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Close Calls by Anthony Nalli
Anthony Nalli is the Director of Canadian Development, General Aviation Collision Avoidance and President of PCAS.ca. He will be submitting monthly articles detailing the "close call" experiences of fellow pilots. You are invited to contact Anthony at CloseCalls@PCAS.ca to share your stories.
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Close Calls No. 19 - Touch and.. Uh oh!
by Anthony Nalli
"Well, in my illustrious 270+ hours of recreational flying as a private pilot, I just yesterday had my closest near disaster" starts off this month's Close Calls pilot. He hadn't flown for a little while so thought he would "shoot a couple circuits before heading out for a local sight-seeing flight." The first circuit went without anything of note taking place. On our pilot's second touch-and-go… well that was another story. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 15 - Heads Up
by Anthony Nalli
This month's Close Calls pilot has been flying for a while. He is IFR rated and has flown south to the Bahamas (from the Toronto, Canada area) and as far west as Los Angeles -- most of it under instrument flight rules. On average, he logs about 120 hours a year. At a local flying club he initiated the exercise of group quizzes on ATC rules and air regulations as a way to pass through those winter weekends when he and his colleagues were grounded by the weather. He also runs a number of ATC procedures workshops and cross border flyout courses for the club's newer members. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 13 - A Rapid Return
by Anthony Nalli
As an instrument rated pilot, our pilot always flew cross country IFR and this day was no exception. About three years ago, our pilot and his wife were returning in their Cessna 182 to their home base in the San Diego area from visiting their grandchildren in central California. Everything was routine until they landed at the airport. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 12 - Lucky Numbers
by Anthony Nalli
As an instrument rated pilot, our pilot always flew cross country IFR and this day was no exception. About three years ago, our pilot and his wife were returning in their Cessna 182 to their home base in the San Diego area from visiting their grandchildren in central California. Everything was routine until they landed at the airport. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 11 - The Bounds of Complacency
by Anthony Nalli
This month's Close Call comes from our Facebook group. Our pilot was working on their private pilot license doing her second solo in the circuit (traffic pattern). Just before going up that day our pilot's instructor advised her of another student in the circuit with his instructor practicing their touch and go's. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 9 - A Hill of Beans
by Anthony Nalli
Recently a pilot with thirty years of flight experience approached me at the Canadian Aviation Expo to discuss some of his close calls. He has permitted me to share one of his stories, one that he says "really got those nervous butterflies a twitchin'." . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 8 - A Hard and Fortunate Lesson
by Anthony Nalli
Recently a pilot with thirty years of flight experience approached me at the Canadian Aviation Expo to discuss some of his close calls. He has permitted me to share one of his stories, one that he says "really got those nervous butterflies a twitchin'." . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 7 - Descend 4000… NOW!
by Anthony Nalli
It was a very hot, hazy day in the middle of May. Our pilot and co-pilot were flying a VFR round robin from Toronto Buttonville to Ottawa and back to Buttonville cruising at 4500' on the return leg from Ottawa . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 6 - Playing Cat and Mouse with a DC-9
by Anthony Nalli
This month's Close Call comes from yet another of my fellow Internet forum-goers and I share it with you as the poster had written it. "As a freshman flier back in 1980 with less than 80 hours in my log book I departed CYHU in a PA28-140 . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 5 - An Ounce of Prevention
by Anthony Nalli
I recently attended an airspace seminar held jointly by Transport Canada and Nav Canada. Not surprisingly the seminar was excellently delivered, very informative, and very well attended with about 50 or 60 pilots participating. . . . continue
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Close Calls No. 3 - Traffic Alerts on Your Garmin GPS
by Anthony Nalli
Year in and year out the Garmin x96-series portable GPS has received top honors by aviation product reviewers. Garmin has proven that they are to GPS what Microsoft is to computer software -- the industry's 800-pound gorilla -- and with good reason. . . . continue
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