Aeronautical Information Manual: Select Safety & Medical Topics

Excerpts From the FAA's Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)

• Chapter 7: Safety of Flight

  Section 5. Potential Flight Hazards

  • 7-5-1. Accident Cause Factors
  • 7-5-2. VFR in Congested Areas
  • 7-5-3. Obstructions to Flight
  • 7-5-4. Avoid Flight Beneath Unmanned Balloons
  • 7-5-5. Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • 7-5-6. Mountain Flying
  • 7-5-9. Flight Operations in Volcanic Ash
  • 7-5-10. Emergency Airborne Inspection of Other Aircraft
  • 7-5-11. Precipitation Static
  • 7-5-12. LASER Operations and Reporting Illumination of Aircraft
  • 7-5-13. Flying in Flat Light and White Out Conditions

  Section 6. Safety, Accident, and Hazard Reports

  • 7-6-1. Aviation Safety Reporting Program
  • 7-6-2. Aircraft Accident and Incident Reporting
  • 7-6-3. Near Midair Collision Reporting
  • 7-6-4. Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Reports
  • 7-6-5. Safety Alerts For Operators (SAFO) and Information For Operators (InFO)

• Chapter 8: Medical Facts for Pilots

  • 8-1-1. Fitness For Flight
  • 8-1-2. Effects of Altitude
  • 8-1-3. Hyperventilation in Flight
  • 8-1-4. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Flight
  • 8-1-5. Illusions in Flight
  • 8-1-6. Vision in Flight
  • 8-1-7. Aerobatic Flight
  • 8-1-8. Judgment Aspects of Collision Avoidance