Flight Safety Bulletin - No. 55 December 2018
Editorial
SGS 2019
As at the end of every year, we must present the accident review and the safety actions planned for the coming year.
First of all, it is important to remember that we are answerable to the Authority for implementing an SMS (Safety Management System)…
Training Corner
There are no new ways of getting killed; we just repeat the same mistakes again and again...
BOB HOOVER
The Analyst's analysis
On 30 April 2017, the pilot of a VL3 microlight, with one passenger, takes off at about 16:00 from the Fréjus microlight airfield, flying together with another VL3.
Aged 69 and with 1 000 flying hours as a private aeroplane pilot, 200 of them on this type, he held no aerobatics rating but had taken part in an introductory session.
Safety in Figures
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 November 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.
The Mechanic's Tutorial
Here is the second episode of season 2 of the "mechanic's tutorials"! In the superb CNFTE workshop in Lectoure in the Gers, Thomas Gadaud and Pierre Pouchès "Peyo" remind us why it is so important to understand how carburettors work. This component is essential for controlling engine speed, provided it is perfectly synchronised with the second one.
