ASRS CALLBACK - Aviation Safety Reporting System

Issue 537 - October 2024
CPDLC Issues

Issue 536 - September 2024
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 535 - August 2024
Physiological Factors in Aviation

Issue 534 - July 2024
The Dog Days of summer

Issue 533 - June 2024
VNAV – Vertical Navigation Operations

Issue 532 - May 2024
High Impact Maintenance

Issue 531 - April 2024
Other Points of View

Issue 530 - March 2024
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 529 - February 2024
Aviation Do-Overs

Issue 528 - January 2024
Wintertime Ground Operations

Issue 527 - December 2023
2023 Year End Roundup

Issue 526 - November 2023
Runway Excursions

Issue 525 - October 2023
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 524 - September 2023
Beware the Visual Approach

Issue 523 - August 2023
A Casual Look at Helicopter Operations

Issue 522 - July 2023
Time Pressure

Issue 521 - June 2023
Walkaround Wisdom and Preflight Gems

Issue 520 - May 2023
The Merits of Maintenance Training

Issue 519 - April 2023
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 518 - March 2023
Unusual Attitudes and Aircraft Upsets

Issue 517 - February 2023
Fifth Generation (5G) C-Band Co-Operations

Issue 516 - January 2023
In the Bleak Midwinter

Issue 515 - December 2022
Perils in Pushback Communications

Issue 514 - November 2022
Risk Management and Mitigation

Issue 513 - October 2022
Parachutes, Paragliders, and Power

Issue 512 - September 2022
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 511 - August 2022
Hot Weather Hazards

Issue 510 - July 2022
The Inflight Medical Emergency

Issue 509 - June 2022
Controller Training in Progress

Issue 508 - May 2022
Tools of the Trade

Issue 507 - April 2022
Wake Turbulence

Issue 506 - March 2022
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 505 - February 2022
The Human-Machine Interface

Issue 504 - January 2022
Altitude Deviations and Misperceptions

Issue 503 - December 2021
Instructor Insight

Issue 502 - November 2021
The Cold, Hard Facts of Ice

Issue 501 - October 2021
Extended Operations (ETOPS and Polar Operations)

Issue 500 - September 2021
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 499 - August 2021
Amateur / Homebuilt / Experimental Phenomena

Issue 498 - July 2021
Aircrew Resilience

Issue 497 - June 2021
Fly-Ins and Airshows

Issue 496 - May 2021
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Issue 495 - April 2021
Maintaining the Stores

Issue 494 - March 2021
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 493 - February 2021
Loss of Aircraft Control

Issue 492 - January 2021
Distractions in the Cockpit

Issue 491 - December 2020
VFR Flight Into IMC

Issue 490 - November 2020
Airmanship and Automation

Issue 489 - October 2020
Late Clearance Changes

Issue 488 - September 2020
MEL Missteps

Issue 487 - August 2020
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 486 - July 2020
An Old Threat From a New Enemy

Issue 485 - June 2020
The COVID-19 Confrontation

Issue 484 - May 2020
A Day in the Life of a Maintainer

Issue 483 - April 2020
Observations on RNAV (RNP) Approaches

Issue 482 - March 2020
Adventures in Ground Operations

Issue 481 - February 2020
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 480 - January 2020
The "Whether" of Winter Weather

Issue 479 - December 2019
ASRS Year End Roundup

Issue 478 - November 2019
ADS–B

Issue 477 - October 2019
Interactions in Sync – or Not?

Issue 476 - September 2019
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)

Issue 475 - August 2019
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 474 - July 2019
The Unstabilized Approach

Issue 473 - June 2019
Controlled Flight Toward Terrain

Issue 472 - May 2019
Critical Equipment Failures

Issue 471 - April 2019
Communication Challenges

Issue 470 - March 2019
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 469 - February 2019
The Hard Line on Runway Incursions

Issue 468 - January 2019
Winter Weather Hazards

Issue 467 - December 2018
Climb Via and Descend Via

Issue 466 - November 2018
Too Close for Comfort

Issue 465 - October 2018
Non-Towered Airport Incidents

Issue 464 - September 2018
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 463 - August 2018
Those Go-Arounds We Wish Were Better

Issue 462 - July 2018
Airspace Violations

Issue 461 - June 2018
Resolution Advisories and Traffic Insight

Issue 460 - May 2018
What Was I Thinking?

