Emergencies

In general:

• Avoiding self-induced emergencies.
• "5 Nevers"
• Panic
• Rush
• Stop flying the aircraft
• Stop completing checklists
• Stop communicating

Also see Emergencies in Pilot Tips of the Week.

Engine Failure:

• "ABC"
• Airspeed, Best landing area, Checklists
• "ABCDE"
• Airspeed, Best landing area, Checklists, Declare, Execute
• "GAS"
• Gas, Air, Spark
• "PL(ease) START"
• Pitch, landing site, seatbelts, troubleshoot, approach, radios, turn off
• Engine out drills.
• Picking an off-field landing site if your engine fails.
• Simulated (or actual) engine failure (procedure on another blog)
• Turning back to the runway:
• Reality check: the runway behind you.
• The Improbable Turn.

Equipment (suggested) for the Aircraft +

• Blanket, emergency, mylar
• Bug spray
• Cable ties
• Cash ($20 min, I’d say $100)
• Clothes (shirts, socks, underwear, 1 set)
• Deodorant
• First Aid Kit
• Flashlight
• Food/energy bars
• Hat
• Lighters (cigarette type)
• Maxi pads (wounds, spills, intended)
• Multitool
• Oxygen canister (light spray)
• Pen/Paper
• Rope or paracord
• Sunscreen
• Tape, duct or Gorilla
• Tarp
• Toothbrush/toothpaste
• Trash bags
• Water, two bottles min
• Wipes, biodegradable (personal care)
• Wipes, heavy-duty (grease and grime)
• Wire

Emergency Descents:

• How to fly an emergency decent.

Instrument Failures:

• Quiz: Can you handle these 6 flight instrument failures?

Pitot / Static Failures:

• Understanding pitot-static failures.

Spins

• "PARE"
• POWER – idle, ALERIONS – neutral, RUDDER – full opposite, ELEVATOR – forward
• See more at Spin Training

Takeoff / Landing:

• Landing accident caused by switching tanks in the pattern.

Quiz(s):

• Are you ready for an emergency on your next flight?

See more in Pilot Tips of the Week

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