Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 51 August 2018 — Safety

Safety

It is summer and this year, it is particularly hot.

Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 51 August 2018

No. 51 August 2018

Editorial

Hot-weather operations

It is summer, and this year it is a particularly hot one. While we suffer from the excessive temperatures in our daily lives, they also have significant consequences for our flights and our microlights. Once again, we can use the I.P.A.D.E model to manage the various threats we will face on these increasingly frequent heatwave days.

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The Analyst's analysis

In June 2018, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Cosmos Chronos 16 microlight registered 25-OB, which occurred on 13 July 2009 at Montbéliard (25). The instructor was seriously injured and the student died.

Training Corner

It was a great party, but...

The 23th Microlight Tour has just ended, and what a celebration it was, but… 128 machines, 4 classes, 270 people, a logistics convoy run with great skill, marvellous scenery, dream weather, quite simply a success. We all got home, everyone present and correct, which is what matters.

Safety in Figures

The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1^st January to 30 July 2018, classifying victims by severity and distinguishing purely material-damage accidents. The second table shows accidents involving French-registered microlights that took place abroad with foreign crews.

Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 51 August 2018

Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 51 August 2018

No. 51 August 2018

Editorial

Hot-weather operations

The Analyst's analysis

Training Corner

It was a great party, but...

Safety in Figures

2018

Weak signals / Safety in Figures / The Analyst's analysis / Training Corner

Go-around / The Analyst's analysis / When everything goes wrong, even the weather / Safety in Figures

Smooth handling: knowing how to manage transitions / The Analyst's analysis / Questioning ourselves / Safety in Figures

Inversion / The Analyst's analysis / So that the dream of flying lives on / Safety in Figures

The microlight spirit / Let's refresh our memory / The mechanic's word / Safety in Figures / RASU…

Who's the boss!! / News from the Safety Committee / Knowing how to question yourself / Safety in Figures / RASU…

Note it down so you don't forget... and know where you stand!! / The smartphone, mini-camera and tablet generation / RASU / New year's resolutions…

2017

STOP / Our dear fuel (continued) / RASU / DESTINATION-ITIS... a true story

Autumn update / Our dear fuel / RASU / A word on training

The quarrel of the ancients and the moderns? / Let's keep a close eye on our cables! / RASU / A word on training

Farewell ... for good / The parachute handle / RASU / A word on training

Become an expert on your microlight!!! / Power surges / RASU / The Tour ULM 2017

Back to the future / Why being able to be spotted matters / RASU / The parachute is not a safety device

The wind, our "best enemy" / Beware of modifications!!!

The Golden Rules / Tightening to the right torque

Careful, the good weather is back!!! / Searching for information

Using microlight strips properly / Got a minute!!!

Looking after your own safety (off-field landing) / Improvements to the Météo-France site

Reflecting well on safety reports / Happy New Year 2016?? Happy New Year 2017!!

2016

Steep turns at low speed: DANGER! / Orange vigilance

How do we use the information we receive? / The right balance

Making the most of safety reports / Good actions and good behaviour

Staying focused / The "J.O." awards (timely judgement)

Your microlight's flight envelope / Tour ULM 2016: a good vintage!

The "Holy Propeller" / The philosophical legacy of our Chibane

Let's not neglect the basics of mechanics / I.P.A.D.E.

What BEA investigations teach us / Air traffic

Batteries: beware of overheating! / The reliability of a microlight's electrical circuit

French microlighting: a space of freedom taken up responsibly? / "Facing up"

Discipline in using radio frequencies / Good resolutions

Kinetic energy / "YOUR thoughts"

2015

Special bulletin from the "Flight Safety" committee: Recent fatal accidents

Dealing with the risk of fire / Autumn advice

Electric pumps on our microlight engines / "Airmanship"? What's that?

Lessons from Tour ULM 2015 / The holidays are over!

Inadvertent control inputs / It's like riding a bike!

Let's take a moment to think

Just for our eyes / Infringements in 2014.

When the engine won't stop / Try safety

Staying informed – not staying isolated / The annual inspection

The pre-flight inspection / The emergency parachute

Resource management - Sharing skills in flight / 2014 accident review

Departing from the flight path / Leaving the flight envelope

2014

Technical monitoring and the risk of breakdowns / Handling an engine failure

Rigour in flight preparation / Paramotor wings

Let's avoid putting ourselves under pressure! / Responsibility (carrying a passenger)

Respecting aircraft specifications / Loss of power on take-off

Inadvertent control inputs / It's like riding a bike!

Parachute / Fires

The Safety Letter concept / 2014 infringements (January-June)

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