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• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-4
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Leading Accident Causes › Identifying Hazards

  Identifying Hazards There are several ways pilots can detect hazards. Pilots should use combinations of methods to detect hazards, including the following: • Visual Observation–A pilot’s observations provide a primary means to identify hazards. For example, a pilot ... from them. A pilot who can see terrain can maneuver to avoid it. • Preflight Planning–Many hazards can be detected through preflight planning. Weather briefings identify hazards. Aircraft performance calculations, preflight inspections, and other routine procedures may identify hazards…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 4-1
  Chapter 4: Assessing Risk › Using a Risk Assessment Matrix

  runways are just long enough to accommodate the aircraft. The possibility exists for a runway overrun on each landing. Given this data, an overrun could occur sometime, and the likelihood is “occasional.” Risk Severity The following terms describe the severity ... example of the marginal runway length, an overrun could cause major damage to the aircraft and possible severe injuries, or a “critical” outcome. Using a Risk Assessment Matrix Once risk likelihood and severity have been determined, the pilot…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-20
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › Estimate (the Need To React)

  Detect (the Problem) Problem detection is the first step in the decision-making process. It begins with recognizing a change occurred or an expected change did not occur. A problem is perceived first by the senses and then ... determine the nature and severity of the problem. One critical error made during the decision-making process is incorrectly detecting the problem. In the previous example, the change that occurred was a yaw. Estimate (the Need To React…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 4-1
  Chapter 4: Assessing Risk › Risk Assessment Components › Risk Severity

  occur several times. • Occasional–An event may occur sometime. • Remote–An event is unlikely to occur but is possible. • Improbable–An event is highly unlikely to occur. To illustrate, consider the likelihood of exceeding airframe structural limits if penetrating ... operates at an airport surrounded by rough terrain. The runways are just long enough to accommodate the aircraft. The possibility exists for a runway overrun on each landing. Given this data, an overrun could occur sometime, and the likelihood…

• Aviation Weather Handbookp. 22-20
  22 Thunderstorms › 22.8 Thunderstorm Avoidance › 22.8.1 Airborne Weather Avoidance Radar (Aircraft Radar)

  between the echoes, and the capabilities of the pilot and the aircraft. The ability of airborne weather radar to detect weather phenomena is limited in both direction and range. Some airborne radars are fitted with a turbulence display mode, which ... based on the Doppler effect. These Doppler radars can detect turbulence associated with precipitation (sometimes referred to as wet precipitation), but these radars are unable to detect clear-air turbulence (CAT). The radar display also does not provide assurance…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-23
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Decision-Making in a Dynamic Environment › Internal Resources

  difference between making a wise decision or poor one that leads to a tragic error. Figure 2-17. When possible, have a passenger reconfirm that critical tasks are completed. Checklists are essential flight deck internal resources. They are used ... assistance in emergency situations. Although it is the PIC’s responsibility to make the flight as safe as possible, a pilot with a problem can request assistance from ATC. [Figure 2-18] For example, if a pilot needs to level…