Probable Cause: The pilot and the landscape worker’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision.
Picture of the Day: Easy On The Eyes
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “I could look at this photo all day long. Dave Clark’s immaculate 1971 Cessna 180H on EDO 2960 floats and my 1975 Super Cub 160 on Aerocet 2200s at our dock on a summer afternoon at Fog Lake in northwest Ontario, our summer base for fishing adventures.”
Children of the Magenta Line: What 150,000 Safety Records Reveal About Pilots
The cockpit technology designed to make flying safer is producing pilots who cannot fly without it — and data shows the problem is getting worse.
New FAA Website Clarifies MOSAIC Policy on Repairman Certificates
According to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association, the section on light-sport repairmen is of particular interest to the general aviation community, as the privileges of these certificates were expanded by MOSAIC (Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification). Under the new rules, holders of the Repairman Light Sport certificates can now also conduct condition inspections on experimental amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft in addition to light-sport aircraft.
National General Aviation Award Winners Revealed
The 2026 CFI of the Year, Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year, and FAA Safety Team Representative of the Year will be honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this summer.
Student’s Landing Attempt in Gusty Wind Bends Musketeer
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor’s lack of remedial action during a landing attempt in a gusty wind, which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion.
Picture of the Day: Check That Off The Bucket List
Dave Cohen submitted this photo and note: “A flying bucket list item has been completed: I flew into The Airport In The Sky at Catalina Island in California in a Piper Archer. A beautiful trip with a fantastic bison burger for lunch.”
A Ray of Hope for the 1940 Air Terminal Museum
Housed in a terminal at KHOU that is on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum is also going through a review by the Texas Historical Commission that could provide a framework for reopening.
Grant, Volunteers Tapped To Improve S45
The Recreational Aviation Foundation has awarded a grant to rehabilitate the campground at Siletz Bay State Airport (S45), near the small community of Lincoln Beach on the Oregon coast.