Attention:
- Research a mishap case study:
- Discuss how the initial conditions developed into an incident/accident/mishap
- Relate similar personal experience of the same type of incident/accident/mishap
- Consider incorporating a case study as a guided scenario
Motivator:
Overview:
Topic:
Time:
Introduction:
0:05
Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes:
0:15
Review (quiz):
0:05
Case Studies:
0:05
Total Ground Time:
0:30
Required Materials:
- Paper, Pen, Marker, Whiteboard
Instructor Actions:
Student Actions:
- Complete assigned reading (see content above)
- Complete or review AOPA's Online Learning Course - Weather Wise: VFR into IMC
- Ask pertinent questions
- Perform self-assessment, including fitness for flight and personal minimums, as appropriate
- Make a go/no-go decision, as appropriate
Private Pilot (Airplane) Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes Airman Certification Standards:
- Objective: To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with attitude instrument flying while recovering from unusual attitudes solely by reference to instruments
- References: FAA-H-8083-2 (Risk Management Handbook), FAA-H-8083-3 (Airplane Flying Handbook), FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-25 (Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge); POH/Flight Manual
Private Pilot (Airplane) Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes Knowledge:
The applicant demonstrates understanding of:-
PA.VIII.E.K1:
Prevention of unusual attitudes, including flight causal, physiological, and environmental factors, and system and equipment failures.-
PA.VIII.E.K1a:
[Archived]. -
PA.VIII.E.K1b:
[Archived]. -
PA.VIII.E.K1c:
[Archived]. -
PA.VIII.E.K1d:
[Archived].
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PA.VIII.E.K2:
Procedures for recovery from unusual attitudes in flight. -
PA.VIII.E.K3:
Procedures available to safely regain visual meteorological conditions (VMC) after flight into inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions or unintended instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC)/(UIMC). -
PA.VIII.E.K4:
Appropriate use of automation, if applicable.
Private Pilot (Airplane) Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes Risk Management:
The applicant is able to identify, assess, and mitigate risk associated with:-
PA.VIII.E.R1:
Situations that could lead to loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) or unusual attitudes in-flight (e.g., stress, task saturation, inadequate instrument scan distractions, and spatial disorientation). -
PA.VIII.E.R2:
[Archived]. -
PA.VIII.E.R3:
Collision hazards. -
PA.VIII.E.R4:
Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation. -
PA.VIII.E.R5:
Interpreting flight instruments. -
PA.VIII.E.R6:
[Archived]. -
PA.VIII.E.R7:
Operating envelope considerations. -
PA.VIII.E.R8:
Control input errors, inducing undesired aircraft attitudes. -
PA.VIII.E.R9:
Assessment of the unusual attitude. -
PA.VIII.E.R10:
Control application solely by reference to instruments.
Private Pilot (Airplane) Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes Skills:
The applicant exhibits the skill to:-
PA.VIII.E.S1:
Use proper instrument cross-check and interpretation to identify an unusual attitude (including both nose-high and nose-low) in flight, and apply the appropriate flight control, power input, and aircraft configuration in the correct sequence, to return to a stabilized level flight attitude. -
PA.VIII.E.S2:
Use single-pilot resource management (SRM) or crew resource management (CRM), as appropriate.
Re-Motivation:
Closure:
- Advise students that this lesson will be used as a starting point for the next lesson
- Assign study materials for the next lesson
Conclusion:
- Hard copies of the ACS and Oral Exam Guides can be purchased at: Amazon
- Digital copies of the ACS can be found on the FAA's website at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/
- The FAA provides guidance for test taking at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/training/pilot_tips/
- Test guides can be found on the FAA's website at: http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_guides/media/faa-g-8082-17i.pdf
- To learn more about earning the practical test, visit the checkride page