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Thunderstorms and Turbulence

 Thunderstorms and Turbulence

Many times, you as a pilot you have to make decisions involving thunderstorms and turbulence during flying.

So, in some tropical regions, thunderstorms, happen year-around, for example in United States, thunderstorms develop most frequently during spring, summer, and fall. 

In the arctic region occasionally experience thunderstorm during summer time.

In general, thunderstorms occur varies widely from season to season. 

Well, to explain and to be more specific, thunderstorms in general are most frequently during July and August and least frequent in December, and January, in to the United States.

In fact, the planet earth is unique in that its atmosphere, as pilots when we encounter bad weather during our itinerary, sometime are affected by weather, but we need to understand what you should know about weather how can shake your flight.

Weather is complex and sometimes difficult to understand, our restless atmosphere is almost, continuously in motion as it strives to reach stability.

So, preparation for your weather briefing before your flying is very essential to any pilot, meteorological and aeronautical information is provided by continuous sources.

Everyone, who flies no matter in what country you are flying encounters turbulence, at some time or other. 

Turbulence, varieties from bumpiness which can bother crew and passengers, and also can structurally damage the aircraft or injure its passengers.

So,aircraft reaction to turbulence varies with the difference in wind speed in adjacent currents, size of the aircraft , wing loading , and also aircraft attitude.

All pilots, know the first rule in flying turbulence is to reduce airspeed; you need to know very clear your limitations and follow up the recommended airspeed for penetrating turbulence when you knowing where to expect a thunderstorm or turbulence.

To a respectable review, always remember pilots: the main causes of turbulence are: convective currents, obstruction to wind flow, and also wind shear. 

Turbulence also occurs in the wake of moving aircraft whenever the airfoils exert lift – wake turbulence.

Be, alert all the time any combination of causes may occur at one time. 

I'm, interested in writing today and post, about this important concern, regarding thunderstorms and turbulence, to require and maintain a safe flight and land safely without any difficult.

I became interested in writing about this subject because when, I read some information regarding incidents and accidents involved commercial aircraft, who have had problems with some of its flights.

Types of turbulence, are:

Light, Moderate, Severe, and Extreme.

Always remember the good, safety pilot is one that is a conservative aviator and learns every day from the unexpected things that can happen in your cockpit.                                

Always Fly Safe....

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Severe Turbulence Interview B777-300 Near Bankok

Severe Turbulence Interview B777-300 Near Bankok.

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Stabilized Landings

Stabilized Landings:

Stabilized Approach criteria have successfully elevated in the Cockpit Awareness of risky approaches.

Runway excursion can occur on Take Off or Landing, let’s analyze  these expressions:

·Veer Off: Depart the side of the runway.

· Overrun: Depart the end of the runway.

Most common types of Approach and Landings accidents : 

Landing veer off , landing overrun , unstabilized  approach , control flight in to terrain ( CFIT ) , collision with terrain no CFIT ,and runway overshoot. 

These comprise the 78 % of the total approach and landing accidents.

So, rushed and  unstabilized approaches  are the largest contributory  factor in Controlled Flight In to terrain ( CFIT ), and other approach  landing accidents . 

Evaluation some operations briefing notes approach techniques, rushed approaches result  in inadequate time for the flight crew to appropriately  plan , prepare , and execute a safe approach .

Specific Factors involved in rushed and unstabilized approaches. 

Therefore, flying stabilized approaches complying with the stabilization criteria and approach to understand well the concept to stay away from incidents and accidents is the key, so, if the pilot continued flying and unstabilized approach, maybe the pilot will encounter some targets that should be met for the approach and need to understand the following these four steps strategy immediately to escape and incident or accident, anticipate, detect, correct and decide.

These strategies will constitute a common sense objective and reference for the pilot flying and the pilot not flying the airplane.

Monitoring, provide the time an ability and attention must require in this final and critical phase of flying so back up timely and precise any deviation callouts for effective correction on time, positive corrective actions should be taken before any deviation that develop in to a challenging or a hazardous situation in which the only safe action is immediately execute a GO AROUND.

All crews have to remember these three essential parameters to be stabilized for a safe approach:

Aircraft Track, Flight Path Angle, and Air Speed.

So, associated flight operations briefing notes communicate, that the following notes must review with this information to share:

Decent and Approach Profile Management.

Energy Management during the Approach.

Being Prepared to a GO AROUND Immediately.

Flying Constant Angle Non Precision Approaches.

The Final Approach Speed.

Factors Affecting Landing Distances.

Keep in mind failure to Go Around contributed to one – third of all landing excursion accidents.

Always attempt to make a Stabilized Landing ,it  is a landing conducted where your aircraft is completely controlled from a point 50 feet above the threshold to a full stop on the landing surface, without any unintended or adverse aircraft deviations from the planned and briefed maneuver.

