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Weather Accidents 2010-03-18
1.Ice accidents: One per year in California Indiana is worst with almost 2 a year. 4 of the 5 California accidents occurred between October and March. 2. 46% of flying fatalities are weather related. 3. 50% of these pilots had over 500 hours. 4. 28% of these pilots had instrument ratings. 5. 47% of these weather accidents occurred at night. 6. 71% involved violation of FARs 7. 10% of winter accidents are caused by "cold" alone. 8. Cold weather accidents result in 50% fatalities 9. Most winter accidents occur on the western slopes of mountain ranges such as the Sierras 10. An average of 44,000 thunderstorms occur each day throughout the world. 11. A Thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside. It's worse. 12. 1/4 of all accidents are weather related. 13. Tampa, Florida is the storm center of the U.S. with an average of 94 thunderstorms a year. 14. 1 accident in 61,900 hours in VFR conditions 15. No weather conforms to the weatherman's opinion of it. 16. Wet air is LIGHTER than dry air. 17. When a forecaster talks about yesterday's weather, he's a historian; about tomorrow's he's reading tea leaves. 18. If it's lousy weather here, it's probably good weather where you're going. 19. 1 in 10 accidents involved weather. 20. Only 6.5 of accidents are caused by wind. 21. Only 10% of these result in fatalities. 22. High-wing planes are 2 times more likely to have wind related accident. 23. A weather related accident is 2.5 times as likely to occur if the pilot has not obtained a weather briefing Comment		External Links  Recent articles Teaching The FAA Way I have never seen the 60 14 textbook I assume it is the revised Flight Instructor Handbook I once made a complete summary of ... Pre-start/Start Checklist P Once in the aircraft we begin the pre start tape recording Seats doors window open belts FAR 91 107 requires the pilot ... 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