Objective

The student will gain a familiarity with the procedures used to resolve equipment and systems malfunctions.

Elements

Indications and recognition, as well as proper response, to:

• Carburetor icing
• Loss of fuel pressure
• Low oil pressure
• High oil temperature
• Engine roughness
• Engine failures
• Engine fires
• Power-off landing
• Electrical fire
• Electrical overload or failure
• Loss of vacuum pressure
• Pitot or static blockage
• Lost communications
• Open door

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

Explain, using the standardization manual and checklist as a guide to discussion, the various situations which could result in malfunctions. Provide scenarios and lead the student in troubleshooting various malfunctions.

Student Actions

Study the checklist, handbook, and standardization manual for the appropriate aircraft, as well as basic aircraft systems, prior to the briefing. Participate in the guided discussion by troubleshooting various malfunctions per the checklists.

Completion standards

The student should have a concrete grasp of the possible situations and malfunctions, as well as be able to take the appropriate reaction in the guided discussion with minimal instructor guidance.