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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 9-19
  Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Approaches › Common Errors

  normal approach to the surface or a no-hover landing is often used if loose snow or dusty surface conditions exist. These situations could cause severely restricted visibility, or the engine could possibly ingest debris when the helicopter comes ... same as the normal approach to a hover; however, instead of terminating at a hover, continue the approach to touchdown. Touchdown should occur with the skids level, zero groundspeed, and a rate of descent approaching zero…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 6-3-7
  Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 3. Distress and Urgency Procedures › 6-3-3. Ditching Procedures

  exhausted. The use of power in a night or instrument ditching is far more essential than under daylight contact conditions. 1. If no power is available, a greater than normal approach speed should be used down to the flare ... surface of the sea rather than the horizon, there is little need to worry about a wing hitting a swell crest. The actual slope of a swell is very gradual. If forced to land into a swell, touchdown should…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-30
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  landing surface, TDZE is indicated on the instrument approach procedure chart when straight-in landing minimums are authorized. Touchdown zone lights. Two rows of transverse light bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline in the runway touchdown zone. Tower ... flight. Tracking. Flying a heading that will maintain the desired track to or from the station regardless of crosswind conditions. Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-15
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-9. Runway Condition Reports

  Runway condition codes for each zone (touchdown, mid-point, roll-out) (d) Pilot-reported braking action report (if available) (e) The contaminant (for example, wet snow, dry snow, slush, ice, etc.) 2. Assessments for each zone ... describe contaminated surfaces. NOTEA RwyCC of “0” is used to delineate a braking action report of NIL and is prohibited from being reported in a FICON NOTAM. 3. When any 1 or more runway condition codes are reported as less…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. PCG T-6
  Pilot/Controller Glossary › T

  first 3,000 feet of the landing surface. TDZE is indicated on the instrument approach procedure chart when straight-in landing minimums are authorized. (See TOUCHDOWN ZONE.) TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTING- (See AIRPORT LIGHTING.) TOWER- A terminal facility that uses air/ground ... airport controlled by the tower or to transit the Class D airspace area regardless of flight plan or weather conditions (IFR or VFR). A tower may also provide approach control services (radar or nonradar…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-11
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Ground Resonance

  between blades. [Figure 11-4] When another part of the landing gear strikes the surface, the unbalanced condition could be further aggravated. If the rpm is low, the only corrective action to stop ground resonance is to close the throttle ... normal touchdown. If a pilot lifts off and allows the helicopter to firmly re-contact the surface before the blades are realigned, a second shock could move the blades again and aggravate the already unbalanced condition. This could lead…