Issue 459 - April 2018
Electing the Electronic Flight Bag

Issue 458 - March 2018
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 457 - February 2018
Crew Management of Passenger Circumstances

Issue 456 - January 2018
Awareness and Actions a' La Mode

Issue 455 - December 2017
Small Odds and Interesting Ends

Issue 454 - November 2017
Weather - You're Prepared or Not

Issue 453 - October 2017
Re-sourcing Crew Management

Issue 452 - September 2017
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 451 - August 2017
Obscurations to PIREP Visibility

Issue 450 - July 2017
Windshear Woes Beget Wisdom

Issue 449 - June 2017
Metroplex Mystique

Issue 448 - May 2017
The Forgotten Man

Issue 447 - April 2017
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 446 - March 2017
No Place for Complacency

Issue 445 - February 2017
RNAV Problems - Really Anything New?

Issue 444 - January 2017
...Resolved, that Communications be Improved.

Issue 443 - December 2016
Controller Pilot Data Link Communications

Issue 442 - November 2016
De-Icing the Winter Hazards

Issue 441 - October 2016
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 440 - September 2016
Automation Dependency

Issue 439 - August 2016
Ramping Up Safety

Issue 438 - July 2016
Is Fatigue Factor Fiction?

Issue 437 - June 2016
The Pursuit and Presumption of Balance

Issue 436 - May 2016
Never Again!

Issue 435 - April 2016
The ASRS Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Issue 434 - March 2016
Managing Muscle Memory

Issue 433 - February 2016
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 432 - January 2016
It Could Never Happen to Me!

Issue 431 - December 2015
The Ostrich and the Eagle - Two Approaches to Taxiing

Issue 430 - November 2015
ATC Low Altitude Alerts

Issue 429 - October 2015
Capitalizing on Fuel Management Lessons

Issue 428 - September 2015
A Checklist Checklist

Issue 427 - August 2015
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 426 - July 2015
NOTAM Issues

Issue 425 - June 2015
Adjusting to Speed Adjustments

Issue 424 - May 2015
Maintenance Matters

Issue 423 - April 2015
Autothrottle Speed Control Issues

Issue 422 - March 2015
VFR Flight into IMC

Issue 421 - February 2015
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 420 - January 2015
Ground Loop Lessons

Issue 419 - December 2014
Inflight Icing: Some Cold, Hard Facts

Issue 418 - November 2014
Crossing the Line: Runway Incursions

Issue 417 - October 2014
Non-Towered Airport Operations

Issue 416 - September 2014
General Aviation Fuel Management Errors

Issue 415 - August 2014
The Go-Around Decision — What Would You Have Done?

Issue 414 - July 2014
CALLBACK - 35 Years of Wisdom... and Wit

Issue 413 - June 2014
Experimental Emergencies

Issue 412 - May 2014
Flight Management Errors à la Mode

Issue 411 - April 2014
Three Important Aspects of CRM: Communication, Communication, and Communication

Issue 410 - March 2014
Checklist Checkup

Issue 409 - February 2014
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 408 - January 2014
Winter Weather Operations

Issue 407 - December 2013
Autoflight Associated Loss of Situational Awareness

Issue 406 - November 2013
Expectation Bias

Issue 405 - October 2013
General Aviation Fuel Management Incidents

Issue 404 - September 2013
Automation Issues

Issue 403 - August 2013
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 402 - July 2013
Crossed Wires In Maintenance Procedures

Issue 401 - June 2013
RNAV Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) Issues

Issue 400 - May 2013
Weather and Aeronautical Information Services
Data Link Issues

Issue 399 - April 2013
Gear Up Landings - Getting a Handle on the Problem

Issue 398 - March 2013
Rotorcraft Roundup

Issue 397 - February 2013
You and UAS

Issue 396 - January 2013
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 395 - December 2012
It's a Blast, but It's Not Fun!

