Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › XII. Emergency Operations › Task C. Systems and Equipment Malfunctions

AI.XII.C.R1

Risk management

Startle response.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-3
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Upset Prevention and Recovery › Surprise and Startle Response
Aerospace Medicine Reference Collection, which provides spatial disorientation videos. The videos are available online at: www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/cami/library/online_libraries/aerospace_medicine/sd/videos/. Surprise and Startle Response Surprise is an unexpected event that violates a pilot’s expectations and can affect the mental processes used ... even ignored during flight training. The reality is that untrained pilots often experience a state of surprise or a startle response to an airplane upset event. Startle may or may not lead to surprise. Pilots can protect themselves against…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-15
Index
High final approach High-performance airplane High round out Human factors Diversion of attention IMC Sensory overload/deprivation Spatial disorientation Startle response Surprise response Task saturation VMC to IMC Hydraulic pump Hydroplaning Dynamic hydroplaning Reverted rubber hydroplaning Viscous hydroplaning I Impossible…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-26
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Spiral Dive
recognizing the steep nose-down attitude and steep bank, the startled pilot may react by pulling back rapidly on the yoke while simultaneously rolling to wings-level. This response can create aerodynamic loads capable of causing airframe structural damage and/or…