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Experimental Aircraft Association October, 2017
Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania Volume 41, Number 10
Doylestown Airport (KDYL)
3879 Old Easton Rd.
Doylestown, PA 18902
Meets: Last Wed each of month (7:30 PM)
CHAPTER CHATTER
Chapter Number 78 Flying Through History
Safety Alert: Use all available runway for
takeoffs!
The National Transportation Safety
Board has issued Safety Alert 071-17, to
highlight the potential hazards associated
with conducting intersection takeoffs and
the need for general aviation pilots to use
all the runway available to them for takeoff.
It also has posted a video (below) to The safety alert emphasizes the need for pilots
accompany the safety alert. to:
Intersection takeoffs — where only a Know their airplane’s takeoff and landing
portion of the runway is used for takeoff performance limitations;
instead of using the entire length — are a Not feel obligated to accept an
common practice for general aviation pilots intersection takeoff if offered by air traffic
to save time. control;
Use all available runway length to
However, pilots may not fully understand increase the margin of safety.
the potential risks associated with
conducting intersection takeoffs, NTSB
officials said, noting the agency
investigated at least 10 accidents between
2000 and 2015 in which pilots were
attempting intersection takeoffs.
By reducing the amount of runway used
during takeoff, pilots have less runway
available to them in the event of a system
or engine malfunction during takeoff, to
abort the takeoff, or to perform an
emergency landing. This increases the risk
of injury, death, and aircraft damage, NTSB
officials warn. The NTSB has also posted a new video along with the safety alert
