General Aviation Survey

Hello… I am a student at Embry Riddle, and I am working on a research paper for one of my classes. I am doing research on safety in general aviation, specifically, de-bunking the “Cirrus Pilot” myth. I plan to prove that, when properly trained on the equipment, the Cirrus Aircraft, and others with advanced features, are extremely safe. I am presenting this exact survey to many pilot groups, including, but not limited to: Cessna Pilot’s Group, AOPA, EAA, and others. I will gladly present my final paper to those that are interested. Please complete the following survey, and either re-post your answers here, or copy and paste it in an email directly to me at mcquillk@my.erau.edu Thanks in advance for helping me out, and please know that no names are required or needed on the survey, and no names will be included in the final paper.

Confidential Survey

General Aviation Safety

  1.    Do you own or
    

rent your primary aircraft?

  1.    What make and
    

model aircraft do you fly most often?

  1.    Does your
    

aircraft have any of the following equipment:

        Glass

Cockpit:_________

        Auto Pilot:__________

        Oxygen:__________

        Pressurization:__________

        Flight Into

Known Ice:__________

        XM Weather:__________

        Airframe

Parachute:__________

        Turbo:__________

        Synthetic

Vision:__________

        Traffic

Warnings:__________

        Terrain

Warnings:__________

        Electronic

Flight Bag:__________

        Airbags:__________
  1.    What ratings
    

do you currently hold?

  1.    When was your
    

Private Pilot Certificate issued?

  1.    Was your
    

PRIMARY training done in the same type aircraft you currently fly?

  1.    Were you
    

trained in spins and spin recovery?

  1.    Have you ever
    

performed a spin and recovery as P.I.C.?

  1.    Do you use any type of tablet computer
    

in the cockpit during flights? If yes, for what purpose?

  1.  Have you ever started a flight in
    

conditions that you thought may be more than you can handle?

  1.  If you fly IFR with a glass cockpit, would
    

you be comfortable making the same flights with an all steam gauge equipped
aircraft? (Think of an aircraft with
basic IFR package, from pre-1990).

  1.  Finally, do you feel as though you are
    

always in complete control of the aircraft during ALL PHASES of flight? If not,
why?

  1.    Do you own or rent your primary aircraft?   OWN
    
  2.    What make and model aircraft do you fly most often?    CIRRUS SR22
    
  3.    Does your aircraft have any of the following equipment:
    
         Glass Cockpit:___YES______
    
         Auto Pilot:___YES_______
    
         Oxygen:____YES______
    
         Pressurization:___NO_______
    
         Flight Into Known Ice:____NO______
    
         XM Weather:___YES_______
    
         Airframe Parachute:___YES_______
    
         Turbo:___NO_______
    
         Synthetic Vision:__NO________
    
         Traffic Warnings:___YES_______
    
         Terrain Warnings:___YES_______
    
         Electronic Flight Bag:__NOT BUILT IN BUT I HAVE ALL CHARTS/MANUALS ON AN iPAD________
    
         Airbags:__NO________
    
  4.    What ratings do you currently hold?  INSTRUMENT, AIRPLANE, SINGLE-ENGINE LAND
    
  5.    When was your Private Pilot Certificate issued?  2001
    
  6.    Was your PRIMARY training done in the same type aircraft you currently fly?  NO
    
  7.    Were you trained in spins and spin recovery?  NO
    
  8.    Have you ever performed a spin and recovery as P.I.C.?  NO
    
  9.    Do you use any type of tablet computer in the cockpit during flights? If yes, for what purpose?  YES, iPAD FOR CHARTS AND MANUALS
    
  10.  Have you ever started a flight in conditions that you thought may be more than you can handle?  NO
    
  11.  If you fly IFR with a glass cockpit, would you be comfortable making the same flights with an all steam gauge equipped aircraft?  (Think of an aircraft with basic IFR package, from pre-1990).  NOT COMFORTABLE, WOULD EXPECT RECURRENT TRAINING
    
  12.  Finally, do you feel as though you are always in complete control of the aircraft during ALL PHASES of flight? If not, why?  YES

