Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › IV. In-flight Maneuvers › Task A. Steep Turns

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Avoid any indication of an impending stall, abnormal flight attitude, or exceeding any structural or operating limitation during any part of the Task.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 10-2
Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Steep Turns
without exceeding the airplane’s structural limitations or stalling. As the load factor increases, so does the stalling speed. For example, if an airplane stalls in level flight at 50 knots, it will stall at 60 knots ... altitude. It will stall at 70 knots if the bank is increased to 60°. Stalling speed increases at the square root of the load factor. As the bank angle increases in level flight, the margin between stalling speed and maneuvering…
Risk Management Handbook p. 4-1
Chapter 4: Assessing Risk › Risk Assessment Components › Risk Severity
likelihood of exceeding airframe structural limits if penetrating a thunderstorm. It is likely that the airframe’s structural limits would be exceeded each time this occurs, making the likelihood “probable.” As another example, consider a case where a pilot operates…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. G-33
Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
takeoff power. VMC. See visual meteorological conditions. VNE. The never-exceed speed. Operating above this speed is prohibited since it may result in damage or structural failure. The red line on the airspeed indicator. VNO. The maximum structural cruising speed…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-19
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Accelerated Stalls
control surface without causing structural damage. VO is a historical operating limitation applicable to certain airplanes only. It represents the maximum speed where, at any given weight, the pilot may apply full control excursion without exceeding the design limit load ... will reach the critical AOA, which unloads the wing, before exceeding the design load limit. At speeds above VA or VO, the airplane can reach its design load limit at less than the critical AOA. This condition makes it possible…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-26
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Spiral Dive
pullout. The design limit of the airplane is exceeded more easily during a rolling pullout, so failure to reduce the G-load prior to rolling the wings level could result in structural damage or failure. 3. Roll to wings level ... spiral dive might be at or even beyond VNE (never exceed speed) speed. Therefore, control inputs are made slowly and gently at this point to prevent structural failure. Raise the nose to a climb attitude only after speed decreases…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 5-37
Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Load Factors › Rough Air
gusts that can produce loads that exceed the load limits. Each specific aircraft is designed with a specific G loading that can be imposed on the aircraft without causing structural damage. There are two types of load factors factored into ... factors lower than the limit load can be sustained without compromising the integrity of the aircraft structure. Speeds up to, but not exceeding, the maneuvering speed allow an aircraft to stall prior to experiencing an increase in load factor that…