A-16-019
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: In collaboration with your internal offices that investigate aviation accidents and incidents and also organizations familiar with the challenges facing pilots confronting an emergency situation, annually revise the required training described in Safety Recommendation A-16-18 at the national level to ensure that the training is current and relevant and includes lessons learned from recent events throughout the National Airspace System that address best practices for helping pilots who are experiencing problems such as (but not limited to) the following: (1) partial or total power loss and fuel emergencies; (2) control difficulties; (3) impaired navigational capability; (4) loss of flight instruments or other critical aircraft systems (including attitude information); (5) encounters with hazardous meteorological conditions; (6) inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions by visual flight rules pilots; and (7) pilot medical issues, such as hypoxia.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to annually update the training required by Safety Recommendation A-16-18, collaborating with its accident-investigation offices and organizations familiar with pilot challenges, to keep the training current and incorporate lessons learned from recent events across the National Airspace System, covering issues like power loss, control difficulties, navigational impairment, instrument failures, weather hazards, inadvertent IMC entry, and pilot medical problems.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Acceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | May 16, 2024 |
| NTSB number | ERA15FA099 |
| Addressees | FAA |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).