Chapter Index
Index
A
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Adjustable stabilizer | 6-12 |
| Adverse balance | 10-3 |
| Adverse conditions | 13-5 |
| Adverse yaw | 6-3 |
| Advisory circular (AC) | 1-10 |
| Aeromedical factors | 17-1 |
| Aeronautical charts | 14-3, 16-2 |
| Aeronautical decision-making | 2-1 |
| -- History of ADM | 2-2 |
| Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) | 1-9 |
| After-landing | 14-34 |
| Ailerons | 6-3 |
| -- Coupled ailerons | 6-4 |
| -- Differential ailerons | 6-4 |
| -- Frise-type ailerons | 6-4 |
| Airborne radar | 13-4 |
| Aircraft documents | 9-6 |
| Aircraft engine | 7-1 |
| Aircraft inspections | 9-8 |
| -- 100-hour Inspection | 9-8 |
| -- Altimeter system inspection | 9-9 |
| -- Annual inspection | 9-8 |
| -- Preflight inspections | 9-9 |
| -- Transponder inspection | 9-9 |
| Aircraft maintenance | 9-8 |
| Aircraft owner/operator responsibilities | 9-13 |
| Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) | 3-13 |
| Aircraft types and categories | 1-15 |
| Air data computer (ADC) | 8-14 |
| Airfoil | 4-6, 4-7 |
| -- Leading edge | 4-6 |
| -- Trailing edge | 4-6 |
| Airframe systems | 7-25 |
| Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 | 1-7 |
| Air masses | 12-17 |
| Air navigation | 16-1 |
| Airplane | 1-15 |
| Airplane flight manuals (AFM) | 9-1, 16-17 |
| Airport beacon | 14-16 |
| Airport lighting | 14-18 |
| Airport markings | 14-5 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| -- Other markings | 14-15 |
| -- Runway markings | 14-5 |
| -- Taxiway markings | 14-11 |
| Airports | 14-2 |
| -- Civil airports | 14-2 |
| -- Military/federal government airports | 14-2 |
| -- Private airports | 14-2 |
| -- Towered | 14-2 |
| -- Nontowered | 14-2 |
| Airport signs | 14-15 |
| -- Destination signs | 14-12, 14-16 |
| -- Direction signs | 14-16 |
| -- Information signs | 14-16 |
| -- Location signs | 14-15 |
| -- Mandatory instruction signs | 14-15 |
| -- Runway distance remaining signs | 14-16 |
| Airport surveillance radar | 13-4 |
| Air Route surveillance radar (ARSR) | 13-2 |
| Air Route traffic control center (ARTCC) | 13-2 |
| Airship | 1-15 |
| Airspace | 15-1 |
| Airspeed | 9-2, 16-10 |
| Airspeed indicator (ASI) | 11-2 |
| Airspeed indicator markings | 8-9 |
| Airspeed limitations | 8-9 |
| Airspeed tape | 8-12 |
| Air traffic control (ATC) | 14-24, 15-7 |
| Airworthiness certificate | 9-7 |
| Airworthiness directives (ADs) | 9-12 |
| Alcohol | 17-15 |
| Alert areas | 15-4 |
| Alternator | 7-30 |
| Altimeter | 8-3, 8-13 |
| -- Setting the altimeter | 8-5 |
| Altimeter operation | 8-6 |
| Altitude | 8-6, 12-6 |
| -- Absolute altitude | 8-7 |
| -- Density altitude | 8-7 |
| -- Indicated altitude | 8-6 |
| -- Pressure altitude | 8-7 |
| -- True altitude | 8-6 |
| Altitude-induced decompression sickness (DCS) | 17-18 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Ammeter | 7-31 |
| Aneroid barometer | 12-5 |
| Aneroid wafer | 8-3 |
| Angle of attack (AOA) | 6-4 |
| Anti-ice | 7-40 |
| Antiservo tab | 3-6, 6-11 |
| Approach light systems | 14-16 |
| Arm | 10-4 |
| Assembling necessary material | 16-17 |
| ATC Automation | 1-6 |
| ATC delays | 13-5 |
| ATC radar beacon system (ATCRBS) | 14-24 |
| ATC radar weather displays | 13-16 |
| Atmosphere | 4-1, 11-2, 12-2 |
