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Airplane Flying Handbook

FAA-H-8083-3C Version 2021
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Index

A

Abnormal engine instrument indication18-16
Absence of propeller:
Drag16-4
Effect16-4
Slipstream16-4
Academic material (knowledge and risk management)5-5
Prevention through ADM and risk management5-6
Prevention through proportional counter-response5-6
Recovery5-6
Accelerated stalls5-19
Accelerate-go distance13-10, 13-12
Accelerate-stop distance13-10, 13-12, 13-15, 16-12
After-landing1-15, 2-22
After-landing roll2-22, 9-2, 9-9, 9-10, 9-16, 9-18, 9-21, 9-22, 9-23, 9-36, 9-38, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8
Aircraft energy management4-18
Airframe and systems17-5
Airplane-based UPRT5-7
Airplane configuration3-21, 5-19, 6-1, 9-1, 18-4
Airplane equipment and lighting11-5
Airport and navigation lighting aids11-6
Airport traffic patterns and operations8-1
All-attitude/all-envelope flight training methods5-8
All-engine service ceiling of multiengine airplanes13-11
Alternator/generator2-12, 13-6, 13-9, 18-10
Angle of attack1-13, 1-14, 4-5, 5-1, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 6-1, 9-8, 10-2, 12-1, 12-6, 13-19, 13-25, 13-26, 14-1, 15-8, 16-6, 16-7, 17-15
Anti-icing/deicing13-9, 13-10
Approach (in an emergency)18-4
Approach and landing (night)11-10
Night emergencies11-13
Approach and landing (sport)17-14
Approaches to stalls (impending stalls), power-on, or power-off 5-17
Attitude and sink rate control18-4
Attitude flying3-4
Autoland systems18-22

B

Ballistic parachute systems18-22
Ballooning during round out9-32
Bank control3-5, 6-5, 18-18
Basic safety concepts18-2
Before start and starting engine17-12
Before-take-off check2-21, 13-11, 13-15, 17-4
Avionics2-22
Electrical system2-21
Engine operation2-21
Flight controls2-21
Flight instruments2-22
Fuel system2-21
Takeoff briefing2-22
Trim2-21
Vacuum system2-22
Bouncing during touchdown9-33
Brakes2-10, 2-11, 2-16, 2-17, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 6-3, 6-11, 9-9, 9-10. 9-18, 9-20, 9-23, 9-24, 9-36, 9-37, 9-38, 11-8, 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 13-17, 13-21, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-7, 14-8, 16-9, 16-10, 16-12, 16-14, 16-15, 16-16, 16-19, 16-24, 17-12

C

Cabin fire18-9, 18-10
Captain's briefing16-13, 16-14
Cascade reversers16-11
Chandelle10-4, 10-5, 10-6
Climb gradient12-16, 13-2, 13-3, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 16-20
Climbs and climbing turns3-17
Climbing turns3-20
Establishing a climb3-19
   Best angle of climb (V )3-17, 3-18, 4-17, 13-1, 16-17
   Best rate of climb (V )3-17, 3-18, 4-17, 6-4, 6-6, 13-1, 13-16, 16-17
   Normal climb3-17, 6-12, 6-13, 11-8
Combustion heater13-8
Constant radius turn during flight7-3
Construction17-5
Aluminum17-5
Composite17-5
Steel tube and fabric17-5
Continuous ignition15-1
Controllable-pitch propeller3-19, 12-1, 12-5, 12-6
Blade angle control12-6, 12-7
Climb12-6, 12-7
Constant-speed propeller10-5, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 13-3, 13-5, 13-9, 15-6, 18-9
Constant-speed propeller operation12-8
Cruise12-7
Fixed-pitch propellers3-3, 10-5, 12-5, 12-8, 13-9
Governing range12-8, 15-5
Takeoff12-6
Control touch1-1, 16-16
Coordinated flight3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-23, 5-1, 5-6, 5-8, 5-9, 5-11, 5-13, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 5-20, 6-5, 6-6, 6-14, 7-17, 9-3, 9-13, 10-5, 10-7, 13-21, 13-27
Coordination1-1
Correcting drift during straight-and-level flight7-2
Cross-control stall5-20
Crosswind after-landing roll (tailwheel)14-7
Crosswind approach and landing9-3, 9-10, 9-15, 9-17, 13-21, 17-4
Crosswind after landing roll9-18
Crosswind final approach9-15
   Crab method9-15
   Wing-low (sideslip) method9-15, 9-16
Crosswind round out (flare)9-17
Crosswind touchdown9-17
Maximum safe crosswind velocities9-18
Crosswind takeoff6-6, 13-15, 14-3
Initial climb6-8, 13-15, 13-16
Lift-off6-7
Takeoff roll6-6
Cruise17-13

