Private Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating › VIII. Emergency Operations › Task B. Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter

PH.VIII.B.R2

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Selection of landing area.

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Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 13-2
Chapter 13: Effective Aeronautical Decision-Making › Aeronautical Decision-Making (ADM) › Scenario
location and arrive overhead, at the scene of the vehicular accident. The pilot is not comfortable with the selected landing area due to tall trees in all quadrants of the confined area. The pilot searches for a secondary landing area…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 10-10
Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations › Common Errors
steep or too shallow for the existing conditions. Failing to maintain proper rpm. Failure to consider emergency landing areas. Failure to select a specific landing spot. 6. Failure to consider how wind and turbulence could affect the approach. 7. Improper…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 10-9
Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations
assumes the additional roles of the surveyor, engineer, and manager when selecting an area to conduct operations. While airplane pilots generally operate from known pre-surveyed and improved landing areas, helicopter pilots fly into areas never used before for helicopter…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 10-8
Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Slope Operations › Technique
slope must be shallow enough to hold the helicopter against it with the cyclic during the entire landing. A slope of 5° is recommended maximum for training in most helicopters. However, additional training to the manufacturer’s limitations ... firmly on the ground, return the helicopter to a hover. Select a new area with a lesser degree of slope. In most helicopters with a counterclockwise rotor system, landings can be made on steeper slopes when holding the cyclic…
Helicopter Flying Handbook p. 9-15
Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Common Errors › S-Turns
Improper correction for wind drift. 5. Failure to maintain selected altitude and airspeed. 6. Selection of a ground reference with no suitable emergency landing area within gliding distance. 7. Not flying a course parallel to the intended area (e.g., traffic…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-28
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Emergency Approaches and Landings (Simulated)
eventually arrive at the normal key position at a normal traffic pattern altitude for the selected landing area. From the key point on, the approach is a normal power-off approach. [Figure 9-28] Figure 9-28. Remain over intended ... wind farms, or patterns displayed on nearby bodies of water . Once a field has been selected, a pilot should indicate the proposed landing area to the instructor. Normally, the pilot should plan and fly a pattern for landing…