| Atmospheric circulation | 12-3 |
| Atmospheric pressure | 4-3, 11-2 |
| Atmospheric stability | 12-12 |
| Attitude indicator | 8-13, 8-18 |
| Autokinesis | 17-26 |
| Automatic decision-making | 2-21 |
| -- Operational pitfalls | 2-21 |
| Automatic direction finder (ADF) | 16-29 |
| Automation | 2-25 |
| Automation management | 2-31 |
| Autopilot | 6-12 |
| Autopilot systems | 2-27 |
| Aviation forecasts | 13-9 |
| -- Area forecasts (FA) | 13-9, 13-10 |
| -- Terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAF) | 13-9 |
| -- -- Forecast change group | 13-9 |
| -- -- Forecast significant weather | 13-9 |
| -- -- Forecast sky condition | 13-9 |
| -- -- Forecast visibility | 13-9 |
| -- -- Forecast wind | 13-9 |
| -- -- ICAO station identifier | 13-9 |
| -- -- Probability forecast | 13-9 |
| -- -- Type of report | 13-9 |
| Aviation medical examiner (AME) | 17-2 |
| Aviation routine weather report (METAR) | 12-17 |
| Aviation safety inspector (ASI) | 1-9 |
| Aviation weather reports | 13-5 |
| -- Aviation routine weather report (METAR) | |
| -- -- Altimeter setting | 13-7 |
| -- -- Modifier | 13-6 |
| -- -- Remarks | 13-7 |
| -- -- Sky condition | 13-7 |
| -- -- Station identifier | 13-6 |
| -- -- Temperature and dew point | 13-7 |
| -- -- Type of report | 13-6 |
| -- -- Visibility | 13-6 |
| -- -- Weather | 13-6 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| -- -- Wind | 13-6 |
| -- -- Zulu time | 13-7 |
| -- Pilot weather reports (PIREPs) | 13-8 |
| Axes of an aircraft | 5-12 |
| Axes of rotation | 6-3 |
B
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Balance | 10-2 |
| Balance tabs | 6-11 |
| Balloon | 1-15 |
| Barbs | 12-12 |
| Basic aerodynamics | 3-2 |
| -- Drag | 3-2 |
| -- Lift | 3-2 |
| -- Thrust | 3-2 |
| -- Weight | 3-2 |
| Basic empty weight | 10-4 |
| Bernoulli, Daniel | 4-6 |
| Bernoulli’s Principle of Differential Pressure | 4-6 |
| Best angle-of-climb speed (VX ) | 8-10 |
| Best rate-of-climb speed (VY ) | 8-10 |
| Binocular cues | 17-26 |
| Blade angle | 5-28 |
| Bleed air heating systems | 7-30 |
| Blocked pitot system | 8-10 |
| Blocked static system | 8-11 |
| Boundary layer | 5-6, 5-46 |
| Brake horsepower (BHP) | 7-6, 7-24 |
| Brakes | 7-34 |
| Bus bar | 7-31 |
C
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Cabin pressure control system | 7-35 |
| Cabin pressurization system | 7-35 |
| Calibrated airspeed (CAS) | 8-9, 11-18 |
| Canard | 6-7 |
| Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning | 17-12 |
| Carburetor air temperature gauge | 7-11 |
| Carburetor heat | 7-10 |
| Carburetor icing | 7-9 |
| Carburetor systems | 7-8 |
| -- Float-type carburetor | 7-8 |
| -- Pressure-type carburetor | 7-9 |
| Ceiling | 12-17 |
| Center of gravity (CG) | 10-2, 10-4 |
| -- CG limits | 10-5 |
| -- CG range | 10-5 |
| Central blind spot | 17-21 |
| Certificated flight instructor (CFI) | 1-19, 1-23 |
| Certificate of aircraft registration | 9-6 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Chandelles | 5-36 |
| Chart Supplement U.S | 16-17 |
| Clearing procedures | 14-28 |
| -- Before takeoff | 14-28 |
| -- Climbs and descents | 14-28 |
| -- Straight and Level | 14-28 |
| -- Traffic at VOR sites | 14-28 |
| -- Traffic patterns | 14-28 |
| -- Training operations | 14-28 |
