Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
Lesson Plan

Introduction:

  • 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, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/Flight Manual

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

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:

Private Pilot - 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, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/Flight Manual

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]

  • 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

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

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