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2024
Issue 539 - December 2024
Everyday Heroes
Issue 538 - November 2024
Ramp Safety Concerns
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
2023
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
2022
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
2021
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
2020
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
2019
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
2018
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
2017
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.
2016
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!
2015
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
2014
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
2013
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?
2012
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
2011
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
2010
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
2009
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?
2008
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
2007
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
2006
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!
2005
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
2004
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
2003
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"
2002
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?
2001
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
2000
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
1999
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"
1998
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
1997
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
1996
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
1995
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
1994
Issue 187 - December 1994
In Search of... Aviangels