Safety training is presented at each monthly membership meeting, held the second Tuesday of each month, 5:30pm at the flying club. Visitors are always welcome. Members must attend every semi-annual Safety Day Brief and at least every other monthly Safety Meeting to retain PIC privileges. To gain credit for a missed meeting, members must complete a Missed Meeting Form and hand it in to the Manager or any board member. Presentations can be downloaded below.
Monthly Safety Meeting Presentations
- April 2023 Safety Meeting
- February 2022: Winter Ground Ops
- July 2021: Membership Safety Meeting
- Jun 2021: Bird Air Strike Hazard (BASH)
- Mar 2021: Safety Meeting
- Feb 2021: Maintenance & Safety
- July 2020: Aeronautical Decision Making
- January 2017: VFR Into IMC (see links on Safety page)
- December 2016: Foreign Object Debris/Damage
- November 2016: Winter Ground Ops & Carb Icing
- November 2016: Membership
- October 2016: Runway Safety
- August 2016: Re-currency and Command Requirements
- November 2015: Semiannual Safety Awareness Day
- October 2015: No safety presentation (membership meeting only)
- September 2015: Pilot Complacency
- August 2015: The Top Ten Causes of General Aviation Accidents (FAA video)
- July 2015 Part 1 of 2: Cross-country Flying (Powerpoint)
- July 2015 Part 2 of 2: Cross-country Flying (NTSB Accident Report 9702)
- June 2015: Mid-air Collision Avoidance
- May 2015: Aviation Weather Hazards
- April 2015: Semiannual Safety Awareness Day
- March 2015: Patuxent River Bird/animal Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Program
- February 2015: Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making
FAA Safety Links
- FAA Safety Briefing
- FAA Pilots Homepage (includes links to FAA documents and training materials)
- FAA Pilot Safety Homepage
- FAA Safety Team Homepage (includes links to online seminars and courses including mandatory DC SFRA Training and Intercept Procedures course)
ORM Links
Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is a cooperative program established by the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Office of the Assistant Administrator for System Safety, and administered by NASA.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation — railroad, highway, marine and pipeline — and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
Other Safety Links