Objective

The student will exhibit an understanding of the importance of a proper emergency approach and landing, and gain the knowledge necessary to execute one. They will also be able to correctly apply this knowledge to an example emergency scenario.

Elements

• Situations requiring an emergency landing
• Types of emergency landings

Execution – approach to land

• best glide
• memory items
  • verify with checklist, if time
• site selection
• plan a flight path to land upwind and avoid obstacles
  • appropriate landing surfaces
• checklist items
• aircraft and cabin preparation
• compensation for over- and undershooting
• recovery (simulated emergency)

Execution – emergency descent

• throttle idle
• mixture rich
• bank to 45°
• gear down
• boost on
• pitch for 129 knots
• roll out on landing heading

Considerations

• stall and spin awareness
• best glide configuration
• site selection
• determining cause of failure or emergency

Schedule

Introduction	05
Main body	25
Application	05
Conclusion	05
Total	40 minutes

Equipment

• model aircraft
• whiteboard and markers
• Airplane Flying Handbook
• UND standardization manual

Instructor actions

Focus on scenario-based questions, including situations unlikely to be encountered in the immediate training area – urban or mountainous areas, water, etc. The briefing will be a guided discussion, relating the assigned reading with real-world scenarios.

Student actions

The student should have read the Airplane Flying Handbook and Pilot’s Handbook chapters on the topic, and participate in the guided discussion by answering questions and explaining their actions in the situations posed.

Completion standards

The lesson will be complete when the student has an understanding of the checklist and emergency procedures, and can apply it to scenarios with minimal instructor guidance.