1. Topic of the Month December
Flight Risk Assessment Tools
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2016/11/4-095 (I) PP Original Author: John Steuernagle (06/15/2016); POC Kevin Clover, AFS-850 Operations Lead, Office
Important Note:  The FAAST FRAT App discussed in slides 25 through 29 is scheduled for public release in December of 2016 but that release has not been approved as of 18 October 2016.  If the FRAT App is NOT approved before this show is presented, this document and the associated PowerPoint are correct and should be used.  If the FRAT App is approved, new content for slides will be provided and uploaded to Approved Presentations on SharePoint.  Therefore, be sure to confirm that you have the latest version before presenting.
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3. Overview GAJSC * Recommendations Flight Risk Assessments
Assessment Tools
* General Aviation Joint Steering Committee
In this presentation we’ll talk a little bit about recommendations from the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee – a government/industry group that analyzes GA accidents and incidents. The Committee feels that improved risk assessment before and during flight can significantly improve pilots’ chances of avoiding accidents and incidents. We’ll talk about pilots’ responsibility for risk assessment and show you some tools that will help you in your planning and analysis routines.
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4. Our Responsibility
14CFR 91.3 Responsibility and authority of the Pilot In Command The buck stops here 14CFR Preflight Action Consider everything
Our responsibility for risk assessment is amazingly clear in two paragraphs of Part 91: (Click)
91.3 Deals with our responsibility and authority and (ClicK)
Discusses our preflight action requirements.
The takeaway in 91.3 is that the PIC is the final authority for the safety of flight (Click)
In other words the buck stops with us.
details what we’re responsible for knowing before flight and it takes several paragraphs to cover the subject but when you add it all up it comes to this: (Click)
Consider and act on all information that could have relevance to the flight. That means we need to identify potential hazards and have a plan to deal with them before we take off And, by the way, we also have a responsibility to constantly evaluate hazards and make good decisions with respect to them throughout the flight.
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Background:
§91.3   Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.
(a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
(b) In an in-flight emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot in command may deviate from any rule of this part to the extent required to meet that emergency.
(c) Each pilot in command who deviates from a rule under paragraph (b) of this section shall, upon the request of the Administrator, send a written report of that deviation to the Administrator.
§91.103   Preflight action.
Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight. This information must include—
(a) For a flight under IFR or a flight not in the vicinity of an airport, weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed, and any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by ATC;
(b) For any flight, runway lengths at airports of intended use, and the following takeoff and landing distance information:
(1) For civil aircraft for which an approved Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual containing takeoff and landing distance data is required, the takeoff and landing distance data contained therein; and
(2) For civil aircraft other than those specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, other reliable information appropriate to the aircraft, relating to aircraft performance under expected values of airport elevation and runway slope, aircraft gross weight, and wind and temperature Resources to effect safe, efficient, and hopefully profitable operations.

5. 3 Questions What are the hazards associated with my flight?
How might those hazards impact my Success?
How can I manage the risk?
When we speak of risk assessment we’re posing and answering 3 questions (Click)
What are the hazards associated with my flight? We’re talking about identifying conditions and circumstances that could make safe completion of the flight questionable. (Click)
What are the chances that identified hazards will compromise my flight? Looking at a list of possible hazards, how likely is it that any of them will give us trouble during the flight?
The expression of likelihood is known as Risk. (Click)
How can I manage the risk of accident or incidents? What adjustments can I make to my planning, qualifications, and equipment that will contribute to my success?
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6. Risk Management A matter of Balance
Risk Assessment is very much a matter of balance here’s a simplistic example of how it works.
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7. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Let’s look at flight risk in the context of a balance sheet.
We’ll define Liabilities as factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase the risk of disaster.
Assets would then be capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease risk of disaster.
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8. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Let’s say we want to make a VFR Flight where the weather is expected to be less than 5,000 foot ceilings & less than 5 miles visibility.
