EMT (R) --EMERGENCY MANEUVER TRAINING--PROGRAM
MODULE II--IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCIES
GROUND INSTRUCTION: 3.0 HOURS
FLIGHT TRAINING: 3.0 HOURS
1. Enrollment Prerequisites. Students enrolling in this flight module must possess at least a valid student pilot certificate, must hold at least a current third-class medical certificate, and must have completed EMT(R) Module I--Stall/Spin Awareness, or an equivalent course of instruction.
2. Flight Training Module Objectives. The student should obtain the aeronautical knowledge and experience necessary to understand and to avoid wake turbulence as outlined in Advisory Circular 90-23E, Aircraft Wake Turbulence, to recover from near-inverted unusual attitudes, to cope with various control failure scenarios, to perform slips, and how to prepare for off-airport landings following engine failures.
3. Flight Training Module Completion Standards. The student will demonstrate through written quiz and school records that he/she has demonstrated aeronautical knowledge and skill relative to the in-flight scenarios listed in 2. above. Upon completion of this module, coupled with completion of Module I--Stall/Spin Awareness, the Van Nuys FSDO shall issue one phase of the FAAís Wings Pilot Proficiency Awards and a Biennial Flight Review to the student.
4. Lesson 1. 0.8 Hours Ground Instruction, 0.8 Hours Dual.
A. Objective: The student will review one-turn spins and 180 degree power off approaches to land. The student will be introduced to full and half aileron rolls both to the left and to the right, as well as the aerodynamics and physiology of inverted flight.
CONTENT:
(1) Detailed preflight discussion, with extensive use of chalkboard illustrations and a model airplane with moveable control surfaces.
(2) Review Dutch Rolls & Spins.
(a) Coordination of aileron and rudder inputs to vary bank angle.
(b) Perform clearing turns.
(c) One-turn spins left and right, with visual references.
(3) Aileron Rolls Left & Right.
(a) Demonstrate the function of ailerons to roll the airplane.
(b) Demonstrate the function of rudder and elevator during rolls.
(c) Develop control discipline needed to perform rolls.
(d) Emphasize visual references over the nose.
(e) Emphasize rolling on a heading, ending in level flight.
(f) Difference between aileron roll and slow roll.
(4) Half Aileron Rolls Left & Right.
(a) Perform half rolls to inverted, then back upright.
(b) Control discipline needed to start and stop rolls.
(c) Demonstrate the need for forward elevator to maintain level flight inverted.
(5) Inverted Flight.
(a) Develop visual scan and attitude references while inverted.
(b) Instrument checks while inverted.
(c) Negative-g flight environment and the effects on the pilot.
(6) 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land.
(a) Simulate an engine failure with a glide to landing.
(b) Exercise good coordination and airspeed control.
(c) Emphasize proper judgment of the landing spot throughout the approach.
(d) Illustrate effects of wind and other factors on glide performance.
(7) Postflight Critique and Preview of Next Lesson.
B. Completion Standards. At the completion of this lesson, the student should display an understanding of roll dynamics and inverted flight. The student should achieve the ability to perform full rolls in either direction, returning safely to level, upright flight.
5. Lesson 2. 0.7 Hours Ground Instruction, 0.7 Hours Dual.
A. Objective. The student will review spins and rolls in both directions, and will be familiarized with the mechanics of unusual attitude recoveries requiring roll inputs.
CONTENT:
(1) Detailed preflight discussion, with extensive use of chalkboard illustrations and a model airplane with moveable control surfaces.
(2) Review Spins.
(a) Precision one-turn spins left and right.
(3) Rolls & Half Rolls Left & Right.
(a) Perform full and half rolls.
(b) Emphasize smooth control inputs.
(c) Emphasize holding a specified heading and returning to level upright flight.
(d) Develop a feel for the g-loads imposed during the roll.
(4) Unusual Attitude Recoveries--Overbanked Attitudes.
(a) Develop recovery strategies from near-inverted attitudes.
(b) Roll response of different airplanes in different configurations.
(c) Simulated vortex encounters.
(d) Airspeed and g-load management during recovery.
