AI.X.C.S4
SkillEstablish a stabilized descent.
From the FAA library
- Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Spin Awareness and Stalls › Power-Off Approach to Stall (Approach and Landing)
possible traffic. The airplane should then be slowed and configured for an approach and landing. A stabilized descent should be established (approximately 500 fpm) and trim adjusted. A turn should be initiated at this point, if desired. The pilot should…
- Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › In-Flight Fire › Engine Fire
safe recovery back to level flight or a precautionary landing. Figure 18-6. Emergency descent. When the descent is established and stabilized during training and practice, the descent should be terminated. In airplanes with piston engines, prolonged practice of emergency…
- Glossary › Numbers and Symbols
return or to continue on the original flightpath. It is primarily an airplane design characteristic. Stabilized approach. A landing approach in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath towards a predetermined point on the landing runway ... based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual cues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration. Stall strips. A spoiler attached to the inboard leading edge of some wings to cause the center…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Short-Field Approach and Landing
suitable final approach, the pilot simultaneously adjusts the power and the pitch attitude to establish and maintain the proper descent angle and airspeed. During a stabilized approach, small changes in the airplane’s pitch attitude and power setting are needed…
- Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
textual form. Standard weights. Weights established for numerous items involved in weight and balance computations. These weights should not be used if actual weights are available. STAR. See standard terminal arrival route. Static longitudinal stability. The aerodynamic pitching moments required ... pressure. Pressure of air that is still or not moving, measured perpendicular to the surface of the aircraft. Static stability. The initial tendency an aircraft displays when disturbed from a state of equilibrium. Station. A location in the airplane that…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Normal Approach and Landing › Base Leg
accurately judges the height, distance from the approach end of the runway, and rate of descent to allow a stabilized approach, round out, and touchdown at the desired spot. The distance depends on the altitude of the base ... there is a strong wind on final approach or the flaps are used to produce a steep angle of descent, the base leg should be positioned closer to the approach end of the runway than would be required with normal…