While not clear and a million, those weather conditions are well within the capability of most any pilot. But what might we apply in the way of assets
That would make the flight even safer?
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9. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Instrument rating, flat terrain, daylight
How about an instrument rating? And planning a route over flat terrain in daylight would certainly improve our chances of success. But wait, there’s more.
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10. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Instrument rating, flat terrain, daylight
Wind greater than 15 knots
Cross wind greater than 30 degrees
Suppose the surface winds at our planned destination will be greater than 15 knots with a 30 degree crosswind?
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11. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Instrument rating, flat terrain, daylight
Wind greater than 15 knots
Cross wind greater than 30 degrees
Recent cross wind experience
Certainly there are a number of things we might do including waiting for less energetic winds or choosing an airport with a runway more aligned with the wind.
Recent cross wind practice – especially with a CFI – will certainly make us more comfortable and add a margin of safety to the flight.
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12. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Instrument rating, flat terrain, daylight
Wind greater than 15 knots
Cross wind greater than 30 degrees
Recent cross wind experience
Night
But what if we want to make this flight at night? That may just be more risk than we should accept.
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13. Balance Sheet Liabilities Assets
Factors and circumstances that decrease safety and increase mishap risk
Capabilities, equipment, and resources that increase safety and decrease mishap risk
Weather less than 5,000 ft. ceiling and 5 miles visibility
Instrument rating, flat terrain, daylight
Wind greater than 15 knots
Cross wind greater than 30 degrees
Recent cross wind experience
Night
Instrument rating, flat terrain, Weather greater than 5,000 and 5
If we’re going to do it VFR at night, we really want to have weather that’s better than five thousand and five.
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14. Flight Risk Assessment Tool
Liabilities
Assets
We’ve just built a very simplistic Flight Risk Assessment Tool or FRAT.
And we’ve used it to identify assets that compensate for liabilities. Of course there are many more safety factors to consider for any flight.
So many, in fact, that the GAJSC recommends use of a FRAT to help pilots in their pre, and in flight evaluations
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15. InFO
For more FRAT information, download and read Information for Operators number It’s a more comprehensive tool to help you manage the risks of flight.
The URL for this publication is too long to copy in this seminar so find it the easy way.
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16. Navigate to http://www. faa
Navigate to type InFO into the search window and click Search.
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17. That will get you to this page and from here you can download the publication.
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18. Want an easier way to do it?
Introducing the FAASTeam FRAT
Easy to use
Basic flight risk assessment
For General Aviation Pilots
FAAST FRAT
Do you want and easier way to do it?
Introducing the FAAST FRAT; (Click)
an easy to use, basic flight risk assessment tool for general aviation pilots.
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19. FAAST FRAT 20 Statements - VFR 22 Statements - IFR
The FAAST FRAT is a simple automated spread sheet that contains 20 condition statements for VFR pilots; 22 for IFR pilots.
The statements describe common general aviation flight liabilities and assets. Pilots simply click the “yes” box next to each statement that applies to their flight.
Each yes statement generates a risk value and those values are totaled on the sheet.
The total risk value is related to the risk matrix chart to determine whether the flight risk is likely to be low, moderate, or high.
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20. FAAST FRAT
In this example, the pilot has fewer than 15 hours in the last 90 days but a WINGS Phase was completed in the last 6 months. The risk of low recent experience is cancelled by the WINGS Phase completion.
Surface winds will be greater than 15 knots resulting in a risk value of plus 4. The flight will be to a non-towered airport, ceiling will be less than 3,000 feet and there is no weather reporting at the destination. (Click)
This results in a total risk value of 15.
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21. FAAST FRAT
Looking at the Risk Matrix Chart we see that a Total Risk Value of 15 is between Low and Moderate for a VFR Pilot with fewer than 100 hours time in type, (Click)
but well within the low range for an IFR pilot with more than 100 hours time in type.
