SOCAL ~ Aviation Safety Review ~ AUGUST 1998
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What’s in this Issue:
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Stealthy Killer
What you can do to avoid the "great mimic"
Have you ever experienced sleepiness or fatigue while flying? How about
a headache or dizziness or flu-like symptoms or irritability? You may have
experienced carbon monoxide poisoning and not really noticed. That's why
its called the "great mimic."
Carbon monoxide (CO) is in the air. Anything that burns gives
off this tasteless and odorless gas. It attaches to your hemoglobin, displacing
oxygen molecules and forming carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). Your brain your tissues
and even your muscles get less oxygen causing hypoxia-lack of oxygen. We
almost always have some CO poisoning in our system. Smokers who average
a pack a day will chronically have COHb blood levels as high as 10%. Smoking
makes exposure from other sources of CO more significant because the effects
are cumulative.
Accident/incident information seems to indicate the mishaps caused by
CO are uncommon, but the data may be misleading. Some informal surveys tell
us that many pilots think they have been exposed to something more than
a normal dose of carbon monoxide. Remember those symptoms we mentioned at
the beginning of this article?
Heating systems in our aircraft cause the majority of the CO poisoning
accidents. It's easy to see why. The exhaust pipe or muffler of most
light aircraft is surrounded by a shroud which collects heated air from
the outside of the pipe and sends this warmed air into the cabin. Carbon
monoxide is lighter than air so it will rise and gather toward the top of
the cabin
In April of 1994, a Cessna 182 left Long Beach one evening for Modesto.
ATC radar showed the aircraft deviating from assigned headings and altitudes.
The erratic behavior became progressively worse and the plane crashed.
The pilot reported that he had turned on the cabin heat during initial
climb. After reaching cruise altitude, his vision blurred, he developed
a headache and nausea and had trouble breathing. Within a short time, he
lost consciousness.
Hospital tests on the seriously injured pilot were negative for drugs
and alcohol, but they revealed a significant level of COHb.
Preflight actions to minimize your chances for exposure to CO poisoning
- Look for traces of leaks around the joints and welded areas of the
muffler and streaks of exhaust residue around cowling and cowl fasteners.
Check for proper support of the muffler, for cracks, signs of rust, chaffing
or bending near brackets
One effective way to protect yourself - Install a CO detector
in the cockpit. These chemical spots change color when CO is present. They
should be mounted high on the instrument panel. Best yet, place one on each
side of the panel within easy eye reference.
If you suspect carbon monoxide is present - Shut down cabin heater and
open fresh air vents, use 100 percent oxygen if you have it, land as soon
as possible and seek medical attention.
On the ground, have your exhaust system inspected by a maintenance technician.
CO is a killer. A few prudent steps can keep you and your passengers safe |
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Do you remember who or what it was that first
sparked your love for aviation?
The Explorers, a division of Boy Scouts of America, is looking for people
who love aviation. These volunteers are needed to mentor young men and women
14 to 21 years old. The post is especially in need of a coordinator, someone
who has the time to organize and facilitate its weekly meetings as well
as plan outings and field trips.
Sunrise Aviation at
the John Wayne Airport has donated the use of a classroom where the meetings
are held. Please contact :
Mark A. Jones, Exploring Executive, OC Council (714) 546-8558 Extension
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Top 3 Danger Zones
Avoiding Midair Collisions
Were you able to name the top 3 areas reported in the NASA system for Airborne
Conflict and Collision Incident from last month's issue?
Œ2-3 miles NE of John Wayne Airport between 4000-6000 feet AGL
1-2 miles SE of John Wayne Airport between 4000-6000 feet AGL
3-4 miles SE of Torrance Airport between 800-3000 feet AGL
1-6 miles E of Corona Airport between1000-3000 feet AGL
1-4 miles S & W of the Queen Mary between 500-4000 feet AGL
The NASA Air Safety Reporting System (ASRS) is a voluntary anonymous system
for gathering safety information. Perhaps the most important aspect of this
system is that we can learn not only what happened, but why the incident
may have happened.