(e) Highlight adverse impact of Split-S versus Roll recovery.
(f) Perform recoveries from inadvertent, overbanked attitudes.
(5) Aerobatic-style Turns.
(a) Isolate roll inputs used to bank from elevator inputs used to turn.
(b) Emphasize control discipline: establish bank, turn to a heading, roll out.
(c) Perform medium-banked turns left and right.
(6) 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land.
(a) Same as Lesson 1.
(7) Postflight Critique and Preview of Next Lesson.
B. Completion Standards. At the completion of this lesson, the student should display an understanding of wake turbulence avoidance, as well as recovery procedures from overbanked attitudes and an appreciation for the design limits inherent in the different aircraft categories. The student should achieve the ability to perform full aileron rolls safely, to remain oriented during rolls, and to finish within ±20 degrees of the prescribed heading.
6. Lesson 3. 0.7 Hours Ground Instruction, 0.7 Hours Dual.
A. Objective. The student will continue to perform precision one-turn spins, full rolls, and half rolls to the left and to the right. The student will be familiarized with slip and skid dynamics. The student will perform slips and slipping turns to the left and to the right.
CONTENT:
(1) Detailed preflight discussion, with extensive use of chalkboard illustrations and a model airplane with moveable control surfaces.
(2) Review Spins & Rolls.
(3) Slips Left & Right.
(a) Demonstrate the slip configuration, effect of slips on airspeed indications.
(b) Coordinated transitions into and out of slips.
(c) Perform varying degrees of slip to each side.
(d) Importance of smooth, controlled inputs into and out of the slip.
(e) Heading versus track in a slip.
(f) Stall dynamics in a slip.
(g) Transitioning slips from one side to the other.
(4) Slipping Turns Left and Right.
(a) Changing headings in a slip.
(b) Varying rudder, elevator, and aileron pressures to start and stop slipping turns.
(c) S-turns while slipping.
(5) Turning Dutch Rolls.
(a) Combine Dutch Rolls with Aerobatic-Style Turns.
(b) Nose and wing references.
(c) Effect of variable banks on turn performance.
(d) Perform to the left and to the right.
(6) Slip to Land on Final Approach.
(a) Establish slip on final, tracking runway centerline.
(b) Airspeed control.
(c) Adjust slip as required to track runway centerline and modify descent rate.
(d) Judge the landing spot.
(e) Smooth transition from the slip to the landing attitude.
(7) Postflight Critique and Preview of Next Lesson.
B. Completion Standards. At the completion of this lesson, the student should display an understanding of slip dynamics. The student should achieve the ability to perform full aileron rolls safely, to remain oriented during rolls, and to finish within ±10 degrees of the prescribed heading.
7. Lesson 4. 0.8 Hours Ground Instruction, 0.8 Hours Dual.
A. Objective. The student will continue to perform precision one-turn spins, full rolls, and half rolls to the left and to the right. The student will be familiarized with various control failure and simulated off airport landing scenarios.
CONTENT:
(1) Detailed preflight discussion, with extensive use of chalkboard illustrations and a model airplane with moveable control surfaces.
(2) Review Spins & Rolls.
(3) Simulated Control Loss Practice.
(a) Simulated aileron and flap control failures.
(b) Simulated rudder control failures.
(c) Simulated elevator control failures.
(d) Importance of correct response to maintain control over the airplane.
(e) Develop recognition of various control failures.
(4) Simulated Off-Airport Landings.
(a) Simulated engine failure scenarios.
(b) Emphasize the importance of best glide speed.
(c) Strategies to select the most suitable landing site.
(d) Evaluating wind, terrain, and obstacle variables.
(e) Maximizing glide performance.
(f) Engine restart procedures.
(g) Preparing the airplane for the landing.
(h) Speed and attitude control for maximum probability of survival.
(5) Module II Proficiency Flight Check (material covered in Lessons 1-3 only).
(6) Postflight Critique.
(a) Administration of Module II Written Quiz.
B. Completion Standards. At the completion of this lesson, the student should display an understanding of how to deal with control failures and off-airport landings in a controlled manner.