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SkillSecure all items in the aircraft.
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- Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Leading Accident Causes › Identifying Hazards
hazards before the next person flies the aircraft. Common items include condition of tires and brakes, security of access panels and latches, and leaking operating fluids. Properly securing the aircraft may prevent damage, which could affect the next flight…
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training › Safety Considerations › Use of Checklists
years. [Figure 1-16] The checklist is a memory aid and helps to ensure that critical items necessary for the safe operation of aircraft are not overlooked or forgotten. Checklists need not be “do lists.” In other words, the proper ... engine start ⦁ Engine starting ⦁ Before taxiing ⦁ Before takeoff ⦁ After takeoff ⦁ Cruise ⦁ Descent ⦁ Before landing ⦁ After landing ⦁ Engine shutdown and securing…
- Chapter 2: Ground Operations › Preflight Assessment of the Aircraft
Figure 2-3. Airplane Flight Manuals (AFM) and the Pilot Operating Handbook (POH) for each individual aircraft explain the required items for inspection. Each airplane has a set of logbooks that include airframe and engine, and in some cases, propeller ... inspections performed on a specific airframe, engine, propeller, or appliance. It is important that the logbooks be kept accurate, secure, and available for inspection. Airplane logbooks are not normally kept in the airplane. It should be a matter of procedure…
- Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Operation of Systems › Nose Baggage Compartment
baggage compartment, and the usual guidance concerning observation of load limits applies. Pilots occasionally neglect to secure the latches properly. When improperly secured, the door may open and the contents may be drawn out, usually into the propeller ... airplanes have been lost when the pilot became distracted by the open door. Security of the nose baggage compartment latches and locks is a vital preflight item. Most airplanes continue to fly with a nose baggage door open. There…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-8. Flight Plan – Defense VFR (DVFR) Flights
Form 175 may be used by DoD aircraft. However, use of the DD Form 1801 by DoD aircraft is recommended for IFR flights and is mandatory for: a. Any flight that will depart U.S. controlled airspace. b. Any flight requesting ... enforcement flights) into an ADIZ are required to file DVFR flight plans for security purposes. Detailed ADIZ procedures are found in Section 6, National Security and Interception Procedures, of this chapter. a. DVFR flight plans must be filed using…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 6. National Security and Interception Procedures › 5-6-4. ADIZ Requirements
(e) State aircraft (U.S. or foreign) planning to operate through an ADIZ…