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Web Sites for Airmen
http://www.faa.gov/faadocs.htm
This FAA site provides access to documents airmen frequently
require. You can find the Practical Test Standards, Advisory Circulars and
more.
http://www. aerolink.com/
This site calls itself an aviation link farm. Over 6,000
links to aviation topics are available here. If you are looking for something
special in aviation and it isn't linked to this site, it probably doesn't
exit. |
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Safety Seminars |
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Save these announcements
and post them for handy reference |
VAN NUYS AREA
Safety Program Mgrs. (818) 904-6291
Ops Karla Towe Ext. 246 - karla.j.towe@faa.dot.gov
A/W Bruce Borden Ext 342 - bruce.a.borden@faa.dot.gov |
EDWARDS AFB 2nd Sat
*"Operation Raincheck"
High Desert Tracon Pilot Familiarization
Contact: (805) 258-6300
PALMDALE 9AM-4PM 3rd Sat
*"Operation Raincheck"
LAARTC Pilot Familiarization
Contact: (805) 538-2402
CAMARILLO Wed Aug 12
Flight Checking Your Aircraft Like a Professional
Location: Camarillo Airport, across from watertower, Cowan Conf Rm
Sponsor: Santa Paula 99's
Contact: (805) 482-8140
VAN NUYS
The following 3 Seminars are located at Aeroplex
- 7949 Woodley Ave.
Speaker: Gene Hudson
Contact: (818) 382-4791
Tue Aug 11
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)
Tue Aug 18
Thirteen Ways (Not) To Get Busted While Flying IFR
Tue Aug 25
You Can Fly A One-Dot ILS… Partial Panel… In a 40 Knot Crosswind!
VAN NUYS
The following 4 Seminars are located at Green
Hornets Aviation, 7535 Valjean
Contact: (818) 988-5591
6:30-8:00PM Tue Aug 4
*Aircraft Ownership: Maintaining Your Single Engine Airplane
Speaker: David Margolis, A&P
6:30-8:00PM Tue Aug 11
*"Hands-On" Pre-Flight Inspection Competition
Speaker: Alan Goldsman, CFII & David Margolis, A&P
6:30-8:00PM Tue Aug 18
*Keeping A WWII B-25 Bomber Flying is No Easy Task
Speaker: Chad Sisk, Crew Chief
6:30-8:00PM Tue Aug 25
*More On Airplane Owner and Pilot Use of the Internet
Speaker: To be selected
VAN NUYS
The following 9 Seminars are located at AV8,
Inc., 16431 Vanowen St.
Contact: Richard Mend (818) 994-9770
9:00-11:00AM Sat Aug 1
*Ditching & Over Water Survival
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI AIM ATP
9:00-11:00AM Sat Aug 8
*Stepping Up To High Performance Singles
Speaker: Jeff Kertes, CFI AIM ATP
Wed Aug 12
*Flight Instructor Seminar:
How to Land New Students
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI AIM ATP
9:00-11:00AM Sat Aug 15
*Avoiding Helicopter Wire Strikes
Speaker: Gary Cost, Chief Pilot Mercy Air Service
5:30-7:00PM Tue Aug 18
*Advanced Pilot Seminar:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI AIM ATP
Wed Aug 19
*What You Should Know About Your Altimeter
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI AIM ATP
5:30-7:00PM Thur Aug 20
*Aviation Technician Seminar:
Damage Tolerance
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI AIM ATP
9:00-11:00AM Sat Aug 22
*Avoiding Runway Incursions
Speaker: Richard Mend, CFI-AIM ATP
9:00-11:00AM Sat Aug 29
*MidAir Collision Avoidance
Speakers: Maj. Alan Norman &
Capt. Tom Lance, EDW AFB
*Reservations Required
Los Angeles Area
Safety Program Mgrs. (310) 215-2150
Ops Roland McKee Ext. 154 - roland.j.mckee@faa.dot.gov
A/W Bob Sissung Ext 130 -robert.j.sissung@faa.dot.gov
Contact: Hank Smith, (310) 324-1800 |
HAWTHORNE 9AM-1PM Sat Aug 1
Operation Takeoff: Orientation to FSS
Location: Hawthorne Flight Service
Sponsor: Hawthorne Flight Service
Contact: HHR FSS (310) 970-0102
INGLEWOOD Thu Aug 6
Airworthiness Legal Issues
Location: Northrop Rice USA Inc.
