MID Air Collision Avoidance

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MID Air Collision Avoidance
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Near Mid Air Collision

• A near mid air collision is defined as an
  incident associated with the operation of an
  aircraft in which a possibility of collision
  occurs as a result of proximity of less than 500
  feet to another aircraft, or a report is received
  from a pilot or a flight crewmember stating that
  a collision hazard existed between two or more
  aircraft (AIM 7-83b).

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Profile of Mid Air Collisions

• Day VFR conditions
• Majority occur within 5 miles of an airport
• Areas of greatest traffic concentration
• Slow angular closure rate
• Majority occur below 3000 ft AGL
• - Traffic pattern
• - Final Approach

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Profile- Continued

• Pilots of all experience levels
• - First solo student
• - !5,000 hour seasoned pilot
• Military specific operations
• - Formation flight
• - NVD flight

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Causes of Midairs

• Increasing traffic
• Higher closure speeds
• Overloaded ATC facilities and controllers
• Pilot failure to employ effective scan techniques

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Locations of potential risk

• Uncontrolled airport traffic pattern
• Controlled airspace during VMC conditions
• Areas that skirt Class B, C, or D
• Navaids
• Passes, valleys

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Prevention Measures

• See and Avoid concept (FAR 91.113)
• Understand eye limitations
• Use scanning techniques
• Compensate for aircraft design
• Maintain situational awareness
• Use and listen to radios
• Assign scan sectors to crewmembers

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QUIZ

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