Title:
No Tricks This Halloween - Avoiding Spatial Disorientation - Learn at Lunch
Topic:
Learn at Lunch - How to Avoid the Common Causes of Spatial Disorientation in General Aviation
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 31, 2024, starting at 12:30 Eastern Daylight Time (09:30 PDT; 10:30 MDT; 11:30 CDT; 06:30 HST; 08:30 AKDT; 09:30 Arizona; 16:30 GMT)
Speaker(s):
Mark Auer, FAASTeam FPM, CFII, MEI
Brief Description:
NTSB accident data suggests that spatial disorientation may be a precursor to many general aviation accidents — particularly in night or limited visibility weather conditions. Instrument and VFR pilots are subject to spatial disorientation that may cause loss of aircraft control. Pilots must understand the limitations of the human body to correctly interpret information in the flight environment.
Teaching Points:
- The three-dimensional environment of flight is unfamiliar to our bodies and creates sensory conflicts and illusions that make spatial orientation difficult.
- The vestibular system includes the sensory organs contained within the inner ear that detect relative motion of the head in space within its axes of movement. When motion makes this system unreliable, pilots experience vestibular illusions.
- Your first line of defense against spatial D should be practice, practice, and more practice.
- Use and rely on your flight instruments, especially at night, in reduced visibility, and in featureless and sloping terrain.
Select Number:
GL07133414
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