December 1998

Select WP15FS22 December '98

What’s in this Issue:

Airworthiness Corner
Sacremento area seminars on request

Pilot Proficiency Awards Program
A Major Success This Year!

SIC SAC
Significant Information for Pilots
This month: WINGS Program

Safety Seminars

          For Fresno Area

          For Oakland Area

           For Sacramento Area

          For San Jose Area
                    For Salinas/Watsonville
                    For San Carlos
                    For Palo Alto
                    For San Jose

Wings Awards

          For Fresno FSDO

          For Sacramento FSDO

          For San Jose FSDO

 

Pilot Proficiency Awards Program for Calendar ‘98 a Major Success!

This year has proven to be a major success with the increased participation of local area pilots in the "Wings" program.

Fresno District Pilots are making a name for themselves by attending more "Safety Seminars" than ever in the past. Attendance at all venue’s Bakersfield, Merced/Atwater, and Fresno have increased dramatically. Your interest in safety and current aviation issues is extraordinary, keep up the good work!

I wish to honor the following individuals who have taken it upon themselves to participate, taken the required recurrent training, and have received their appropriate "Wings" .

WINGS AWARDS

PHASE I
Mr. William N. Glaser January, 1998
Mr. Timothy Dwain Stewart January, 1998
Mr. Steven C. Vierhus March, 1998
Ms. Joan L. McIntosh April, 1998
Mr. Dale D. Anderson May, 1998
Mr. Jack Bryan May, 1998
Mr. Robert A. Cummings May, 1998
Mr. V. Lenny Spivak May, 1998
Mr. David M. Burnworth June, 1998
Ms. Patricia S. DeWees June, 1998
Mr. Norm Salisbury June, 1998
Mr. William E. Morgan Jr. July, 1998
Ms. Jacqueline M. Talley July, 1998
Mr. Michael Weilert July, 1998
Mr. Robert W. Zylstra July, 1998
Mr. Chung-Yung Cheng August, 1998
Mr. Ching-Yang Chien August, 1998
Mr. William C. Gatschet September, 1998
Mr. Behzad Rajabi September, 1998
Mr. Leslie A. Miller October, 1998

 

PHASE II
Mr. Terry Popejoy January, 1998
Mr. Bruce Niemeyer March, 1998
Mr. Jack W. Sparke March, 1998
Mr. Steven Stoehr March, 1998
Mr. James R. Smeed April, 1998
Mr. Jerry A. Bahma May, 1998
Mr. Larry Sliger May, 1998
Mr. Kurt E. Sickles June, 1998
Ms. Janet Sloan June, 1998
Mr. Doyle Warkentin June, 1998
Mr. Gale Kuns August, 1998
Mr. Robert G. Mollring August, 1998
Mr. Roger Sloan September, 1998
Mr. John Thompson September, 1998

 

Safety is no Accident!

 

PHASE III
Mr. James Rickey March, 1998
Ms. Catherine Dwight April, 1998
Ms. Valli Hansen April, 1998
Mr. Steven Windh May, 1998
Mr. Norman McAdams June, 1998
Mr. Francisco Godina August, 1998
Mr. Lee Hansen August, 1998
Mr. Timothy J. McDonald August, 1998
Mr. David Gerken September, 1998
Mr. Larry L. Justis September, 1998
Mr. Verne Adams October, 1998
Ms. Carylon Castro October, 1998
Mr. Gary Estep October, 1998

 

PHASE IV
Mr. John E. Roth January, 1998
Mr. H. N. Papadakis June, 1998
Mr. Dennis Cummins July, 1998
Mr. Eric Gourley September, 1998
Mr. Leonard E. Powell October, 1998

 

PHASE V
Mr. John A. Clark February, 1998
Mr. Charles Minkler February, 1998
Mr. George McMahon July, 1998
Mr. Peter Cowper September, 1998
Mr. Donald Jay Edwards October, 1998

 

