeoff
- Engine Out! From Trouble to Touchdown
- Short-Field Landings
- Stabilized Approach
- What causes loss of control on the ground (LOC-G)?
- Determining an Abort Point
Pilot Short Stories
Accident Analysis
- High Aspirations
- Accident Case Study: Lake Renegade
- Real Pilot Story: The Impossible Turn
- Early Analysis: N76075, MayDay STOL in Wayne, NE
- Early Analysis: N8845Z, Landing on Bridge in Miami Beach, Florida
- Early Analysis: N880Z, Night Flight in El Cajon, CA
- Early Analysis: N97883, Training Accident Newport News-Williamsburg Airport
- Early Analysis: N515GK, Accident near Mid-Ohio Int. Airport, OH
- Early Analysis: Black Hole in Venice, Florida
- Early Analysis: Cessna 310 Crash in Santa Fe, NM
Safety Quizzes
Publications
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