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NTSB Warns of Dangers of Flying with Cataracts

The safety board recommends that the FAA and AOPA educate pilots about safety risks involved with flying with cataracts.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

July 19, 2016

The U.S. NTSB is urging the FAA and the AOPA to engage in an educational campaign on risks that cataracts could pose to flight safety. The Safety Board made that recommendation as a result of its investigation of a Dec. 26, 2013 crash of a Cessna 172K in Fresno, Calif. That accident involved “a pilot with progressive cataracts who had demonstrated recent difficulty landing his airplane at night but was able to pass FAA medical certification vision testing,” the NTSB said.

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