General Aviation Safety

  1.    Do you own or
    

rent your primary aircraft? OWN

  1.    What make and
    

model aircraft do you fly most often? Cessna 182 Peterson Katmai conversion

  1.    Does your
    

aircraft have any of the following equipment:

        Glass

Cockpit:YES___

        Auto Pilot:___**YES**_______

        Oxygen:_____**NO**_____

        Pressurization:____**NO**______

        Flight Into

Known Ice:NO__

        XM Weather:___**YES**_______

        Airframe

Parachute:YES____

        Turbo:___**NO**_______

        Synthetic

Vision:YES____

        Traffic

Warnings:YES____

        Terrain

Warnings:YES__

        Electronic

Flight Bag:NO____

        Airbags:___**NO**_______
  1.    What ratings
    

do you currently hold? Private, Instrument ASEL

  1.    When was your
    

Private Pilot Certificate issued? 1988

  1.    Was your
    

PRIMARY training done in the same type aircraft you currently fly? NO

  1.    Were you
    

trained in spins and spin recovery? YES

  1.    Have you ever
    

performed a spin and recovery as P.I.C.? YES

  1.    Do you use any type of tablet computer
    

in the cockpit during flights? If yes, for what purpose? iPad for maps, charts, approaches and AFD

  1.  Have you ever started a flight in
    

conditions that you thought may be more than you can handle? NO

  1.  If you fly IFR with a glass cockpit, would
    

you be comfortable making the same flights with an all steam gauge equipped
aircraft? (Think of an aircraft with
basic IFR package, from pre-1990). Not without refresher training with a CFII

  1.  Finally, do you feel as though you are
    

always in complete control of the aircraft during ALL PHASES of flight? If not,
why? YES

Next time: SurveyMonkey

Since it’s not really confidential (I’m surprised you didn’t have a link to a confidential survey) I doubt it the answers to 10 and 12 will be reliable

HEY, youse guys may be IRF rated, but you didn’t read the post… don’t fill it out here, past it to an email

not sure if it would make any difference, though

Fred

Gordon, you read my mind. Surveymonkey.com is a great resource. It’s free (up to a certain amount of responses…100???) and can compile a ton of information for the individual issuing the survey.

Lars

General Aviation Safety

  1.    Do you own or rent your primary aircraft? OWN
    
  2.    What make and model aircraft do you fly most often? CIRRUS SR22
    
  3.    Does your aircraft have any of the following equipment:
    
        
    
         Glass Cockpit:__NO___
    
         Auto Pilot:___YES____
    
         Oxygen:___NO___
    
         Pressurization:_NO_______
    
         Flight Into Known Ice:_NO____
    
         XM Weather:__YES_____
    
         Airframe Parachute:___YES___
    
         Turbo:___NO____
    
         Synthetic Vision:___NO____
    
         Traffic Warnings:_____YES__
    
         Terrain Warnings:__YES_____
    
         Electronic Flight Bag:__IPAD____
    
         Airbags:___NO____
    
  4.    What ratings do you currently hold?  COMMERCIAL SINGLE ENGINE LAND, INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE, CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR - INSTRUMENT, INSTRUMENT GROUND INSTRUCTOR
    
  5.    When was your Private Pilot Certificate issued?  SEPTEMBER 2002
    
  6.    Was your PRIMARY training done in the same type aircraft you currently fly? NO
    
  7.    Were you trained in spins and spin recovery? NO
    
  8.    Have you ever performed a spin and recovery as P.I.C.? NO
    
  9.    Do you use any type of tablet computer in the cockpit during flights? If yes, for what purpose? YES. IPAD FOR CHARTS
    
  10.  Have you ever started a flight in conditions that you thought may be more than you can handle? NO
    
  11.  If you fly IFR with a glass cockpit, would you be comfortable making the same flights with an all steam gauge equipped aircraft?  (Think of an aircraft with basic IFR package, from pre-1990). YES, BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF A VFR GPS FOR ADDED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
    
  12.  Finally, do you feel as though you are always in complete control of the aircraft during ALL PHASES of flight? If not, why? YES