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Learn from the mistakes of others by reading first-person accounts of mishaps, bad situations and close calls.

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Three-ring mistake

staff writers - Mar 16, 2016
Jabiru J120

Ignoring the windsock

A close shave

image: © Nicholas Fisher | ww.thefishercollective.com

Driven to distraction!

The still of the night

Flight Safety Australia reader - Nov 27, 2023 0
Cessna

What’s the circuit height?

Flight Safety Australia reader - Mar 23, 2020 1

Drinking distraction

Flight Safety Australia reader - Sep 6, 2017 3

A brutal hazing

Nic Barnes - Mar 24, 2025 5

They don’t make them like they used to

Flight Safety Australia reader - Dec 12, 2024 0

The hills are alive

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 7, 2017 9
Cessna 172S

The passenger trap

Flight Safety Australia reader - Feb 13, 2020 5

Unintended touchdown

Flight Safety Australia reader - Mar 14, 2018 10
Montage of several images overlayed to create an abstract image. Image includes a small aircraft, an aerial view of a desert landscape and some swiss cheese.

Alice, through the looking glass

Flight Safety Australia reader - Jul 11, 2023 1

178 seconds, the real life version

Flight Safety Australia reader - Feb 27, 2019 6
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