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Accept the challenge
Take on ASI's quizmaster
ARE YOU HUNGRY for a challenge? Maybe you fancy ﬂying an
airplane that's bigger, faster, and sexier than the old trainer
you've come to know so well. But making such a transition
requires additional instruction to learn new and often more
complex aircraft systems and operating procedures. Is transitioning difficult? Are complex aircraft complicated to ﬂy? Find
out with ASI's "Transitioning to High-Performance/Complex
Aircraft" quiz (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/quiz-transitioning).
Then take a moment to test your skills with the quizmaster's
latest brainstorm-"Instrument Procedures: A Tale of Two ILSs,"
which proves that shooting any old ILS to minimums is anything but straightforward at Southern Vermont Regional airport
(www.airsafetyinstitute.org/quiz-ILSs). Visit the website (www.
airsafetyinstitute.org/safetyquizzes) for additional brainteasers
from "Cold Weather Ops" to "Taming a Twin" to "Aeromedical
Matters" and more. Safety quizzes are made possible by AOPA
Insurance Services.

ASI's 'Nall Report' goes beyond the numbers
Twenty-third edition examines data from 2011
THE JOSEPH T. Nall Report is the Air Safety Institute's annual review of general aviation (GA) acci-

dents-it is dedicated to the memory of Joe Nall, a National Transportation Safety Board member
who died as a passenger in an airplane accident in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1989.
The twenty-third Nall Report (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/23rdNall) offers detailed analysis
of general aviation accidents during 2011, a year that in many ways looked a lot like 2010. The
report classiﬁes accidents by type of operation, ﬂight condition, pilot certiﬁcate level, and aircraft
class/category, and it includes graphs for a quick visual overview and a comprehensive analysis
explaining them. In addition, you'll ﬁnd case studies that proﬁle accidents involving fuel management, weather, takeoff, maneuvering, descent/approach, and landing. The detailed narratives
describe the accident ﬂights and conditions,
the NTSB's probable cause ﬁndings, and
ASI's comments. Many of the case studies
share a common element: the willingness
of the pilots involved to take passengers on
ﬂights that they knew, or certainly should
have known, would test the limits of their
capabilities.
Peruse the report for complete details and
search ASI's online accident database for
23RD JOSEPH T. NALL REPORT
additional information (www.airsafety
General Aviation Accidents in 2011
institute.org/database).

GA ACCIDENT
SCORECARD
This year's scorecard (www.airsafety
institute.org/2012-13GAScorecard)
accompanying the twenty-third Nall
Report provides a quick summary of
the numbers of accidents, fatal accidents, and fatalities during the past
two years. After spiking in 2011, the
number of commercial ﬁxed-wing
accidents returned to near-record
lows, while noncommercial helicopter ﬂight accidents jumped in 2012
but dropped again the following
year. The number of commercial helicopter accidents continued a gradual
increase-while after a modest
improvement in 2012, the number of
noncommercial ﬁxed-wing accidents
dropped nearly 20 percent to its
lowest level in decades. 2013 saw 361
individual fatalities in helicopters
and light airplanes, the fewest in
more than 50 years.

ASI SEMINARS
"Real World Weather" ends November 11. Visit the website (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars) for
the winter/spring seminar series announcement and dates and locations near you.

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