Issue 394 - November 2012
Adverse Weather Planning and Tactics,
Two Perspectives

Issue 393 - October 2012
When Autopilots Go Bad

Issue 392 - September 2012
Texting While Taxiing

Issue 391 - August 2012
Night Visual Approaches

Issue 390 - July 2012
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 389 - June 2012
"Get-home-itis"

Issue 388 - May 2012
Intersection Incursions

Issue 387 - April 2012
Thanks a Million! / On the Lighter Side

Issue 386 - March 2012
Right Number...Wrong Result

Issue 385 - February 2012
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 384 - January 2012
Rotorcraft Roundup

Issue 383 - December 2011
When Practice Emergencies Go Bad

Issue 382 - November 2011
Fly the Airplane!

Special Edition - 2011
ASRS Founder Remembered: Dr. Charles E. Billings

Issue 381 - October 2011
Upside Down and Backwards

Issue 380 - September 2011
See and Avoid

Issue 379 - August 2011
The Tao of Flight Management

Issue 378 - July 2011
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 377 - June 2011
A Perturbing Pair: Confusion and Distraction

Issue 376 - May 2011
The Fixation Factor

Issue 375 - April 2011
Motor Skills: Getting Off to a Good Start

Issue 374 - March 2011
The MisManagement Pageant:
Preventable Fuel Management Errors

Issue 373 - February 2011
Sound Advice - Listen to the Little Voice

Issue 372 - January 2011
PIREPS: Pilot Reports Revisited

Issue 371 - November/December 2010
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 370 - October 2010
Managing Resources - CRM, SRM, and MRM

Issue 369 - September 2010
Paperless Flying - Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs)

Issue 368 - August 2010
PAVE-ing the Way to Good Decisions

Issue 367 - July 2010
A Delicate Balance: "Minimum Fuel" vs. "Emergency Fuel" Declarations

Issue 366 - June 2010
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 365 - May 2010
Readers Weigh in on "Cones of Confusion / ASRS Injury & Incapacitation Incidents

Issue 364 - April 2010
Safe Operations at Non-Towered Airports

Issue 363 - March 2010
Pilot and ATC "Cones of Confusion"

Issue 362 - February 2010
Unusual Attitudes

Issue 361 - January 2010
Enticements of Ice

Issue 360 - December 2009
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 359 - November 2009
'Slipin Slidin' Incidents from ASRS

Issue 358 - October 2009
The ASRS Weather Hit Parade

Issue 357 - September 2009
Aviation Training Incidents

Issue 356 - August 2009
Cockpit Technology Surprises

Issue 355 - July 2009
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 354 - June 2009
Communication Factors in ASRS Reporting

Issue 353 - May 2009
Heeding Clues and Cues

Issue 352 - April 2009
Problems with PDC Formats

Issue 351 - March 2009
ASRS Communication Incidents

Issue 350 - February 2009
Fifth Annual Award Winning Performances

Issue 349 - January 2009
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 348 - December 2008
ASRS "Cold Weather" Incidents

Issue 347 - November 2008
General Aviation Weather Encounters

Issue 346 - October 2008
The Unexpected in ASRS Reporting

Issue 345 - September 2008
The "Dirty Dozen" in ASRS Maintenance Reporting

Issue 344 - August 2008
"Short Takes" from ASRS

Issue 343 - July 2008
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 342 - June 2008
ASRS Runway Incursion Incidents

Issue 341 - May 2008
"Did You Know?" - ATC and Emergencies / Hypoxia and Carbon Monoxide Effects on Pilot Performance

Issue 340 - April 2008
Fourth Annual Award Winning Lessons

Issue 339 - March 2008
'I'm Safe' Incidents from ASRS

Issue 338 - February 2008
GA Advanced Cockpit Incidents

Issue 337 - January 2008
Out of the Ordinary Incidents from ASRS Files

Issue 336 - December 2007
ASRS "Ice Capades"

