ATBC - Handling In-Flight Emergencies - eBook

ATBC - Handling In-Flight Emergencies - eBook provides expert guidance on dealing with a range of potential in-flight emergencies, such as elevator failure, in-flight fire, and unexpected entry into IFR conditions. This informative and educational "how to" book offers step-by-step instructions and essential knowledge to help pilots handle these situations effectively. While we hope you'll never need to use this book, having these skills and understanding the fundamentals could make all the difference in case of an emergency. Additionally, reviewing these skills will enhance your awareness of your aircraft's systems and give you greater confidence in your flying abilities.

Topics Include:

• Engine Failure
• Fuel Management; Engine Failure
• VFR Pilot in IFR Conditions
• Emergency Instrument Currency; Spatial Disorientation; Staying Level; Turning; Climbing; Descents
• Electrical System Failure
• Electrical Components; Alternator Failure; Shedding Load
• Getting Found
• Without Radios; With Radios; The DF Steer; Using GPS
• Control System Emergencies
• Ailerons; Rudder Failure; Elevator; Trim Failure; Wing Flaps; Landing Gear Failure; Engine Control Failure; Mixture Control Failure; Propeller Problems; Broken Propeller Blades
• Water Landing
• Overwater Survival Equipment; Ditching
• Icing
• Engine Problems; Warning Signs; Carburetor Heat; Intake Icing; Airframe Icing; Dealing With Ice; Frost Ice on the Ground
• Thunderstorm Encounters
• Hail; Rain; Wind; Wind Shear Near Thunderstorms
• Loss of Communication
• Communication Loss in VFR; VFR Arrivals Without Communications; Communication Loss Under IFR; Use of Transponder; Keep Trying
• Partial Panel Flying
• Recognizing the problem; Failure of Pressure Instruments; Failure of Gyro Instruments
• Other Happenings Blowing a Tire; Brake Failure; Marginal VFR; Stalls and Spins; Pilot Illness; Strong Surface Winds; Strong Winds Aloft; In-Flight Fires; Pilot's Emergency Authority; Keep Flying

From the Introduction:
A theme that runs through this book is that if emergency procedures are truly learned, and then practiced, they cease to be emergencies and simply become additional procedures. This is the goal of most of the better training facilities that teach pilots of airliners and corporate jets. When the light plane pilot is trained to the same standard, the risks associated with aviation shrink tremendously.