| Climb performance | 11-6 |
| -- Angle of climb (AOC) | 11-7 |
| -- Climb Performance Factors | 11-8 |
| -- Rate of climb (ROC) | 11-7 |
| Clouds | 12-15 |
| -- Cloud classification | 12-17 |
| -- -- Alto | 12-17 |
| -- -- Castellanus | 12-17 |
| -- -- Cirrus | 12-17 |
| -- -- Cumulus | 12-17 |
| -- -- Fracto | 12-17 |
| -- -- Lenticularus | 12-17 |
| -- -- Nimbus | 12-17 |
| -- -- Stratus | 12-17 |
| Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) | 1-7 |
| Collision avoidance | 14-28 |
| Combustion | 7-18 |
| Combustion heater systems | 7-29 |
| Compass heading | 16-16 |
| Composite materials in aircraft | 3-9 |
| Composites | 3-9 |
| Compressor stalls | 7-23 |
| Control | 10-3 |
| Control instruments | 3-13 |
| Controllability | 5-15, 5-42 |
| Controlled airport | 14-2 |
| Controlled airspace | 15-2 |
| -- Class A airspace | 15-2 |
| -- Class B airspace | 15-2 |
| -- Class C airspace | 15-2 |
| -- Class D airspace | 15-2 |
| -- Class E airspace | 15-2 |
| Controlled firing areas (CFAs) | 15-4 |
| Convective currents | 12-7 |
| Convective significant meteorological information (WST) | 13-12 |
| Converting KTS to MPH | 16-11 |
| Converting minutes to equivalent hours | 16-11 |
| Cooling | 7-1 |
| Coriolis force | 12-3 |
| Corkscrew effect | 5-31 |
| Course | 16-10 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Course deviation indicator (CDI) | 16-23 |
| Course intercept | 16-27 |
| -- Angle of intercept | 16-27 |
| -- Rate of intercept | 16-27 |
| Cross-country flying | 16-1 |
| Crosswind and headwind component chart | 11-25 |
| Current conditions | 13-5 |
D
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Dark adaptation | 17-23 |
| Datum | 10-5 |
| Data link weather | 13-21 |
| Data link weather products | 13-23 |
| -- Flight information service-broadcast (FIS-B) | 13-23 |
| Daylight saving time | 16-5 |
| Dead reckoning | 16-13 |
| DECIDE model | 2-18 |
| -- Choose (a course of action) | 2-20 |
| -- Detect (the problem) | 2-20 |
| -- Do (the necessary actions) | 2-20 |
| -- Estimate (the need to react) | 2-20 |
| -- Evaluate (the effect of the action) | 2-20 |
| -- Identify (solutions) | 2-20 |
| Decision-making in a dynamic environment | 2-21 |
| -- Use of resources | 2-21 |
| -- -- External resources | 2-23 |
| -- -- Internal resources | 2-23 |
| Decision-making process | 2-12 |
| Dehydration | 17-14 |
| Deice system | 7-40 |
| Delta | 10-5 |
| Density altitude | 4-4 |
| Density altitude charts | 11-20 |
| Density altitude (DA) | 12-5 |
| Department of transportation (DOT) | 1-6 |
| Deposition | 12-15 |
| Designated pilot examiner | 1-24 |
| Design maneuvering speed (VA ) | 8-10 |
| Destination forecast | 13-5 |
| Determining loaded weight and CG | 10-7 |
| Deviation | 16-8, 16-16 |
| Dew point | 12-13, 13-13 |
| Distance measuring equipment (DME) | 16-27 |
| Doppler radar | 13-3 |
| Drag | 5-1, 5-6 |
| -- Form drag | 5-6 |
| -- Induced drag | 5-6, 5-7 |
| -- Interference drag | 5-6 |
| -- Parasite drag | 5-6 |
| -- Skin friction drag | 5-6 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Drift angle | 16-10 |
| Drugs | 17-16 |
| Dutch roll | 5-20 |
| Dynamic hydroplaning | 11-13 |
E
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Eddy current damping | 8-27 |
| Electrical | 7-1 |
| Electrical system | 7-30 |