PHASE VI
Mr. Paul W. Conley February, 1998
Mr. James Hallows September, 1998
Mr. Robert C. Sherwood September, 1998
Ms. Maxine Turner October, 1998
Mr. Roger H. Christy November, 1998

 

PHASE VII
Mr. Hugh M. Flanagan February, 1998
Mr. Edward M. Lyons March, 1998
Mr. Gary Ebel May, 1998
Mr. Steven Cline July, 1998
Mr. John B. Kelleher September, 1998
Mr. Forrest Majors October, 1998

 

PHASE VIII
Mr. Morrison "Moe" Yomtob February, 1998
Mr. Darryl Grant February, 1998
Mr. Harold D. Bush May, 1998
Mr. John R. Niemeyer August, 1998
Mr. George E. Powell September, 1998
Mr. William (Gene) Reid October, 1998

 

PHASE IX
Mr. Anil Gehani March, 1998
Mr. Benjamin Arnold May, 1998
Mr. Michael H. Davis October, 1998

 

PHASE X
Mr. Jeff Kutsch January, 1998
Mr. Harry E. Downs September, 1998
Mr. William Raymond Whitla October, 1998

 

PHASE XI
Mr. Randy A. Pitts August, 1998

 

PHASE XII
Mr. William R. Haskett May, 1998
Mr. William Denny Rushton May, 1998

 

PHASE XIII
Mr. Robert Morris June, 1998

 

PHASE XIV
Mr. Robert V. Falcon September, 1998

 

If I missed your name, please notify me ASAP. I take pride in maintaining a viable database for your important record of "Wings" achievement. - Editor. Note: Statistics as of 10/26/98

 

 

SIC SAC
Significant Information for Pilots
It seems that questions crop up at regular intervals concerning the Pilot Proficiency (Wings) Program. It then behooves the FAA to occasionally expound on why we think the ‘Wings’ Program is such a great program.

The FAA implemented the Flight Review program in 1974. During that first year of implementation the accident rate dropped 10%. Notwithstanding the decline in flying activities since then the accident rate has also been declining ever since.

The FAA felt that if we had such success with a flight review every two years why not implement a yearly flight review. This met with terrific opposition from the flying public, so a non mandatory program, with incentives, was developed. This was the Pilot Proficiency Program. This program was extremely successful, statistically showing an 80 to 90% reduction in the accident rate for participating pilots. It has even caused some insurance companies to offer lower insurance rates to their policy holders that participate in the program.

So what do you have to do to become a safer pilot? An airplane pilot has to accomplish the following:

  • Attend a pilot seminar either conducted or approved by the FAA.
  • Fly three hours with a Certificated Flight Instructor ;one hour of airwork; one hour of takeoffs and landings; and one hour of flight by reference to instruments. (P.S. reference to instruments means either with a view limiting device or in actual IMC. A baseball cap is not a view limiting device.)
  • Have your flight instructor sign your log record stating he has given you the training.

See AC 61-91H paragraph 9. Then send the ‘completed’ form provided by the seminar leader, to the FAA for processing.

When you have completed the above within one year the FAA will send back to you a nice set of wings (up to phase 10) a nice certificate to hang on your wall, and you will be credited with having accomplished a Flight Review.

Now if you should happen to fly something other than an airplane (such as a rotorcraft, seaplane, glider or ultralight, the Pilot Proficiency program will work for you too. Just look in the Advisory Circular AC 61-91H, to find out what you have to do to get your set of wings and be about 90% safer. A check of FAR 61.56 is also in order to give you background on how credit is applied to a pilot for completion of the flight review.

So you see the program is very simple and gives a pilot great benefits. I hope to name listed in this publication as having completed a phase of the ‘Wings’ program.

Dan Abdon

 

MAINTENANCE NEWS
From the Airworthiness Safety Program corner of SAC-FSDO

A two day safety symposium and IA renewal seminar is being planned for March 5th and 6th, 1999. It will be sponsored by the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association and Aircraft Parts International. This Northern California symposium will be held at the Sunnyvale, CA Hilton hotel. There will be activities for maintenance personnel and pilots. More information will follow.