Fly a Stabilized Approach always, the risk of an approach and landing accident or incident is increased if you don’t identify the strategies to reduce the risk of runway excursion.

Always Fly Safe!

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Latest Accident: 

XE Jet E 145 at Lagos Runway Excursion on landing. 

May 11, 2024

Source: Aviation Herald / linkedin Video

The Causes of Accidents Why?

The causes of accidents frequently repeated why?

One reason, is we as pilots need to be always have a good discipline inside the cockpit, and also include the best resources management (CRM), and avoid any distraction in the cockpit, have a good communication, a good pilot judgment, and a good decision-making (ADM).

So, in the past decade, the discipline of human factors has become instrumental in determining the fatal causes of aircraft accidents.

But, you as a professional pilot, you ask yourself a lot of many questions, but why accidents continue to happen, if I am a good well trained pilot.

We have the tools to prevent incidents and accidents, the airlines on the trainings departments the crews have the best instructors an all the tools to have the best pilots, but incidents continue affected the community and those incidents continue happen.

I know these words ideas have been expressed by me in other post's.

In, my personal and professional opinion, these concepts about why accidents contiunue happening, my only advice is to invite all pilots around the world fly safely and continue studying the human factors we as pilots always learn no matter how many years are you in this interesting carrer or have many hours you have gathering in your log-books, always be prepare for the unexpected to any situation, and fly your aircraft safe.

After completing this post, you as a professional pilot be able to discuss with your colleagues, the basic concepts and goals of a good CRM, and discuss with your airline that safety has improved more and more since the introduction of the CRM training.

So, I hope you enjoyed my lecture today, and you a safety pilot can contact me any time, it doesn't matter in what country you are flying if you need concepts regarding about safety you are very welcome here and your opininon also too.

Always Fly Safely!

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Miami-Florida

Why Accidents Happen

Why accidents happen?✈️

Aircraft accidents and incidents it can happen to anyone.

And in my personal view is sadly, that accidents do occur on a much too-frequent basis to pilots with a lot of knowledge and also with a lot of experience and gathered many flight hours in their logbooks .

According to a recent, accident data pilot error, is a cause of fatal action or decision of the pilot that , if not caught and corrected on time , could contribute to the occurrence of an accident or incident , but I want to be  more real and want to be emphasize that the term pilot error does not  imply that all errors are the fault of the pilots , so as I wrote on my last comments sometimes external circumstances are the cause , such as other possible causes .

The bad things about the statistics, is that people continue to crash and killed because we are humans and no human being  is perfect 100 % but when we talk about accidents we are referring to accidents in which the pilot should have either maintained or regained control of the aircraft. I remember, I was reading a good article on a Human Factors Book that the pilot was found to be a broad cause / factor in 84 % of all accidents, and 90.6 % of all fatal accidents. 

This means that the responsibility is largely the fault of people, not the machines they fly.

The only purpose today on my safety comment of this post is to show how a lack of knowledge, inadequate confusion and distractions has contributed to accidents.

A study of many aviation accidents reports, indicates that an alarming number of experienced pilots, as well as inexperienced pilots were involved in accidents.

I want to share with all the pilots around the world this words,writing today and also who read my safety blog and  take some of your free  time to learn about why accidents can happen any time.

So, as an experienced aviation accident investigator as well, I know we all learn from mistakes of other, yet seems many pilots must make the same costly mistakes themselves before they really learn.

Flight Safe should be our top priority to every buddy in this career, just because we as pilots we are humans and also we need to learn from the mistakes of recent accidents.

For this reason, I like to promote aviation safety through my safety blog, and also to inspire that a safe pilot consistently makes good judgment all the time inside the cockpit.

I want to be more precisely that a good judgment it is the ability to make an instant decision, which guarantees the safest possible continuation of the flight. 

Good Judgment guarantees, the positive aspects of flying the freedom to walk to your aircraft, go flying, and return to your home safely all the time. 

All people have a family and children that are waiting for us at home .

My best advice to all airline pilots and private pilots in GA , In fact, learning all the time that a good judgment is just as much an important part of flying as learning to make good Take Off and Landings .

The pilot in command always has direct responsibility for the operation of his aircraft.

The exercise of good judgment is so critical to flying safely all the time.

Always be prepared to reduce the threat and learn from accidents, continually keep your mental and physical skills strong, and review to learn something new, that accidents and incidents can occur any time anywhere at any phase of the flight.

Always be prepared for the unexpected. 

Be alert, know your limitations and the limitations of your aircraft learn from the mistakes of others and avoid similar accidents.

Safety First!!!!  Safety is Something We Can Live With!!!!

Always Fly Safely...

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Safety is Always

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Safety is Always....

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