1. AOPA Air Safety Foundation ANALYSIS OF PILOT SURFACE DEVIATIONS SEPT 1998 – AUG 1999 Data Supplied by: FAA National Aviation Information Monitoring System By: FAA National Aviation Information Monitoring System

2. ( WHAT happened? ( WHO was involved? ( WHERE did it happen? ( WHEN did it happen?. Stacks of FAA Data

3. 61.8% – Taxied onto runway/taxiway 12.7% – Took off without clearance 10.8% – Landed without clearance 9.6% – Landed wrong runway/ taxiway/airport. Type of Deviation What?

4. 59.8% – Taxi (more Air Carrier) 21.4% – Landing (GA) 19.6% – Takeoff (GA). Type of Deviation What?

5. 52.6% - Not following ATC Instructions 17.3% - Distracted 11.8% - Disoriented or lost. Pilot was... What?

6. 42.4%Not a factor most of the time 21.5%Not familiar with ATC procedures/language 18.6%Not familiar with airport. Pilot knowledge & experience What?

7. Type of operation Who?

8. Pilot time-in-type Who? >100 hrs < 3,000 hrs

9. 33% Private 30.1%ATP 24.3%Commercial 15.2%CFIs 7.9%Students. Pilot certificate level Who?

10. Pilot’s total flight time Who? < 300 hrs >10,000 hrs 97.3% GA 68.9% Non-GA 22%18%

11. Flight rules (not weather conditions) Who?

12. 14.5%Cessna 172 8.0%Piper PA28. Aircraft make & model Who? Top 5 aircraft were all small single-engine GA airplanes.

13. 20Reno (RNO)(18 GA) 14Phoenix (PHX)( 6 GA) 12Los Angeles (LAX)( 1 GA) 11 Long Beach (LGB)(10 GA) 10 Cleveland (CLE)( 7 GA) 10San Diego (MYF)( 9 GA). Airports Where?

14. 83California(3 of top 6 airports) 57Florida 35Texas 30Nevada(20 at RNO alone) 24Illinois 20Arizona. States Where?

15. Month When?

16. Hour of the day When?

17. Weather When? Not a factor 88.5% of the time.

18. Day VFR GA Pilots Incursions Night or IMC Airlines Close calls Accidents Comparisons

19. GA Incursion Accidents zDay VFR yQuincy - Pro Pilot ySarasota - Op. Error?.

20. Night/IMC zLAX - 121 - Op. Error zATL - 121/GA - Op. Error zSTL - 121/GA - Pro Pilot zDTW - 121/121- Pro Pilot zClose - 121- ORD/JFK/PVD.

21. What is a Runway vs Taxiway?. All airports are different

22. Good Paint!!!

23. Now Available... Not one, but two columns in this month’s issue Circulation 80,000 Separate messages to Students and CFIs.

24. Now available... Safety Advisors Over 100,000 printed Joint ASF/FAA Project.

25. Now available... Upcoming articles and tips in... AOPA Pilot. 360,000 circulation

26. Now Available...

27. PDF file from AOPA Online public section - available late Feb ‘00. Now available... “Thanks”, NOAA!

28. Posters for FBO & Flight Schools? Some ideas... Joint AOPA ASF/FAA.

29. Local “Hot Spots” video? Some ideas... Long Beach underway!.

30. 91.129(I) Procedures? Phraseology? Pilot Education (no question!) “Am I supposed to be here?” Clearance to taxi to a rwy is a clearance to cross all intersecting rwys, but is not a clearance to taxi on or across the assigned runway.

31. “Tower, confirm N4GA is cleared to cross …?” Some draconian ideas... No rule changes... Campaign to have pilots voluntarily stop at all runways.

32. AOPA Air Safety Foundation ANALYSIS OF PILOT SURFACE DEVIATIONS SEPT 1998 – AUG 1999 Data Supplied by: FAA National Aviation Information Monitoring System. By