 

NorCal..Aviation..Safety..Seminars. December '98
Note for all Seminars - Times are from 7:00 to 9:00 PM unless otherwise noted. No reservations are required unless noted by *. Never a fee. For more information contact the Safety Program Manager listed in the FSDO area heading containing the event in question. All FAA Safety Seminars satisfy the requirements of AC-61.91H; the Pilot Proficiency Awards Program (Wings) and /or the Aviation Maintenance Technician Awards Program; AC-65-25A.

San Jose Area

Safety Program Mgrs.
(408) 291-7681
Ops Jack Hocker
Ext 133
jack.h.hocker@faa.dot.gov

A/W ...Don Warren
Ext 119
don.l.warren@faa.dot.gov

* = Reservations Required
SALINAS (SNS) WATSONVILLE AREA

SALINAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

8:30 A.M.Fri Dec 4

Continued VFR in Adverse Weather
Location: Airport Conference Room, upstairs, Salinas Municipal Airport Terminal
Contact: Jim Chappell (408) 758-7214

SALINAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Fri 8:30 AM Jan 8

Storm Avoidance Equipment -
It’s your choice

Location: Airport Conference Room, upstairs, Salinas Municipal Airport Terminal
Contact: Jim Chappell (408) 758-7214

 

SAN CARLOS AREA

SAN CARLOS AIRPORT

Emergency Flying Procedures

10:00 AM Sat Dec 5

Location: Diamond Aviation, 620 Airport Drive, #1.
Contact: Diamond Aviation dispatcher or Karen Morss (650) 591-7611
Seating is limited.
Reservations are required.

 SAN CARLOS AIRPORT

Preflight, Hand Propping and the Pilot

Wed 7 - 8:30 PM Dec 16

Location: West Valley Flying Club, 701 Skyway Blvd., San Carlos Airport
Contact: West Valley Flying Club dispatcher or George Kebbe (650) 595-5912

SAN CARLOS AIRPORT

Storm Avoidance Equipment -
It’s your choice

Sat 10:00 AM Jan 2

Location: Diamond Aviation, 620 Airport Drive, #1.
Contact: Diamond Aviation dispatcher or Karen Morss (650) 591-7611

Seating is limited.
Reservations are required.

 

PALO ALTO AREA

PALO ALTO AIRPORT

Recurrent Flight Training

7 - 8:30 PM Wed Dec 9

Location: West Valley Flying Club, 1901 Embarcadero Rd., Suite 100
Contact: West Valley Flying Club dispatcher or John Pyle (650) 856-2030

 PALO ALTO AIRPORT

Why Smart Pilots Do Dumb Things

7 - 8:30 PM Wed Jan 13

Location: West Valley Flying Club, 1901 Embarcadero Rd., Suite 100
Contact: West Valley Flying Club dispatcher or John Pyle (650) 856-2030
SAN JOSE AREA

REID-HILLVIEW APT.

Revisiting METAR/TAF

7 - 9:00 P.M. Thu Dec 3

Location: Nice Air (NE side of apt), 2575 Robert Fowler Way
Contact: Nice Air dispatch (408) 729-3383 or Mike Shiflet (408) 272-3109

 

REID-HILLVIEW APT.

Night Flying, Dusk 'Til Dawn

6:30-8:30 PM Thu Dec 10

Location: Trade Winds Aviation, 2505 Cunningham Ave. (Next to General Aviation Terminal Building)
Contact: Trade Winds dispatcher, Jim McLaughlin or Wendy Hales at (408) 729-5100

 SAN JOSE INT’L APT.

Night Flying, Dusk 'Til Dawn

7 - 9:00 PM Thu Dec 17

Location: Squadron #2 Flying Club, General Aviation Terminal Bldg.
Contact: Sherry Diamond (650) 329-2955 or (408) 275-0300

 SAN JOSE INT’L APT.