D

Defining an airplane upset5-1
Descents and descending turns3-20, 3-24, 5-10
Descent at minimum safe airspeed3-21
Emergency descent3-21, 10-3, 15-15, 18-8, 18-9, 18-10, 18-22
Partial power descent3-21
Detonation2-7, 2-8, 12-8, 12-11
Directional control2-19, 3-9, 5-11, 5-17, 5-22, 6-1, 6-14, 9-9, 9-18, 9-23, 9-33, 9-34, 9-37, 9-38, 13-2, 13-15, 13-17, 13-18, 13-23, 13-25, 13-26, 1133--2297,, 13-30, 13-31, 13-32, 13-33, 13-36, 13-37, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 16-11, 16-14, 16-16, 16-24, 18-12, 18-13
Door opening in-flight18-17
Drag devices4-4, 16-9, 16-11
Drift and ground track control7-2

E

Effect and use of flight controls3-1
Feel of the airplane3-3
Electrical fires18-9
Elementary eights7-10, 7-13,
Eights across a road7-10, 7-12
Eights along a road7-10, 7-11, 7-12
Eights around pylons7-10, 7-13, 7-14
Eights-on-pylons7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18
Elevator trim stall5-20, 5-21
Emergencies3-23, 9-29, 11-5, 11-13, 13-35, 13-36, 15-13, 15-14, 15-15, 17-14,
Emergency approaches and landings (simulated)9-28
Emergency descents3-21, 10-3, 15-15, 18-8, 18-9, 18-10, 18-22
Emergency landings9-28, 18-1
Psychological hazards18-1
Types of emergency landings18-1
   Ditching3-23, 18-1, 18-7
   Forced landing7-2, 9-12, 11-13, 12-6
   Precautionary landing18-1, 18-8
Emergency situations11-1, 17-14, 18-1, 18-22, 18-23
Energy balance equation4-3, 4-4, 4-18
Energy error4-12, 4-14, 4-19
Energy distribution error4-12, 4-13, 4-19
Total energy error4-12, 4-19
Energy exchange4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-8, 4-10, 4-18
Energy height or total specific energy (E )4-7, 4-9, 4-19
Energy state4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-14, 4-18, 4-19, 5-13, 16-18
Energy system4-1, 4-18
Engine and propeller2-11, 3-3, 6-1, 6-3, 13-12, 13-34, 15-3, 15-6
Engine failure:
After lift-off13-11
After takeoff13-31, 13-32, 13-33
After takeoff (single-engine)18-7
During flight13-34
Engine fire13-32, 18-8, 18-9
Engine inoperative approach and landing13-34
Engine inoperative flight principles13-23
Engines17-6
Engine shutdown2-23
Engine starting2-16
Environmental factors2-13, 5-2
Exhaust gas temperature (EGT)12-10, 12-11, 13-15

F

False start15-12
Faulty approaches and landings9-30
Feathering2-21, 9-25, 13-3, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-29, 13-30, 13-35, 13-36, 15-1, 15-5, 18-9
Flap effectiveness12-3
Flap control malfunction/failure18-10
Asymmetric (split) flap18-11
Landing gear malfunction18-12
Loss of elevator control18-11
Total flap failure18-10
Flight director/autopilot13-8
Flight environment2-1, 15-13, 15-14, 17-8
Flight standards service1-5
Floating during round out9-32
Forward slip9-4, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-26, 9-30
Four fundamentals3-1, 7-1
Climbs3-17
Descents3-20
Straight-and-level3-6
Turns3-11
Fowler flap12-4
Fuel and oil2-7
Fuel crossfeed13-7
Full stalls:
Power-off5-17
Power-on5-18
Function of flaps12-1
Fundamentals of stall recovery5-15

G

Gas turbine engine15-1, 15-2, 15-8, 16-2
Glides3-21, 3-23, 9-24
Gliding turns3-23, 3-24
Go-around4-17, 5-9, 5-17, 5-20, 5-21, 8-4, 9-6, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-22, 9-30, 9-31, 9-32, 9-33, 9-34, 9-35, 12-4, 12-5, 13-22, 13-23, 13-30, 13-33, 13-35, 14-5, 14-6, 16-4, 16-20, 16-22, 17-4
Rejected landings9-10, 9-12
Attitude9-11
Configuration9-11
Ground effect9-12
Power9-11
Ground loop2-19, 9-9, 9-36, 9-37, 14-6, 14-8, 18-5
Ground operation2-1, 2-12, 2-14, 13-14, 14-1, 14-8, 15-3, 15-6, 17-4

H

Hand propping2-16, 2-17
Hard landing9-20, 9-22, 9-23, 9-35, 12-4, 13-22, 16-23, 17-15
High final approach9-30
High-performance airplane12-1, 12-17, 12-18
High round out9-10, 9-31
Human factors5-2
Diversion of attention5-2
IMC5-2
Sensory overload/deprivation5-3
Spatial disorientation5-3
Startle response5-3
Surprise response5-3
Task saturation5-3
VMC to IMC5-2
Hydraulic pump12-12, 12-14, 13-30, 18-9
Hydroplaning9-37, 9-38
Dynamic hydroplaning9-37
Reverted rubber hydroplaning9-37
Viscous hydroplaning9-37