Author Archives: Jon K

About Jon K

Jon is a CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP, AGI, and the rest of the alphabet. He started instructing for fun part-time to be able to give back to the GA community after earning his Commercial and CFI back in 2013. He has a strong background in academia, starting his career at the University of Michigan, and now is pursuing his dreams of flying, both for the airlines and teaching as a CFI on his days off.

Step Turn Accident

Step Turn Accident

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180 Step Turn Accident Analysis  On September 2nd, 2018, a Cessna 180 on floats began its takeoff roll from Yakutat Harbor. It was a beautiful, clear day with no ceiling and visibility greater than 10 miles. Mount Saint Elias towered over Yakutat bay.  The winds were blowing out of the North-Northwest at approximately 8 knots. […]

Cessna 172 Crash in Canyon

Cessna 172 Crash in Canyon

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They entered and flew below the canyon walls. Although the Private Pilot had flown through this canyon once before; it was with a flight instructor,  in the opposite direction of travel, and in a slower airplane. Approximately two miles into the canyon, they encountered a tight turn, which the pilot was not able to successfully navigate.  The aircraft impacted terrain about 500 ft above the river, and 200 ft below the canyon wall. 

Summer of ALASKA!

Summer of ALASKA!

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The Summer of Bush Planes! Here’s an update on the FLY8MA crew! We’ve been up in Alaska much of this summer filming more flight training videos and real-world weather videos that we’ll be adding to our Private Pilot, Instrument, and Commercial Pilot courses here over the next few months!  With over 200 hours of filming, […]

ADM / CRM / SRM

ADM / CRM / SRM

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Aeronautical Decision Making, Crew Resource Management, Single Pilot Resource Management While these might be big fancy titles, the actual concepts they represent are actually much more simple, and probably something you already do to some extent subconsciously.  The whole idea behind these concepts is to reduce GA accidents.  The diagram above shows where GA accidents […]