8911 Aviation Ave.
Sponsor: LAX FSDO Safety Program
Speaker: Monroe Balton & Naomi
Tsuda, Regional Legal Counsel
Contact: LAX FSDO (310) 215-2150
EL MONTE Wed Aug 12
Aircraft & Renters Insurance
Location: FAST Inc,. El Monte Airport
4015 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte (Fly-In)
Speaker: Avemco
Sponsor: FAST Inc.
Contact: FAST Inc. (626) 575-3278
LAVERN/BRACKETT Tue Aug 18
Runway Incursions
Location: Brackett Airport Admin Bldg.
Speaker: TBA
Sponsor: Comarco
Contact: LAX FSDO (310) 215-2150
HAWTHORNE Wed Aug 19
Decent to the MDA or DH and Beyond
Location: Hawthorne Flight Service
Speaker: Chris Whitaker, LAX FSDO
Sponsor: Hawthorne Flight Service
Contact: LAX FSDO (310) 215-2150
COMPTON 9:30-11AM Sat Aug 29
Non Tower Airport Ops
Location: Compton Airport Admin Bldg
Speaker: TBA
Sponsor: Comarco
Contact: LAX FSDO (310) 215-2150
SANTA MONICA Wed Aug 26
Improving Your Check List
Location: Museum of Flying (3rd Floor
Theater) Northside of Santa Monica Apt
Speaker: Richard Mend
Sponsor: SMO Museum of Flying
Long Beach Area
Safety Program Mgrs. (562) 420-1755
Ops Kathleen O'Brien
kathleen.o'brien@faa.dot.gov
A/W George Mahurin Ext 136 |
LONG BEACH Thu Aug 6
*The 17 Most Popular Ways to Fall Out of the
Sky (Landings)
Location: LGB FSDO, 5001 Airport Plaza Dr, Ste 100
Speakers: George Mahurin, LGB FSDO
Contact: LGB FSDO (562) 420-1755
TORRANCE 6:30-8:30PM Mon Aug 10
*IFR X-C TOA-BFL-SBA-TOA
Location: Rolling Hills Aviation,
3115 Airport Dr, Torrance Airport
Speaker: Hank Smith, CFII & Master CFI
Sponsor: The Aviation Law Firm of
Chevalier, Allen & Lichman
Contact: Hank Smith (310) 324-1800
SANTA ANA Tue Aug 11
Part 61 & 91: The Latest Changes
Location: Orange County Flight Center,
19711 Campus Dr, Ste 150
Speaker: Al German, CFII
Sponsor: Orange County Flight Center
Contact: Annie (714) 756-1300
TORRANCE 6:30-8:30PMThu Aug 13
ATC with the TOA Tower Team
Location: Torrance General Aviation Ctr
3301 Airport Dr, Torrance Airport
Host: Hank Smith, CFI
Speaker: FAA Controllers
Sponsors: Rolling Hills Aviation and Aviation Systems Associates Inc.
Contact: Hank Smith (310) 324-1800
LONG BEACH Thu Aug 20
*Baffled by METAR/TAF?