Issue 335 - November 2007
Air Carrier In-Close Approach Change (ICAC) Events

Issue 334 - October 2007
High Density Airspace and Traffic Mix

Issue 333 - September 2007
ASRS Ramp Safety Incidents

Issue 332 - August 2007
Laser Illumination Hazards / Altimeter Setting Reminder / Sticky Wickets

Issue 331 - July 2007
Hurry-Up Incidents in ASRS Reporting

Issue 330 - June 2007
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 329 - May 2007
Incidents at Non-Towered and Tower Closed Airports

Issue 328 - April 2007
Preflight Problems / Coffee Break

Issue 327 - March 2007
ASRS Post Season Game Review

Issue 326 - February 2007
Third Annual Award Winning Lessons

Issue 325 - January 2007
New ASRS Service / Incident Report Round-up

Issue 324 - December 2006
The ASRS Weather Report

Issue 323 - November 2006
"Classic Traps"

Issue 322 - October 2006
Uncanny Tales from ASRS / Dreaded Dilemmas

Issue 321 - September 2006
Issues with TCAS

Issue 320 - August 2006
Interrupted Checklists

Issue 319 - June/July 2006
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 318 - May 2006
"Short on Fuel, Long on Luck"

Issue 317 - March/April 2006
Safety Depends on "Lessons Learned" - The ASRS Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary

Issue 316 - February 2006
"Heads Up"

Issue 315 - January 2006
Fly the Airplane!

Issue 314 - December 2005
Non-Towered Airport Operations - A Cooperative Effort

Issue 313 - November 2005
The Language Factor

Issue 312 - September/October 2005
ASRS Is Going Hi-Tech / Training Lessons

Issue 311 - August 2005
Back to School

Issue 310 - July 2005
The "E Word / The "H" Word

Issue 309 - June 2005
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 308 - May 2005
Back to the Basics

Issue 307 - April 2005
Automation Complacency

Issue 306 - March 2005
Second Annual Award Winning Lessons

Issue 305 - February 2005
Domestic RVSM Reporting / RVSM Incidents

Issue 304 - January 2005
What is Wrong? / Wrong Runway - The Intersection Factor

Issue 303 - December 2004
More Weather Reports

Issue 302 - November 2004
Weather Reports / Slide Show

Issue 301 - October 2004
Scary Tales / Scary Encounters

Issue 300 - September 2004
Rotocraft Roundup / Roundup Windup

Issue 299 - August 2004
Focus on Fuel Failures / Preflight Hindsight

Issue 298 - July 2004
CALLBACK Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

Issue 297 - June 2004
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 296 - May 2004
Density Altitude / Controller's Corner / Cabin Report / From the Maintenance Desk

Issue 295 - April 2004
The Go-Around Decision / Dysfunctional Dialog

Issue 294 - March 2004
Caution: Clear Weather Ahead / The Voices of Spring

Issue 293 - February 2004
Award Winning Lessons

Issue 292 - January 2004
Checklist Checkup / Gear Up Checkup

Issue 291 - December 2003
Overweight and Out of Balance / Holiday Hints

Issue 290 - November 2003
Marginal Decision / An Icing Warmup

Issue 289 - October 2003
Missed Communications / Miscommunications

Issue 288 - September 2003
Nobody is Perfect?

Issue 287 - August 2003
The Lowdown on Visual Approaches / Airport Selection: The Right and Wrong of It

Issue 286 - July 2003
Is There a Pattern Here? / Is There a Lesson Here?

Issue 285 - June 2003
What Would You Have Done?

