Safety Updates
Welcome to our Safety Updates. Through sharing knowledge and best practices we aim to keep flying safe at E-Flight Academy. If you have safety information to share, email scmm@eflight.nl.
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Reported incidents
The list below states the most noteworthy and relevant incidents of the past months. If you want to know about incidents that occurred you can contact the SCMM (scmm@eflight.nl). Engine... -
Breaking after landing
A few tips on breaking after landing -
Reported incidents
The list below states the most noteworthy and relevant incidents of the past months. If you want to know about incidents that transpired you can contact the SCMM. -
Be Careful When Flying Near Hang Glider or Paraglider Airfields
Please read this article from ILT about the dangers of flying to close to (hang/para-)gliding activities and what you can do to prevent this from happening. -
Keep an eye out for other aircraft because we keep seeing many airproxes!
A relative high number of air proximity incidents have been reported lately. Almost all of them happened at Teuge on downwind or in the approach towards downwind from Sierra. -
Parking brake partially on during touch & go (PH-KWH)
Brake pressure applied during downwind check without visual verification of the parking brake lever position. -
Avoiding collisions & filing airprox reports
Vigilant lookout, proactive announcements, early action. Always file an airprox report after evasive action. -
Near propstrike on the apron — brief guests on propeller risks
Camera crew approached aircraft to ~1 metre while engine was live. Always brief guests on propeller risks before opening doors. -
Incident reporting guidelines — if you spot it, report it
All damage, no matter how minor, must be reported via SMS and the aircraft technical log. Collective responsibility. -
Tailstrike during soft field take-off — manage back pressure
Soft field technique requires extra back pressure but also discipline. Don't over-rotate during the take-off roll. -
Aircraft ground handling — preventing collisions on platform and hangar
Use a wing walker, move slowly, switch to hand-pushing near obstacles. Take your time. No schedule justifies aircraft damage.