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Audience member's Aviation Tip
Can a pilot who only knows how to fly by sight handle flying in bad weather by mistake?
I’ve heard that an experiment determined that private pilots survive an average of three minutes after accidentally entering IMC. Is that right?
It's clear that pilots who aren't trained to fly using instruments should stay far away from clouds. Every year, flying into bad weather by mistake is the top weather-related cause of death for general aviation pilots. But the often-quoted "178 seconds to live" (or three minutes) can be misleading.
This number comes from a study at the University of Illinois done way back in 1954. The study wasn't about how long a typical pilot could survive in bad weather. Instead, it was testing if a certain escape method could be taught under very tough conditions.
Twenty pilots with very little experience and no instrument training were chosen. They were put in a challenging situation: flying a plane they’d never flown before, with important flight instruments covered, and the plane loaded in a way that made it hard to control. Their task was to make a 180-degree turn to escape the bad weather. None of them succeeded, and they lost control in an average of 178 seconds.
It’s not surprising they failed under those conditions. But after a bit of instruction, almost all of them were able to stay in control and make a safe 180-degree turn.
The real lesson here isn't that flying into bad weather is hopeless. It’s that even a little training on how to escape these situations can make a huge difference. Every pilot should work on their instrument skills so they’re ready if things go wrong
Have you ever accidentally flown into weather where you couldn't see and had to rely on instruments?
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