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On Feb 28, 5:04 am, "Steve Foley" wrote:

I don't follow. Reading accident reports, I see very few incidents of
pilots
getting killed because they had inadequate training (unless you consider
VFR
into IMC).

There are plenty of examples. The ones that jump out at me
are the landing accidents that often don't hit the headlines,
accidents caused by poor training. Landing fast and flat, running off
the end, ballooning and stalling and landing hard. Accelerated stalls
caused by pulling back hard after a buzz job. (Those are usually fatal
and hit the newspapers.) Failing to understand DA and trying to depart
an inadequate runway. A really common one is carb ice; we hear of
accidents/incidents all the time due to that one. It's not well taught
or understood. And, of course as you mentioned, VFR into IMC.

Dan


If this were truly a lack of training, I would expect to see more of these
types of accidents immediately after getting a certificate.

When they occur years later, I can't see how they can be attributed to
inadequate training from years ago.

I think most good pilots agree that a private certificate is really a
license to learn.

I'd love to see a syllabus that includes "avoiding accelerated stalls after
a buzz job"g