| Electronic flight display (EFD) | 3-12, 8-12, 13-18 |
| Elevator | 3-6, 6-5 |
| Emergency locator transmitter (ELT) | 9-9 |
| Empennage | 3-3, 3-6 |
| Empty-field myopia | 17-22 |
| Engine | 7-1 |
| Engine cooling systems | 7-17 |
| Engineered materials arresting systems (EMAS) | 14-35 |
| Engine pressure ratio (EPR) | 7-22 |
| Engine temperature limitations | 7-23 |
| Enhanced flight vision system | 17-28 |
| Enhanced night vision systems | 17-27 |
| Enhanced situational awareness | 2-30 |
| Enhanced taxiway centerline markings | 14-12 |
| En route forecast | 13-5 |
| Environmental control systems | 7-1 |
| Equipment use | 2-27 |
| Equivalent airspeed (EAS) | 11-18 |
| Equivalent shaft horsepower (ESHP) | 7-24 |
| Estimated time en route (ETE) | 16-17 |
| Exhaust gas temperature (EGT) | 7-22 |
| Exhaust gas temperature (EGT) gauge | 7-9 |
| Exhaust heating systems | 7-29 |
| Exhaust systems | 7-18 |
| Explosive decompression | 7-36 |
| Exposure to chemicals | 17-13 |
| -- Engine oil | 17-14 |
| -- Fuel | 17-14 |
| -- Hydraulic fluid | 17-13 |
F
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Fairings | 5-6 |
| False horizon | 17-26 |
| Fascination (fixation) | 17-27 |
| Fatigue | 17-13 |
| FDC NOTAMs | 1-13 |
| Featureless terrain illusion | 17-10 |
| Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) | 1-3 |
| Federal certification of pilots and mechanics | 1-4 |
| Federal Communications Commission (FCC) | 9-13, 14-22 |
| Field offices | 1-8 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Filing a VFR flight plan | 16-21 |
| Flameout | 7-24 |
| Flaperons | 6-5 |
| Flaps | 6-8 |
| -- Fowler flaps | 6-9 |
| -- Plain flap | 6-8 |
| -- Split flap | 6-8 |
| Flicker vertigo | 17-27 |
| Flight | 1-2 |
| Flight computers | 16-12 |
| Flight controls | 6-2 |
| Flight control systems | 6-1 |
| Flight diversion | 16-34 |
| Flight limits | 9-4 |
| Flight maneuvers | 5-36 |
| Flight planning | 16-17 |
| Flight school | 1-18 |
| Flight service station | 13-4 |
| Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) | 1-9 |
| Flight Standards Service (AFS) | 1-8 |
| Floor load limit | 10-5 |
| Flux gate compass system | 8-20 |
| Fog | 12-15, 17-10 |
| -- Advection fog | 12-15 |
| -- Ice fog | 12-15 |
| -- Radiation fog | 12-15 |
| -- Sea smoke | 12-15 |
| -- Steam fog | 12-15 |
| -- Upslope fog | 12-15 |
| Forces in climbs | 5-23 |
| Forces in descents | 5-24 |
| Forces in turns | 5-22 |
| Foreign object damage (FOD) | 7-23 |
| Free directional oscillations | 5-20 |
| Free-stream velocity | 5-6 |
| Friction | 4-2 |
| Fronts | 12-18 |
| -- Cold front | 12-20 |
| -- -- Fast-moving cold front | 12-20 |
| -- Occluded front | 12-21 |
| -- Warm front | 12-18 |
| Fuel | 7-1 |
| Fuel consumption | 16-11 |
| Fuel contamination | 7-27 |
| Fuel fired geaters | 7-29 |
| Fuel gauges | 7-26 |
| Fuel grades | 7-27 |
| -- Aviation gasoline (AVGAS) | 7-27 |
| -- Supplemental type certificate (STC) | 7-27 |
| Fuel injection system | 7-11 |
| Fuel load | 10-5 |
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Fuel primer | 7-25 |
| Fuel rate | 16-17 |
| Fuel selectors | 7-26 |
| Fuel systems | 7-25 |
| -- Fuel-pump system | 7-25 |
| -- Gravity-feed system | 7-25 |
| Fuel tanks | 7-25 |
| Full authority digital engine control (FADEC) | 7-20 |
| Fuselage | 3-3 |