BEECHCRAFT
SectlonX
Safety lnformatlon
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C. 20402.
FAA
ACCIDENT
PREVENTION
PROGRAM
The
FAA
assigns accident prevention specialists
to
each Flight Standards
and
General A viation District
Office
to
organize
accident
prevention program
activities. In addition, there are
over
3,000 volunteer
airmen serving
as
accident prevention counselors,
sharing their technical expertise
and
professional
knowledge with the general aviation community.
The
FAA
conducts
seminars
and
workshops,
and
distributes invaluable
saf
ety
information under this
program.
Usually the airport manager, the FAA Flight Service
Stations (FSS),
or
Fixed Base
Operator
(F.B.0.),
will have a !ist
of
accidenl prevention counselors
and
their
phone
numbers
available.
All Flight
Standards and General Aviation
District
Offices
have a !ist
of
the counselors serving the district.
Before
flying
over
unfamiliar territory, such
as
mountainous terrain
or
desert
areas,
it
is advisable
for
transient pilots to
consuh
with local counselors.
They
will be familiar with the more desirable routes,
the wind and weather conditions, and the service
and
emergency landing
areas
that are available along
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