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• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-1
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Why Hazards Result in Aviation Accidents

  power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot’s loss of control after performing an evasive maneuver to avoid trees during a forced landing at night. Factors related to the accident were a rough running engine and the pilots inability ... involving a transport category turbojet taken to its maximum operating altitude resulted in both engines flaming out after an aerodynamic stall. The flight ended in a crash and two fatalities. The NTSB probable cause(s) follows: 14619 The National Transportation…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 5-19
  Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Accelerated Stalls

  speed (VA) or operating maneuvering speed (VO). It is important to be familiar with VA or VO, how it relates to accelerated stalls, and how it changes depending on the airplane's weight. VA is the maximum speed at which ... where, at any given weight, the pilot may apply full control excursion without exceeding the design limit load factor. Performing accelerated stalls at speeds up to the applicable VA or VO, ensures the airplane will reach the critical AOA, which…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-1
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Maneuvering by Reference to Ground Objects

  pressure needed to overcome flight control surface forces provides tactile feedback as to the airplane's airspeed and aerodynamic load. It is a common error for beginning pilots to fixate on a specific reference, such as a single location ... pilot’s performance. By visually scanning across several references, the pilot learns how to determine the rate of closure to a specific point. In addition, the pilot should scan between several visual references to determine relative motion and to determine…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 9-13
  Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Intentional Slips

  airplane is in a slip. The pilot needs to be aware of this possibility and recognize a properly performed slip by the attitude of the airplane, the sound of the airflow, and the feel of the flight controls. Unlike skids ... limitation or fuel limitation is irrelevant (unless a prolonged slip caused the engine issue). For aerodynamic reasons, there may also be recommendations or limitations related to slips with flaps extended. Consult the manufacturer's AFM/POH for specific airplane information…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-25
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  path of the airplane determines the direction of the relative wind. Remote communications outlet (RCO). An unmanned communications facility that is remotely controlled by air traffic personnel. Required navigation performance (RNP). A specified level of accuracy defined by a lateral ... Rigging. The final adjustment and alignment of an aircraft and its flight control system that provides the proper aerodynamic characteristics. Rigidity. The characteristic of a gyroscope that prevents its axis of rotation tilting as the Earth rotates. Rigidity in space…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 5-2
  Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight

  fundamental to understanding many aspects of airplane performance, stability, and control. The AOA is defined as the acute angle between the chord line of the airfoil and the direction of the relative wind. Discussions of the preceding concepts are frequently ... aeronautical texts/handbooks/manuals. The reason is not that they are inconsequential, but because the main ideas with respect to the aerodynamic forces acting upon an aircraft in flight can be presented in their most essential elements without being involved…