Winter Flying

6:30 PM Tue Dec 22

Location: American Flyers ground training facility, San Jose Jet Center, 1250 Aviation Avenue, Suite #190.
Contact: American Flyers dispatcher, Darryl Hanamura or Fred Abrams (408) 297-2123

 

REID-HILLVIEW APT.

Flying With Malfunctioning Equipment

Note: New Date
7 - 9:00 P.M. Tue Jan 19

Location: Nice Air (NE side of apt), 2575 Robert Fowler Way
Contact: Nice Air dispatch (408) 729-3383 or Mike Shiflet (408) 272-3109

 REID-HILLVIEW APT.

Go No-Go Weather Decisions

6:30-8:30 PM Thu Jan 14

Location: Trade Winds Aviation, 2505 Cunningham Ave. (Next to General Aviation Terminal Building)
Contact: Trade Winds dispatcher, Jim McLaughlin or Wendy Hales at (408) 729-5100

End of San Jose Area Seminars

 

 

Fresno Area

Safety Program Mgr.
(209) 487-5306
Ops and A/W Jim Henry
Ext 247
james.a.henry@faa.dot.gov

* = Reservations Required
Due to the holiday and foggy season ,no seminars are scheduled. Regularly scheduled seminars will begin again in February, 1999.

 FRESNO

Weather Tactics

January 25th

AOPA Seminar. Site to be announced

 BAKERSFIELD

Weather Tactics

January 26th

AOPA Seminar. Site to be announced.

 

THE ‘99 FRESNO SAFETY SEMINAR SCHEDULE:

Will be published soon. Watch your mailbox carefully!

The 1999 season should to be a real show stopper. I’ve already lined up industry reps from Garmin & Trimble for GPS presentations. Ryan International wants to come out and chat about their TCAD systems.

I returned from the NBAA convention in October with numerous contacts who desire to discuss some of the leading edge technology in aviation today.

Other forums in the works:

  1. USAF Safety Officers from Edward’s AFB: Discussion on restricted airspace & midair’s.
  2. AOPA’s continuing series on "Weather Tactics".
  3. Emerging engine technologies for the light GA aircraft industry.

So stay tuned! & until then fly right!

I WANT YOU TO ATTEND THE NEXT SAFETY SEMINAR!

 

Oakland Area

Safety Program Mgrs.
(510) 273-7155

Ops Howard Manning
Ext 235
howard.l.manning@faa.dot.gov

A/W ...Guy Minnor
Ext 247
guy.d.minnor@faa.dot.

As of October 23, 1998, the November '98
issue of the Oakland FSDO edition of the
NorCal Aviation Safety Review
had not been received for publication.
This page will be published as soon as
possible upon receipt for publication.

 

Sacramento Area

Safety Program Mgrs.
(916) 422-0272

Ops...Dan Abdon
Ext 239
daniel.w.abdon@faa.dot.gov

A/W ...Don Green
Ext 254
donald.r.green@faa.dot.gov

* = Reservations Required

 PLACERVILLE AREA

"On Landings: Part I"

7:00 PM Wed Dec 2

Location: Placerville Airport EAA Hanger, Placerville, CA
Sponsor: Placerville EAA Chapter 512
Contact: Bill George (530) 642 - 8063

SACRAMENTO AREA
(Fly in if you wish)

"On Landings: Part III"

7:00 PM Thur Dec 3

Location: Sacramento Executive Airport, Airport Conference Room
Sponsor: Sacramento FSDO
Contact: SAC.FSDO (916)428-8429

 

COLUSA AREA
(Fly in if you wish)

Winter Flying
With personnel from Sacramento FSDO

Tues Dec 8

Location: Colusa Industrial Park, ½ mile from Colusa Airport, 100 Sunrise Blvd, Suite F
Sponsor: Colusa Co Aviation Ass.
Contact: Harry Krug (530) 458-0580

 REDDING AREA
(Fly in if you wish)

