Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › X. Slow flight, Stalls, and Spins › Task C. Power-Off Stalls

AI.X.C.S5

Skill

Transition smoothly from the approach or landing attitude to a pitch attitude that induces a stall.

Study note

Get a short, cited explanation of this element written from the FAA handbooks: the core idea, the numbers that matter, common test traps, and a quick self-check.

From the FAA library

Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-17
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Full Stalls, Power-Off
approach speed. The airplane should then be smoothly pitched down to a normal approach attitude to maintain that airspeed. Wing flaps should be extended and pitch attitude adjusted to maintain the airspeed. Once in a normal approach ... pilot sets the power to idle. When the approach attitude and airspeed have stabilized, the pilot should smoothly raise the airplane’s nose to an attitude that induces a stall. Directional control should be maintained and wings held…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-19
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Spin Awareness and Stalls › Power-Off Approach to Stall (Approach and Landing)
Power-Off Approach to Stall (Approach and Landing) A power-off approach…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 16-11
Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying
transitioning pilot may have a tendency to overcontrol pitch during initial training flights. Accurate and smooth control is one of the first techniques the transitioning pilot should master. Rather than gripping the yoke with the hand at high speeds, just ... Depending on weight, density altitude, and available thrust, the pitch angle on takeoff may seem high. It is also not unusual to have a noticeable nose-up pitch on an approach to a landing…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 16-18
Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Jet Airplane Descent and Approach › Descent Energy Management
⦁ 300 KIAS = 3,000 feet per minute The exponential increase in parasite…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-24
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Soft-Field Approach and Landing
float in ground effect, and floating makes a smooth, controlled touchdown even more difficult. There is no reason for a steep angle of descent unless obstacles are present in the approach path. Touchdown ... soft or rough field is made at the lowest possible airspeed with the airplane in a nose-high pitch attitude. In nose-wheel type airplanes, after the main wheels touch the surface, the pilot should hold sufficient back-elevator…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 17-14
Chapter 17: Transition to Light Sport Airplanes (LSA) › Flight Environment › Approach and Landing
control forces require smooth application of control pressures to avoid over-controlling. Pitch and power are the same in an LSA as in a standard airworthiness airplane. The weight limit of light-sport airplanes makes crosswind landings an important subject ... control during the landing. Manufacturers place a maximum demonstrated crosswind speed in the POH, and until sufficient practice and experience is gained in the airplane, a transitioning pilot should have personal minimums that do not approach the manufacturer’s demonstrated…