Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating › VIII. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds › Task D. Steep Approach

HI.VIII.D.S4

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Select a suitable termination point.

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Aeronautical Information Manual p. 5-4-39
Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-11. Radar Approaches
subsequently to the prescribed MDA. In addition, the pilot will be advised of the location of the Missed Approach Point (MAP) prescribed for the procedure and the aircraft’s position each mile on final from the runway, airport or heliport ... above the MDA. Normally, navigational guidance will be provided until the aircraft reaches the MAP. Controllers will terminate guidance and instruct the pilot to execute a missed approach unless at the MAP the pilot has the runway, airport or heliport…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 5-1-16
Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-9. Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans
flight plan. d. Pilots may propose to commence the IFR portion of flight at a defined airborne point. This airborne point, or fix, is entered as the departure point in Item 13 of FAA Form 7233-4 or DD Form ... Pilots may indicate in the IFR flight plan the intention to terminate the IFR portion of flight at any defined airborne point. The airborne point, or fix, is entered as the destination point in Item 16 of FAA Form…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. 1-1-39
Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 1. Navigation Aids › 1-1-18. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
Under VTF, the scaling is linear at ±1 NM until the point where the ILS angular splay reaches a width of ±1 NM regardless of the distance from the FAWP. 5. The WAAS scaling is also different than ... approach scaling to the missed approach scaling, at approximately the departure end of the runway or when the pilot selects missed approach guidance rather than ramping as GPS does. Second, when the first leg of the missed approach…
Aeronautical Information Manual p. PCG F-2
Pilot/Controller Glossary › F
last procedure turn, base turn or inbound turn of a racetrack procedure, if specified; or b. At the point of interception of the last track specified in the approach procedure; and ends at a point in the vicinity ... when ATC directs a lower-than-published glideslope/path or vertical path intercept altitude, it is the resultant actual point of the glideslope/path or vertical path intercept. (See FINAL APPROACH POINT.) (See GLIDESLOPE INTERCEPT ALTITUDE.) (See SEGMENTS OF AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 9-19
Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Approaches › Technique
approach airspeed attitude. Adjust antitorque pedals, as necessary, to maintain trim. Pilots should visualize the angle from the landing point to the middle of the skids or landing gear underneath them in the cockpit and maneuver the helicopter down that ... imaginary slope until the helicopter is at a hover centered over the landing point or touching down centered on the landing point. The most important standard for a normal approach is maintaining a consistent angle of approach to the termination…
FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide p. 122
U.S. TERMINAL PROCEDURES PUBLICATION › LANDING MINIMUMS
The airport elevation is the highest point of an airport’s usable…