Sport Flight Instructor Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls › XI. Emergency Operations › Task C. Approach and Landing with an Engine Inoperative (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter- Simplified Flight Controls Only)

FH.XI.C.K3

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Stabilized approach.

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Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 10-9
Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Notes on Instructional Risk Management in the Flight Deck › Managing Risk while Teaching Landings
instructor should prompt the learner on the current conditions and how to correct the situation to maintain a stabilized approach. The decision on choosing aiming points and touchdown points should not be made mechanically either. It is the instructor…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-1
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Practical Flight Instructor Strategies
Instill importance of aircraft control, “see and avoid,” situational awareness, and workload management in the learner. ⦁ During landing—conduct stabilized approaches, maintain desired airspeed on final, demonstrate good judgment for go-arounds, wake turbulence, traffic, and terrain avoidance. Correct faulty…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 11-6
Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Common Errors › Autorotation with Turns
should be aborted at any point the following criteria is not met: if the helicopter is not in a stabilized approach to landing profile (i.e., it is not aligned as close as possible into the wind with the touchdown point…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. G-4
Glossary
stabilator that moves in the same direction as the primary control. It is used to make the stabilator less sensitive. Approach lighting system (ALS). Provides lights that will penetrate the atmosphere far enough from touchdown to give directional, distance…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 4-18
Chapter 4: Helicopter Components, Sections, and Systems › Stability Augmentations Systems › Autopilot
The FD provides visual guidance cues to the pilot to fly selected…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 10-8
Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Slope Operations › Technique
termination of the approach, if necessary, move the helicopter slowly toward the slope, being careful not to turn the tail upslope. Position the helicopter across the slope at a stabilized hover headed into the wind over the intended landing spot…