Sport Flight Instructor Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls › V. Preflight Procedures › Task D. Before Takeoff Check

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Risk management

Unexpected or unclear clearances from ATC.

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-13
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Assessment of Piloting Ability › Visualization
should teach learners how to solve ordinary problems encountered during flight. Traffic pattern congestion, change in active runway, or unexpected crosswinds are challenges the learner masters individually before being able to perform them collectively. Visualization SBT lends itself well ... glider learners, and radio outages for instrument airplane learners. Now, the learner gets to visualize how to handle the unexpected change. During this visualization, the flight instructor can ask questions to check the learner’s thought processes…
Risk Management Handbook p. 6-1
Chapter 6: Threat and Error Management › Causes of Errors › Insufficient Training & Experience
flight controls, or automation. • Various unforecast weather hazards. • Collision hazards, including wildlife on airports and birds in the air. • Unexpected sudden reductions in visibility. • Closures of facilities, runways, or taxiways while en route. • Unreported poor braking action or surface contamination ... Malfunction of a radio navigation aid or service after takeoff. • Unexpected ATC clearances, restrictions, or reroutes that may significantly increase workload…
Risk Management Handbook p. 7-3
Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Failure to Anticipate, Act, & Verify
make it possible for a pilot to become complacent, unprepared, or lose situational awareness. If this occurs and an unexpected change in flight plan is needed, workload and confusion may suddenly increase. In a 1995 fatal accident in Colombia ... flight crew was unexpectedly cleared for an approach, lost situational awareness, and crashed into mountainous terrain. The accident summary cites failure of the flight crew to revert to basic radio navigation at the time when the FMS-assisted navigation became…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 3-30
Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Putting It All Together › Distractions and Interruptions
experience of controlling the aircraft that helps learners better understand chart symbols. Distractions and Interruptions A distraction is an unexpected event that causes the learner’s attention to be momentarily diverted. Learners need to decide whether or not a distraction ... either turn their attention back to what they were doing, or act on the distraction. An interruption is an unexpected event for which the learner voluntarily suspends performance of one task in order to complete a different one. Interruptions…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 10-6
Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Managing Risk during Flight Instruction
giving appropriate training. ⦁ Choose practice locations that provide safe options. ⦁ Perform maneuvers with sufficient altitude. ⦁ Stay alert for the unexpected either from the learner or external elements. ⦁ Be prepared to take over the control of the aircraft. In flight, instructors…
Risk Management Handbook p. 7-2
Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Balancing Automated & Manual Flight
assignment from ATC. The lower level of automation allows the pilot to program and configure the aircraft for an unexpected change while keeping the flightpath and aircraft state under control. 12295 Pilots may sometimes choose to disengage the automation…