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Old 03-26-2012, 05:03 AM
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Could this be an uintentional cause of greater automation in GA aircraft?
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According to recent data prepared by the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC), loss of control-inflight (LOC-I) is the dominant cause of fatal GA accident in the past 10 years. “We need to get better at maneuvering our aircraft,” says Rich Stowell, seven-time Master Flight Instructor and author of “Pilot-in-Control” in the March/April 2012 FAA Safety Briefing. “LOC-I happens to low-time and high time pilots, to student pilots and ATPs alike.” Stowell suggests pilots build a multi-layered defense against LOC-I through better training in the mental skills needed to avoid LOC-I, coupled with better training in the stick-and-rudder skills needed to prevent and recover from LOC-I scenarios.
For more tips on how to prevent LOC-I, be sure to read the current of FAA Safety Briefing at: http://bit.ly/SPANS.
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You mean does more automation leads to increased LOC as in more or better autopilots or glass panels come on the scene?
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You mean does more automation leads to increased LOC as in more or better autopilots or glass panels come on the scene?
Yes - I mean applicants early on learning to use the autopilot (or even turning to autopilot use immediately after training) that they don't learn to actually fly the airplane anymore - especially outside of any normal operating flight envelope.
There has certainly been an increase in glass and more automation coming into even the most basic of GA airplanes in the last 10 years - the same same frame that the article says has seen an increase in LOC-I accidents.

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