Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- 1: The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (Runway Incursions) -- What's So Hard About Navigating on the Apron? -- How Things Are Changing -- Avoiding a Runway Incursion -- Helpful Resources -- 2: The Big Sky Is Not So Big (Midair Collisions) -- Midair Collision Risk Factors -- See and Avoid: How Good Are We at It? -- Avoiding a MAC -- Helpful Resources -- 3: Do You Want to Be a Test Pilot? (Aircraft Icing) -- Aircraft Icing -- Meteorology of Icing -- Effects of Airframe Icing -- Types of Airframe Icing -- Recent Icing Research -- Managing the Icing Hazard -- Minimize the Risk When Flying in Ice -- Helpful Resources -- 4: Pushing Weather (VFR Flight into IMC) -- The Accident Record -- Environmental Factors -- The Human Factor -- Avoiding a VFR-Flight-Into-IMC Accident -- Helpful Resources -- 5: Can You Survive the Ride? (Low-Level Wind Shear) -- The Effects of Low-Level Wind Shear -- Sources of Wind Shear -- Managing the Hazard of Low-Level Wind Shear -- Helpful Resources -- 6: How High Can You Fly? (High-Altitude Flight) -- Hypoxia-An Insidious Threat -- Avoiding Hypoxia -- Helpful Resources -- 7: Don't Be Caught in the Dark (Flying at Night) -- Hazards That Lurk in the Dark -- Physiological Limitations of Night Vision -- Managing the Hazards of Flying in the Dark -- Helpful Resources -- 8: What You See Is Not Always What You Get (Visual Illusions) -- Approach and Landing Illusions -- Other Illusions in Flight -- Overcoming Visual Illusions -- Helpful Resources -- 9: Which Way Is Up? (Spatial Disorientation) -- What Is Spatial Disorientation Anyway? -- Overcoming Spatial Disorientation -- Helpful Resources -- 10: Where Am I? (Controlled Flight into Terrain) -- CFIT Risk Factors -- Steering Clear of CFIT -- Helpful Resources -- Abbreviations & Acronyms -- Index.