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Risk Assessment Checklist

PAVE your way over the risk elements — a framework for identifying risk before flight:

  • Pilot — fitness, currency, experience
  • Aircraft — airworthiness, equipment, performance
  • enVironment — weather, terrain, airspace, day or night
  • External pressures — schedules, passengers, get-there-itis

Source FAA Risk Management Handbook (FAA-H-8083-2) · checked 26 Aug 2026

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