Flying Safety April 5 th, Stratux Kit Inventor … New Product? 2.Where Loss of Control Occurs 3.Oxygen … A cure for stupid 4.HYI NOTAMS 5.Mishap Review 6.NASA Form and “Call this number” Reminder

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Do-it-yourself ADS-B In (Weather and Traffic for $120) Type “Stratux Kit” in your search engine … Stratux Kit article on EAA: communities-and-interests/homebuilt-aircraft- and-homebuilt-aircraft-kits/resources-for-while- youre-building/building-articles/instruments-and- avionics/live-weather-and-traffic-for-less-than- $120

Chris Young (University of Michigan Engineering Graduate) “invented” the home-built ADS-B receiver (he named it Stratux). Figuring out a low-cost way to provide ADS-B Out could be his next “area of interest”.

Loss of Control Is Most Likely To Occur … HINT: Insure “canned” or “recommended” Pitch Trim Settings are used (especially on Takeoff).

Oxygen Tanks: You Need Them Supplemental oxygen can be vital for seeing and thinking straight, even at lower altitudes. As pilots, our biggest oxygen consumer is our brain. Night vision is one of the first things to go. Retinal function begins to deteriorate at altitudes as low as 5000 feet, and so will your night vision. A 1997 FAA study The key finding of the study was the increase in performance- related errors of the hypoxia group as compared with the sea-level control group. The procedural error rate was roughly double in the hypoxia subjects, with onset in as few as 45 minutes at 8000 feet.

If you plan on using supplemental oxygen to gain access to higher altitudes, a pulse oximeter is essential. At sea level, most healthy people will have normal oxygen levels above 95 percent. When flying at higher altitudes, it is a good idea to keep your O2 saturation at 90 percent or better. Always use supplemental oxygen in flight whenever your oxygen saturation drops 10 percentage points below normal for your home altitude.

HYI NOTAMS Runway 13/31 Project As long as temperatures cooperate, we anticipate a coal tar seal to be applied in the next two weeks. Following the 30 day cure time, final striping will occur and the runway will be permanently opened. We're still in the queue for an FAA flight check on the PAPIs. In the meantime, Runway 13/31 is open with the temporary striping. Pilot Controlled Lighting In conjunction with the Runway 13/31 project, a full replacement of the broken PCL system began last week. The system should be in working order by now. As always … check NOTAMS before you fly.

HYI NOTAMS Security Fence Crews are focusing on parking lot construction while the final layout of the fence is determined. The lot next to the City-owned t-hangars is currently under construction. A second parking lot is being installed near the CAF. Both will be available to the public. The project should be complete in the June to July 2016 time frame. Water Line Upgrades The City of San Marcos will be upgrading the Airport's water line from 8" to 12" to better accommodate the needs of existing and future tenants. The anticipated start is end of April with the project wrapping up in Fall 2016.

HYI NOTAMS Our name change - to San Marcos Regional Airport - can be found in the FAA's latest Airport/Facility Directory! The change is continuing to trickle down to other publications as they are updated on their own schedules.

16 NTSB Aviation Mishaps in February unexplained ( Lack of Proficiency ) 3 engine quit (3 pilots did good, 0 pilots not so good) 3 unexplained (mechanical failure) 2 pure bucket-head 1 gear collapse 1 out of Fuel 1 Mid Air Collision 0 mechanical failure (explained) 0 Hypoxia 0 Ground Fatality 0 Iced Up (Atta Boy) Out of the 16 mishaps … 9 were Fatal mishaps (17 fatalities total) Out of the 9 fatal mishaps … 7 pilots held Advanced Aeronautical Ratings. 3 ATP … 2 IP … 2 Commercial

UNEXPLAINED … (Lack of Proficiency) 5 Crashes … 6 Killed Cirrus SR22T … 1 Fatal TECNAM P92 … 1 Fatal Piper Cherokee 140 Cessna 182T … 2 Fatal Piper Archer… 2 Fatal ENGINE QUIT … Pilot Did GOOD Piper Malibu … cruise FL190 Piper Warrior … returning to airport at 500 AGL Beech B36TC … on takeoff 300 AGL MECHANICAL UNEXPLAINED3 Crashes … 7 Killed Lancair IV-P … 3 Fatal Flight Design CTLS … 2 Fatal P-51 Big Beautiful Doll … 2 Fatal ( see next slide )

Jeffrey Pino (left) 61 years old Sikorsky 2006 – 2012 Vice Chairman of XTI Aircraft IP and Aerobatic Performer Nick Tramontano 72 years old 33 year airline career (FedEx) Owned WWII era Beech 18 ATP

GEAR COLLAPSED Cessna 140 OUT OF FUEL Beech A36 Bonanza MID-AIR COLLISION … 3 Fatal Beech M35 Bonanza and a Bellanca 8KCAB The Beech was cross country (IP on board) … Bellanca was a local flight. Collision over LA Harbor (practice area) PURE BUCKET HEAD … Cessna 172S … Instructor Pilot and Student after engine start, taxied into a parked aircraft while listening to ATIS Piper Seneca Night scud running … flew through the top of a tree. Flew for 23 miles to destination airport. Damage to wings and windshield.

NTSB Aviation Mishaps … Running Summary 2016 (including current month) 27 unexplained (Lack of proficiency) … 35 Killed 24 engine quit 19 did GOOD 5 Didn’t do so good … 5 Killed 5 mechanical failure (explained) … 1 Killed 4 gear collapsed 4 pure bucket-head (just plain dumb) … 1 Killed 4 unexplained (mechanical failure) … 7 Killed 2 out of fuel 1 Mid-Air Collision … 3 Killed 0 Fatal Ground Mishap 0 Hypoxia 0 Iced up

Lack of Proficiency Not many other explanations for crashing a perfectly good airplane. This Month Lack of Proficiency was responsible for 6 of the 17 Deaths. (Mechanical Failure was responsible for 7 deaths.) Stay focused on your own proficiency. Keep doing what you’ve been doing (CAP is doing GOOD). Before each takeoff … plan on the engine quitting.

Remember … Current is NOT proficient. Even pilots who fly every day need recurrent training. It's the stuff you don't do every day that will eat your lunch. Legal? You betcha! Safe? Maybe, maybe not.

File your “NASA” form electronically: html FAA Regulations prohibit reports filed with NASA from being used for FAA enforcement purposes. As long as your acts are not determined to be “intentional” (you followed the rules) Your identity will remain anonymous. File the NASA Report within 10 days of the incident You may file as many NASA Reports as you like…there is no limit. So….no matter how minor the incident…file a NASA Report You may only use a NASA Report for immunity from FAA enforcement actions once every five years

Advise When Ready To Copy a Number Regarding ATC requests to "call a number" after landing. Have a plan BEFORE this happens. If you are asked to call a number after landing, consider: First … File your “NASA” form electronically at Then … at your discretion, call the number requested by ATC

No Updates … stay tuned for news. CAP Fatal Flight Mishap at Mobile Alabama on February 01, 2016 NTSB Identification: ERA16FA Cessna 182T N784CP, Serial Number G1000 equipped Two Fatalities

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