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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-10
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations › Approach

  good technique to use. This ensures that the pilot is able to take off over the preselected departure path when it is not visible while sitting in the confined area. Figure 10-8. If the wind velocity is 10 knots ... greater, expect updrafts on the windward side and downdrafts on the lee side of obstacles. Plan the approach with these factors in mind, but be ready to alter plans if the wind speed or direction changes. Approach A high reconnaissance…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 13-12
  Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Risk Management › Using the 3P Model to Form Good Safety Habits

  further mitigate this risk the pilot has selected mental checkpoints along the approach path that will serve as go/no-go points should the pilot feel any assessed parameter is being exceeded. Wind direction and velocity are assessed as a medium risk ... because (for this scenario) the direction of the wind is slightly offset from the chosen approach path, creating a 15–20° crosswind with a steady 10-knot wind. The pilot also takes into consideration that, due to the terrain…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-6
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Steep Approach › Technique

  cyclic is required to decelerate sooner than with a normal approach, and the rate of closure becomes apparent at a higher altitude. Maintain the approach angle and rate of descent with the collective, rate of closure with the cyclic ... feet above ground level (AGL), the antitorque pedals should be adjusted to align the helicopter with the intended touchdown point. Visualize the location of the tail rotor behind the helicopter and fly the landing gear to 3 feet above…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-2
  Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Balancing Automated & Manual Flight

  failing to move to lower levels of automation suitable to a changing environment. 12292 For example, a pilot may track an approach course adequately using manual control inputs. However, the pilot may also need to listen to and record ... Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), retrieve and load an instrument approach procedure, prepare for the instrument approach, and accomplish the appropriate checklists. These tasks will increase workload and divert pilot attention from monitoring and controlling the flight path. If using…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-11
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Pinnacle and Ridgeline Operations › Approach and Landing

  immediate turn away from the pinnacle to avoid being forced into the rising terrain. Groundspeed during a pinnacle approach is more difficult to judge because visual references are farther away than during approaches over trees or flat terrain. Pilots must ... continually perceive the apparent rate of closure by observing the apparent change in size of the landing zone features. Avoid the misperception of an increasing rate of closure to the landing site. The apparent rate of closure should be that…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 10-18
  Chapter 10: IFR Flight › Approach to an Airport With an Operating Tower, With an Approach Control › Radar Monitoring of Instrument Approaches

  Radar service is automatically terminated at the completion of a radar approach. No-Gyro Approach is available to a pilot under radar control who experiences circumstances wherein the directional gyro or other stabilized compass is inoperative or inaccurate. When this ... occurs, the pilot should so advise ATC and request a no-gyro vector or approach. The pilot of an aircraft not equipped with a directional gyro or other stabilized compass who desires radar handling may also request a no-gyro…