Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › VII. Emergency Operations › Task D. Inflight Powerplant(s) Failure and Restart (AMEL, AMES)

AA.VII.D.S8

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Select the nearest suitable airport or landing area.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-28
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Emergency Approaches and Landings (Simulated)
eventually arrive at the normal key position at a normal traffic pattern altitude for the selected landing area. From the key point on, the approach is a normal power-off approach. [Figure 9-28] Figure 9-28. Remain over intended ... windsock at the airport, smoke from factories or houses, dust, brush fires, wind farms, or patterns displayed on nearby bodies of water . Once a field has been selected, a pilot should indicate the proposed landing area to the instructor. Normally…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-20
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Short-Field Approach and Landing
field approaches and landings require the use of procedures for approaches and landings at fields with a relatively short landing area or where an approach is made over obstacles that limit the available landing area. [Figure 9-20 and Figure ... Landing over an obstacle. Figure 9-21. Landing on a short field. To land within a short field or a confined area, the pilot needs to have precise, positive control of the rate of descent and airspeed…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 14-28
Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Clearing Procedures
place to assist pilots in collision avoidance under various situations: • Before takeoff—prior to taxiing onto a runway or landing area in preparation for takeoff, pilots should scan the approach area for possible landing traffic, executing appropriate maneuvers to provide…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. G-22
Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
helicopter instrument approach procedure to a missed approach point more than 2,600 feet from an associated helicopter landing area…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 2-10
Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Hazard and Risk › V = EnVironment
airplane related. It can include such factors as weather, air traffic control, navigational aids (NAVAIDS), terrain, takeoff and landing areas, and surrounding obstacles. Weather is one element that can change drastically over time and distance. A pilot was landing…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 18-1
Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Emergency Landings › Psychological Hazards
errors as: failure to lower the nose to maintain flying speed, delay in the selection of the most suitable landing area within reach, and indecision in general. Desperate attempts to correct whatever went wrong at the expense of airplane control…