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  • Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Notes on Instructional Risk Management in the Flight Deck › Managing Risk while Teaching Takeoffs

    airspeed throughout the maneuver. Insufficient spacing from preceding aircraft during takeoffs also creates various hazards. Some hazards include wake turbulence, insufficient in-trail spacing, and insufficient separation from an aircraft approaching to land. The instructor ensures that there…

  • Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Leading Accident Causes

    below: 11806 1. Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I)–Examples of loss of control scenarios include continued VFR into IMC, wake turbulence upsets, thunderstorm encounters, instrument failure, improper aircraft loading, loss of outside references during flight at night ... flight in mountainous terrain, or intentionally flying too low. 11808 3. System Component Failure Powerplant (SCF-PP)–This category includes a variety of hazards, some which the pilot or operator may not easily identify. If a pilot experiences difficulty with…

  • Chapter 8: Aviation Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism › Flight Instructor Responsibilities › Ensuring Learner Skill Set

    lists special emphasis items. Some common items include: 1. Positive aircraft control 2. Procedures for positive exchange of flight controls 3. Stall and spin awareness 4. Collision avoidance 5. Wake turbulence and low-level wind turbulence and wind…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-23. Visual Approach

    Clearance for Visual Approach. At locations with an operating control tower, ATC will issue approach clearances that will include an assigned runway. At locations without an operating control tower or where a part-time tower is closed, ATC will issue ... retains both separation and wake vortex separation responsibility. When visually following a preceding aircraft, acceptance of the visual approach clearance constitutes acceptance of pilot responsibility for maintaining a safe approach interval and adequate wake turbulence separation…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › A

    Reduced separation between aircraft which is based on time or distance. Standard arrival separation applies between participants including multiple flights until the DRAG point. The DRAG point is a published location on an ASLAR approach where aircraft landing second ... Aviation Administration facility. Initial Approach Fix spacing requirements are normally addressed as a minimum. AIRCRAFT WAKE CATEGORIES- For the purposes of Terminal Wake Turbulence Separation Minima, ATC classifies aircraft as Category A through Category I as follows: a. CATEGORY…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › C

    ICAO]- The flight plan, including changes, if any, brought about by subsequent clearances. CVFP APPROACH- (See CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURE APPROACH.) CWA- (See CENTER WEATHER ADVISORY and WEATHER ADVISORY.) CWT- (See CONSOLIDATED WAKE TURBULENCE…