Runway Incursions
With personnel from Redding Tower and Sacramento FSDO

Wed Dec 9

Location: Redding Municipal Airport, Redding Aero Service
Sponsor: Redding Area Pilot’s Assoc., Jim & I Aviation
Contact: Susan Kerr (530) 221-5300

 SACRAMENTO AREA
(Fly in if you wish)

Major Repair and Alteration/FAA Form 337
With Gordon Campbell of the Sacramento FSDO

7:00 PM Tues Dec 15

Location: Sacramento Executive Airport, Airport Conference Room
Sponsor: Sacramento FSDO
Contact: (916)428-8429

 

HAVE PRESENTATIONS WILL TRAVEL
Sacramento Area: The following is a list of subjects that are available as presentations for your aviation group:
  • Suspected Unapproved Parts/Amateur-Built Aircraft Certification/FAA Form 337 and Field Approvals/Government Aircraft Operations/ Aircraft Maintenance Records/Repair Station Inspections/Major Repairs and Alterations
  • Preventive Maintenance For Pilots/Corrosion Control/Federal Aviation Regs. Part 1 to 91
  • The FAA Ticket Program/Remedial Training

If you have any ideas about different aircraft maintenance oriented topics that you would like presented, or if you would like to schedule a program please call (916) 422-0272 ext. 258 and speak with Gordon Campbell.

P.S.: Please share this flyer with someone who may not be on our mailing list.

 

SACRAMENTO AREA
* Operation Takeoff
A three hour program that covers the services available from an Automated Flight Service Station. You'll learn how the system works and how to obtain the greatest user benefit. A Facility tour is included.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Sat
Call Ahead For Exact Dates
Location: Rancho Murieta AFSS, 14670 Cantova Wy, Ste.101, R. Murieta
Sponsor: Rancho Murieta AFSS
Contact: Mark Oglesby (916) 354-0161 ext. 139		 SACRAMENTO AREA
* Operation Raincheck
A program designed to familiarize pilots with the Air Traffic Control System.

Call for reservations.
8:00 am till noon
One Sat. per month

Location: Sacramento TRACON, 5839 22nd Street, Rio Linda. Off Elkhorn Blvd
Sponsor: FAA Air Traffic Control
Contact: Asst Mgr/Operations (916) 922-9511

 End of Sacramento Area Seminars

 


WINGS PROFICIENCY AWARD PROGRAM

 

FAT FSDO

See Pilot Proficiency Awards Article at top of newsletter

 

 

SAC FSDO
PHASE I
John H. Breaux
Roman Drepin
Anthony Thomas Holochwost III
Thomas Gladstone Tracy
Barry White

PHASE II
Jane English
Earl P. Hill

 PHASE IV
Ted T. Narasaki
Willard Williams
William A. Witt

PHASE VI
Harold E. Stephens

 Seawings
PHASE I
Richard Geisel-Churchill
Sandra Geisel-Churchill
Susan Leigh Hill

PHASE III
Susazn P. Windus
Walter B. Windus

 

 

SJC FSDO
PHASE I
Ross Bayer
Mike Calderone
Hoori Djassemi
William M. Ribble
Robert G. Tefft, MD

PHASE II
John R. Baumgarten
Christopher A. Doyle
Sal Lopez

 PHASE III
Martin Blaker
Hilton Goldstein

PHASE IV
Alain Thillois

PHASE VI
Linda N. Lorenzetti

 PHASE VII
Peter F. Carpenter

PHASE VIII
Kim C. Kolb
Tom Sullivan

PHASE XII
Urio Bertelli

 

NorCal Aviation Safety Review is published monthly by the F.A.A. Western Pacific Safety Program. Comments, suggestions and news info are invited. NorCal Aviation Safety Review reserves the right to edit all material. Please address all correspondence to: your local Safety Program Manager. Edited by Kevin L. Clover - FAA AWP-204 - 5001 Airport Plaza Dr. Ste 100 - Long Beach, CA 90815 - E-Mail kevin.l.clover@faa.dot.gov