Issue 284 - May 2003
The Case of the Unstable Approach

Issue 283 - April 2003
Spring Training: Eliminating Fuel Errors

Issue 282 - March 2003
Safety in the Cab

Issue 281 - February 2003
FMC - Getting Along with the Program

Issue 280 - January 2003
Taxiing: The Task at Hand / New Year's Resolution: "Never Again"

Issue 279 - December 2002
CRM - Always in Season / No Holiday from Natural Hazards

Issue 278 - November 2002
Winter Weather Warning

Issue 277 - October 2002
Some "Thoughts" on Safety

Issue 276 - August/September 2002
Tools of the Trade / "Now Hear This..."

Issue 275 - July 2002
"Get-there-itis"

Issue 274 - June 2002
Gotta Refuel? Follow the Rules / Braving "The Wave"

Issue 273 - May 2002
Cuation: Wake Turbulence / Rotary Wing Wake / Propellers

Issue 272 - April 2002
"Terrain, Terrain - Pull Up"

Issue 271 - March 2002
Non-Tower Airport Operations

Issue 270 - Febraury 2002
Special Interest NOTAMS / Ballooning Misadventures

Issue 269 - January 2002
It's Nice to De-Ice - But Be Careful! / Is There a "Next Time" in Your Future?

Issue 268 - December 2001
Vertigo

Issue 267 - November 2001
"Hotspots" - On the Ground and in the Air

Issue 266 - October 2001
Weather-Avoidance Radar Incidents

Issue 265 - September 2001
Operating Safely at Airports Without Control Towers

Issue 264 - August 2001
Fuel Considerations for Multi-Crew Operations

Issue 263 - July 2001
"Kick the Tires and Light the Fires" - Not

Issue 262 - June 2001
Pilot-Controller Communication Pointers

Issue 261 - May 2001
Unruly Passengers - Deja Vu / Insect Asides

Issue 260 - April 2001
ASRS Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

Issue 259 - March 2001
Communication Issues from ASRS Reports

Issue 258 - February 2001
The Experience-Procedures Feedback Loop

Issue 257 - January 2001
Experiences with GPS

Issue 256 - December 2000
Safe Communications in Airport Surface Operations

Issue 255 - November 2000
Wake Vortex Hazard at Cruise Altitudes / All in the Family

Issue 254 - October 2000
Passenger 'Saves' / Candy Drops

Issue 253 - September 2000
See and Avoid: Applies to Runway Ops, Too

Issue 252 - June 2000
Experimental Aircraft Notes

Issue 251 - May 2000
Readback/Hearbac Much to be Heard on Both Sides

Issue 250 - April 2000
Passenger Misconduct - Effects on Flight Crew / A Pleas for Taxi Practice

Issue 249 - March 2000
Margins of Safety

Issue 248 - February 2000
Winterside Wisdom

Issue 247 - January 2000
Y2 Confirm Altitude Assignments / Oxygen Irregularities

Issue 246 - December 1999
The Parallax Effect / More on Battery Fire Hazard

Issue 245 - November 1999
Aircraft and Ramp Security Issues / Views from the Greasy Side

Issue 244 - October 1999
Hazmat and PICs

Issue 243 - September 1999
Taking a Stand for Safety

Issue 242 - August 1999
Ramp Safety Revisited / Unusual Attitudes - And Outcomes

Issue 241 - July 1999
CALLBACK Classics "And Now We Are 20..."

Issue 240 - June 1999
Weather ASOS-ciations / Powerline Encounters

Issue 239 - May 1999
Refueling Retrospectives / "Hazmat" in the Hold / Great CRM and Piloting

Issue 238 - April 1999
GPS Goofs / Cabin Crew Priorities / Conditional Clearance Confusion

Issue 237 - March 1999
Incidents Involving Flight Toward Terrain / Expectant Pilots

Issue 236 - February 1999
Where There's Smoke...

Issue 235 - January 1999
VFR into IMC / "Dry Dust and Stray Paper"

Issue 234 - December 1998
The Ice Cometh / En-Gulf-ed

Issue 233 - November 1998
Altimeter Settings Revisited / To Enter "B" or Not to Enter "B"...