Location: LGB FSDO, 5001 Airport Plaza Dr, Ste 100
Speakers: Cynthia Johnson & Steve Rietz from Hawthorne FSS
Contact: LGB FSDO (562) 420-1755
TORRANCE 6:30-8:30PM Tue Aug 25
Flying Start (The EAA Program)
Location: Rolling Hills Aviation
Host: Bill Wood, CFI, EAA-IAC
Speakers: Steve Kendel, Shinji Kurashige, Jeff Tessner, & Andy Angelo
Sponsor: Rolling Hills Aviation
Contact: Hank Smith (310) 324-1800
LONG BEACH Thu Aug 27
Thursday Night Movies
Runway Incursions/Runway Markings
Location: LGB FSDO, 5001 Airport Plaza Dr, Ste 100
Discussion: Kathleen O'Brien, LGB
Contact: LGB FSDO (562) 420-1755
TORRANCE 10AM-12PM Sat Aug 29
*How to Get a Job and Make a Living as a Safe
CFI
Location: Rolling Hills Aviation,
3115 Airport Dr, Torrance Airport
Speaker: Hank Smith, CFI
Sponsor: Rolling Hills Aviation
Contact: Hank Smith (310) 324-1800
*Reservations Required
RIVERSIDE AREA
Safety Program Mgrs. (909) 276-6701
Ops RC Morton Ext. 37 - r.c.morton@faa.dot.gov
A/W John Gentry Ext 28 - john.w.gentry@faa.dot.gov |
RIVERSIDE 10AM-12PM Sat Aug 8
Operation Takeoff-How to Best use the Services
of RAL AFSS
Location: RAL AFSS at Riverside Apt
Sponsor: RAL AFSS
Contact: RAL AFSS (909) 351-3020
RIVERSIDE Tue Aug 25
Tuesday Night Movies-"17 Ways to Fall
Out of the Sky"
Part I and II
Location: Riverside FSDO at Riverside Airport
Speaker: None - All video presentation
Sponsor: RAL FSDO
Contact: R. C. Morton (909) 276-6701 ex 37
RIVERSIDE Thur Aug 27
The 12 Week Flight Instructor Workshop (formerly
10 Weeks with 2 additional sections added: (1) GPS and (2) Internet for
CFIs)
Time: 6PM to 9PM every Thursday
Location: Riverside FSDO at Riverside Airport
Speaker: R. C. Morton
Contact: R. C. Morton (909) 276-7601 ex 37 Reservations Only!!
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Aviation Safety Seminars
Published by
The FAA’s San Deigo Flight Standards District Office,
8525 Gibbs Dr. Ste 120 - San Diego, CA 92123
Safety Program Managers:
Ops Mike Harris 619/557-5281 x 237
michael.r.harris@faa.dot.gov
A/W Fred Christlieb 619/557-5281 x 266
fred.w.christlieb@faa.dot.gov |
In addition, San Diego area seminars can be found by calling the SAN
AFSS at 1-800-WX BRIEF, extension #*320. Last minutes changes will be updated
through the Flight Service Station recording.
Diego Super Safety Seminar
Everything you wanted to know but were too cheap to pay for.
The Super Safety Seminar is scheduled for Saturday, September 12, 1998,
at Gillespie Field, at the Aerospace Museum. Admission is free and we have
three classrooms full of seminar topics. These topics include Mountain Flying,
Local & Beyond, Aviation Communiations, MEL's/Pre-flights, Women in
Aviation, In- Flight Emergencies, IFR Planning, New Part 61, Stalls &
Spins, and Aviation Maintenance for Owners as well as special topics by
AOPA and The King Schools. There is still lots to do to get ready, if you
have some time contact Mike Harris or Fred Christlieb at the San Diego FSDO.September
12, 1998, at Gillespie Field, at the Aerospace Museum. Admission is free
and we have three classrooms full of seminar topics. These topics include
Mountain Flying, Local & Beyond, Aviation Communiations, MEL's/Pre-flights,
Women in Aviation, In-Flight Emergencies, IFR Planning, New Part 61, Stalls
& Spins, and Aviation Maintenance for Owners as well as special topics
by AOPA and The King Schools. There is still lots to do to get ready, if
you have some time contact Mike Harris or Fred Christlieb at the San Diego
FSDO. |
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Second Annual Safety Competition
O n Saturday, August 29, 1998 at Ramona Airport the Second Annual Safety
Competition will be held. One Private Pilot from each San Diego/Imperial
Valley flight school and flying club is invited to represent their organization
in a competition of knowledge, skill & aeronautical decision- making.
