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March 26, 2022

FAA Improves Alaskan Charts

New Updates Display Mountain Passes So Everyone can Fly Like a Local

The FAA has added 2 mountain passes to the VFR charts in Northern Alaska, improving operational safety in the region amid a concerted agency effort to improve Alaskan aviation conditions. The new terrain identifies the Naqsralugiaq and Carter passes after consultation with local aviators, FAA personnel, and stakeholders in the area. The agency says that more than 60 mountain passes are charted, hopefully enhancing the situational awareness of pilots operating under visual flight rules, and offering them another, safer route.

Pilot Purchased The Airplane About 6 Months Prior And Had Not Flown It Previously

On March 11, 2022, about 0230 central standard time, a Grumman AA1, N5774L, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Bay Minette, Alabama. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to a family member, the pilot purchased the airplane about 6 months prior and had not flown it previously. He departed his residence in Mobile, Alabama about 0030 and traveled to Bay Minette Municipal Airport (1R8), Bay Minette, Alabama to run the airplane’s engine and taxi around the airport property.