Issue 232 - October 1998
Gear Pin Roulette / Gone to Ground

Issue 231 - September 1998
Intersection Interactions / "Helping Out" ATC and Other Crew Members

Issue 230 - August 1998
Caveat Emptor / Overseas Oversights

Issue 229 - July 1998
Taildragger Tales / Wandering Hands...Engine Out!

Issue 228 - June 1998
Carbon Monoxide Alert / Wisdom From Weekend Warriors

Issue 227 - May 1998
Blow Off the Cobwebs / Plan to Close that Flight Plan / Operations at Uncontrolled Airports

Issue 226 - April 1998
The Maladies of Spring / SID Issues in International Flights

Issue 225 - March 1998
Aircraft Rock 'n' Roll / Of Arms and Legs Onboard / Cleared to Land... Almost

Issue 224 - February 1998
Cabin Crew Reports from 1997 / Aerial and Ground Ice Capades

Issue 223 - January 1998
Too-Close Encounters / Weathering Heights / Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Issue 222 - December 1997
Weighty Decisions / Assists and Commendations

Issue 221 - November 1997
Maintaining Safe Aircraft / Communications Problems in GA Flight Training

Issue 220 - October 1997
Did You Say What I Heard / Airspace "Busts" / When Things Seen Are Not As They Seem

Issue 219 - September 1997
Monitoring and Flying a Balancing Act / "CRM Strikes Again"

Issue 218 - August 1997
Clearance Clarification / Eye on the Sky / Shear Luck - And Training / Uncontrolled Shouldn't Mean Uncommunicative

Issue 217 - July 1997
Going Global with GPS / Airshow Bound

Issue 216 - June 1997
Forced to Land, Forced to Leave / On Track of the Paper Trail

Issue 215 - May 1997
Airport Construction Hazards / Low-Level Flight A Growing GA Hazard

Issue 214 - April 1997
Memorable Flying "Firsts" / Out of the Loop During Crossing Restrictions

Issue 213 - March 1997
Winter's Lingering Touch / Quadrasaurus and Other Jurassic Jets

Issue 212 - February 1997
Wake Turbulence Reports

Issue 211 - January 1997
The Domino Effect / "We Climb and Know It Not" / May the Right Ground be Found

Issue 210 - December 1996
Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Issue 209 - November 1996
Safety Issues in International Operations

Issue 208 - October 1996
Avoiding "SAR" While IFR / Creature Feature

Issue 207 - September 1996
Fuelish Thoughts for Weather-Wise Pilots

Issue 206 - August 1996
End of Tail, Not End of Story / Hazmat Revisited

Issue 205 - July 1996
Tricks of Sun and Storm / Taxi To, Not Through

Issue 204 - June 1996
ASRS Celebrates Its 20th Birthday

Issue 203 - May 1996
Aircraft Sick Call

Issue 202 - April 1996
Pilot and Aircraft Tune-ups

Issue 201 - March 1996
Significant Others / When Silence Isn't Golden

Issue 200 - February 1996
Problems with Pre-Departure Clearances

Issue 199 - January 1996
Night for Day

Issue 198 - November/December 1995
Flight Crew Incapacitation / Navigation Mishaps

Issue 197 - October 1995
Improving Ramp Safety / Aeronautical Gremlins

Issue 196 - September 1995
Say The Magic Words / ASRS Research "Snapshots"

Issue 195 - August 1995
Murphy's Law - Aviators' Version / The Adventures of Fido

Issue 194 - July 1995
Among the Mis-sing

Issue 193 - June 1995
Speak Up! / The Whole Crew, and Nothing But The Crew

Issue 192 - May 1995
It's Almost Summertime / MEL-ancholy Miscellany

Issue 191 - April 1995
Aeronaut Adventures / Runway Excursions...and Landing Diversions

Issue 190 - March 1995
The Low-Down on Altimeter Settings

Issue 189 - February 1995
A Frequency of Digits

Issue 188 - January 1995
Winter's Tales... Snowbirds / TCAS to the Rescue

Issue 187 - December 1994
In Search of... Aviangels

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