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 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. -
Fatal accident with Velis in France
A fatal crash involving a Pipistrel Velis happened at the airport of Poitiers (France) -
Parking brake partially on during touch & go (PH-KWH)
Brake pressure applied during downwind check without visual verification of the parking brake lever position. -
Charger collision with PH-VEX — mind the ground equipment
Velis charger collided with PH-VEX skid-plate during ground movement. Charger inoperative; inspect surroundings carefully. -
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. -
Battery cooling liquid cap missing during pre-flight
Coolant low; filler cap not installed. Until further notice, pilots may not refill coolant themselves — call maintenance. -
Forced go-around — always land with more than 30% SOC
Velis was forced to go around after slower aircraft landed full stop. Plan landings with >30% SOC to handle the unexpected.