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22. FAAST FRAT Can’t cover all possible flight hazards
Does address common GA accident causal factors
Safety Risk Management - 101
No FRAT can cover all possible flight hazards but this one – though simple – does address some factors that are common to GA accidents. We hope it’s use will prompt you to learn more about Safety Risk Management.
Now to get your copy here’s what you do……….
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23. FAAST FRAT Log on to FAASafety.gov
Click on Resources then click on Library
Navigate to FAASafety.gov
Click on Resources, then click on Library.
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24. FAAST FRAT Click on Flight Risk Assessment Tool
Download appropriate FRAT for your computer.
Click on Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT)
Download the appropriate FRAT for your computer
Note: FAAST FRAT for Windows will not run with Excel for MAC. If you want to run the FRAT on your Apple computer, you’ll need the Numbers application.
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25. The FAAST FRAT App Free Mobile App coming in 2017 iPhone, iPad, iPod
Android version to follow
But how about those of us who don’t carry laptop computers with us everywhere we go?
Introducing the FAAST FRAT App – a free program from your FAA Safety Team.
Coming soon for iPhone, iPad, and iPod with an Android version to follow.
To use the app, simply enter your flight experience and certification level into your pilot profile. Then VFR-rated pilots select which of 21 conditions apply to your flight – IFR pilots consider 23 conditions. Some conditions increase risk – others decrease risk. As you select conditions, a total risk value accumulates and it’s displayed graphically on your device.
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26. The FAAST FRAT App Flight Risk Slider Pilot Conditions
Flight Conditions
Here you can see the beginning of a risk assessment. The pilot has selected four conditions that apply to the flight. After that the assessment will move on to flight conditions. As conditions are selected, the Flight Risk Slider moves from left to right as risk values accumulate. When a risk reduction condition is selected, the slider moves from right to left – indicating the reduction in total risk value.
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27. The FAAST FRAT App
Here’s the display you’ll get when the risk value is low. (Click)
Note that the Slider Bar and Total risk value have a green background. (Click)
As the risk value becomes moderate the display background color changes to yellow. (Click)
And when the risk value goes into the red – it’s imperative that we do something to reduce our risk exposure.
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28. The FAAST FRAT App Safety Risk Management for General Aviation
Simple & Easy
Data Sharing
Student to CFI
Club members to Club
Pilots to Family
The FAAST Frat App provides a simple and easy introduction to safety risk management for general aviation pilots. The device stores your pilot profile information but doesn’t automatically store individual risk assessments. Each time the App is opened, all condition statements are set to off. You can take a picture of your risk assessment though and save that image for future reference.
Users can, if they wish, share risk assessments with third parties such as CFIs, Flying Club dispatch personnel, or friends and family. Just click on the icon to send a copy of the risk assessment to people you designate.
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29. The FAAST FRAT App A safety risk management tool for GA pilots
Coming soon to a mobile device near you.
Presentation note: If the FAAST FRAT App is ready for public release in December of 2016 this slide will be modified to include download instructions.
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30. Questions?
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Your information or leave blank.
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31. Safety Tip Practice Stalls & slow flight Flight training maneuvers
Takeoffs & Landings
Instrument Maneuvers
An airplane owner once asked an experienced instructor pilot, “What’s the best thing to put in my airplane to increase safety?”
Without hesitation, the instructor answered, “Gasoline”. (Click)
That’s right – the most effective safety tool for any pilot is practicing the art and science of flying. That means more than
a monthly trip for the hundred dollar hamburger. Book some time with a CFI at least once a year to practice the items on this list. (Click)
And be sure to document your achievement in the Wings Proficiency Program. It’s a great way to stay on top of your game.
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32. Thank you for attending
You are vital members of our GA safety community
Your presence here shows that you are vital members of our General Aviation Safety Community. The high standards you keep and the examples you set are a great credit to you and to GA.
Thank you for attending.
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33. Topic of the Month December
Flight Risk Assessment Tools
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