Civil Air Patrol San Angelo Composite Squadron Safety Briefing 22 January 2009.

Civil Air PatrolSan Angelo Composite Squadron

Safety Briefing22 January 2009

Civil Air PatrolSan Angelo Composite Squadron

Mishap Reporting

Mishap Reporting

What are two actions that must be taken after a mishap occurs?

Answer:

• Report• Notify

Mishap Reporting

Report a mishap using:

• CAPF 78 (electronic)

Notification using:

• Texas Wing Mishap Reporting Roster, 62-2-1

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Winter Cover-up

Winter Cover-up

Why wear a jacket?

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Aircraft Mishaps and Check Pilots

Mishaps/Check Pilots

Between 1 Jun 07 through 31 Dec 08, 81 CAP aircraft were damaged due to pilot error. Check pilots were crewmembers on 40 of these flights.

16 were PIC, 22 in right seat, 2 in the rear.

Mishaps/Check Pilots

• 27 incidents (tail strikes, hard landings, high flares) could have been prevented if the IP took charge.

• 13 CP/IP’s were involved in taxi incidents, 8 in propeller/ground damage.

• 21 involved in hanger related incidents

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CAPF 78’sNovember 2008

CAPF 78’s

Aircraft:• Precautionary landing—electrical problem

caused tachometer discrepancy• Bird strike—bent rudder• Glider annual inspection—found damage to tail

bulkhead/frame• Both main landing gear tires blown on landing

rollout• Precautionary landing—engine lost 200-300 rpm

passing through 1000 agl

CAPF 78’s

Vehicle:• Parked van: side-swiped by passing

vehicle• CAP van collided with POV while backing

up• Discovered CAP van window broken by

baseball• Rock fell onto roadway causing front-end

damage to vehicle while towing a glider trailer

CAPF 78’s

Bodily Injury:• Cadet did back flip off pool edge and struck pool

edge with front teeth• Cadet injured finger trying to catch football• Senior member injured by falling crowbar• Cadet injured shoulder doing pushups• Cadet sitting outside during ground training,

leaned forward and received foreign object in nostril

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The End