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• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-4
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Leading Accident Causes › Identifying Hazards

  Preflight Planning–Many hazards can be detected through preflight planning. Weather briefings identify hazards. Aircraft performance calculations, preflight inspections, and other routine procedures may identify hazards. • On-board Equipment–The availability of lower-cost modern avionics has improved situational awareness ... controllers and flight service specialists can provide real-time information on weather, air traffic, airspace activity, and other hazards. • Postflight Inspections–Inspecting the aircraft following the completion of a flight may identify aircraft hazards before the next person flies…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-21
  Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum

  rules and procedures designed to increase the flexibility of user flight planning within published guidelines. National Security Area (NSA). Areas consisting of airspace of defined vertical and lateral dimensions established at locations where there is a requirement for increased security ... requested to voluntarily avoid flying through the depicted NSA. When it is necessary to provide a greater level of security and safety, flight in NSAs may be temporarily prohibited. Regulatory prohibitions are disseminated via NOTAMs. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. B-5
  Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions

  federal FEIS—Final Environmental Impact Statement FEP—front end processor FFAC—from facility FI/P—flight inspection permanent FI/T—flight inspection temporary FIFO—Flight Inspection Field Office FIG—flight inspection group FINO—Flight Inspection National Field Office FIPS—federal information publication ... flight strip printer FSPD—freeze speed parameter FSS—flight service station FSSA—flight service station automated service FSTS—federal secure telephone service FSYS—flight service station equipment systems FTS—federal telecommunications system FT—feet/foot FTS2000—Federal Telecommunications System…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-2
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Why Hazards Result in Aviation Accidents › Understanding the Risks Posed by Hazards

  local pleasure flight in his single-engine airplane, he decides to buzz some friends barbecuing at a nearby park. As he is buzzing the park, the airplane does not climb as well as Steve had anticipated, and without thinking…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 9-8
  Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Aircraft Inspections

  Aircraft Inspections Under 14 CFR part 91, the primary responsibility for maintaining an aircraft in an airworthy condition falls on the owner or operator of the aircraft. Certain inspections must be performed on the aircraft, and the owner must maintain ... airworthiness of the aircraft during the time between required inspections by having any defects corrected. Under 14 CFR, part 91, subpart E, all civil aircraft are required to be inspected at specific intervals to determine the overall condition. The interval…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 9-8
  Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Aircraft Inspections › 100-Hour Inspection

  Hour Inspection All aircraft under 12,500 pounds (except turbojet/ turbopropeller-powered multi-engine airplanes and turbine powered rotorcraft), used to carry passengers for hire, must receive a 100-hour inspection within the preceding 100 hours of time in service ... instruction for hire, when provided by the person giving the flight instruction, must also have received a 100-hour inspection. This inspection must be performed by an FAA-certificated A&P mechanic, an appropriately rated FAA-certificated repair station…