The competition will consist of written examinations, oral questioning,
and practical evaluations of flight maneuvers, performance calculations
and aircraft systems.
Contestants will be tested using an objective and comprehensive scoring
guide, measuring school and club organizational systems, in addition to
individual knowledge and performance.
The winner, and their respective organization, will be announced at the
Super Safety Seminar, on Saturday, September 12th, and will reign as "the
best of the best" until next year's competition! |
Aviation Safety Seminars
ATC & AFSS SEMINARS
MONTGOMERY FIELD ATC TOWER
Operation Sunbreak
Contact: Montgomery Field ATCT for dates and times - (619) 277-5601
GILLESPIE FIELD ATC TOWER
Operation Sunbreak
Contact: Gillespie Field ATCT for dates and times - (619) 448-1449
MONTGOMERY FIELD AFSS FLY-IN
Operation Takeoff
Date: Last Saturday of each month, 9:00AM- 1:00PM
Location: San Diego Automated Flight Service Station, 4302 Ponderosa Avenue
Contact: Any Operations Supervisor at the AFSS for information - (619) 277-0503
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED!
WINGS SEMINARS
BROWN FIELD FLY-IN
"Flying with Inoperative Equipment & The Five Hazardous
Attitudes"
Date: Tue, Aug 11, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: Bearden Aviation
(619) 661-1121
Speaker: Matthew Goddard,
J.C. Boylls, and Kathy Felker
Sponsor: Bearden Aviation
PALOMAR AIRPORT FLY-IN
"Flying with Inoperative Equipment & The Five Hazardous Attitudes"
Date: Thur, Aug 13, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: Mission West, Conf Rm
Speaker: Matthew Goddard,
J.C. Boylls, and Kathy Felker
Sponsor: Pinnacle Aviation
GILLESPIE FIELD FLY-IN
"Flying with Inoperative Equipment & The Five Hazardous Attitudes"
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: Terminal Building
Speaker: Matthew Goddard,
J.C. Boylls, and Kathy Felker
Sponsor: County of San Diego - Airports Division
MONTGOMERY FIELD FLY-IN
"Flying with Inoperative Equipment & The Five Hazardous Attitudes"
Date: Tue, Aug 25, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: SAN FSDO
Sp eaker: Matthew Goddard,
J.C. Boylls, and Kathy Felker
Sponsor: SAN FSDO
IMPERIAL COUNTY FLY-IN
"Flying with Inoperative Equipment & The Five Hazardous Attitudes"
Date: Wed, Aug 26, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: Imperial Co. DE ANZA Hut, Westside Imperial Co. Airport, next
to Imperial Co. Fire Station
Speaker: Matthew Goddard,
J.C. Boylls, and Kathy Felker
Sponsor: Imperial County DE ANZA Search and Rescue
Wings Awards - San Diego
PHASE I
Richard Becker
Stephen Birdsoll
Dale Coleman
Hoy Randall
PHASE II
Michael Charles
Anita Province
Ken Rocks
Geraldine Schultz
PHASE III
David Gandolfi
David Gordon
Kambiz Kamiab
Brandon Walker
Scott Williams
PHASE VII
Michel DeGroot
PHASE IX
John Barnes
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Questions on how and when you can log PIC? See the explanatory article by
Al German on the LGB FSDO Web Page.
SOCAL Aviation Review is published monthly by the Aviation Safety
Program of the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
Western-Pacific Region. Stories are submitted by the various Flight Standards
District Offices listed in the box on this same page, and by individuals
in the aviation community, contributing through those FSDOs. Notices are
also contributed by the Air Traffic Control branch of the FAA. Your comments
and suggestions regarding this newsletter are welcomed. Please send them
to: Kevin Clover, FAA Regional Aviation Safety Program Manager,
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