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Instrument Flying Hanbook

FAA-H-8083-15B Version 2014

Index

A

  • acceleration error — 5-13
  • acceleration in cruise flight — 4-10
  • ADF components — 9-3
  • advanced technologies — 9-24
  • advanced technology systems — 5-28
  • aerodynamic factors — 4-1, 5-1
  • aerodynamics — 4-2
  • aeronautical information manual (AIM) — 1-1, 10-2
  • aircraft control — 8-3
    • during instrument flight — 6-3
  • aircraft system malfunctions — 11-3
  • air data computer (ADC) — 5-22
  • airplane trim — 6-8
  • airport/facility directory (A/FD) — 10-2
  • airport sketch/airport diagram — 1-27
  • air route traffic control center (ARTCC) — 2-7
  • airspace classification — 1-2
    • Class A — 1-2
    • Class C — 1-2
    • Class D — 1-2
    • Class E — 1-2
    • Class G — 1-2
  • airspeed — 5-9
    • indicated airspeed (IAS) — 5-9
    • calibrated airspeed (CAS) — 5-9
    • equivalent airspeed (EAS) — 5-9
    • mach number — 5-10
    • true airspeed (TAS) — 5-9
  • airspeed changes
    • common errors — 8-10
    • in straight-and-level flight — 7-11, 7-40
  • airspeed color codes — 5-10
  • airspeed indicator (ASI) — 5-8, 6-6, 6-8, 6-10, 7-6, 7-37, 8-5
  • air traffic control (ATC) — 2-1
  • alternator/generator failure — 11-5
  • altimeter — 6-10, 7-3, 7-36, 8-4
    • enhancements (encoding) — 5-7
  • analog instrument failure — 11-7
  • analog pictorial displays — 5-23
  • angle of attack — 4-2
  • applying the four-step process — 6-20
  • approach azimuth guidance — 9-43
  • approach control advances — 2-12
    • precision runway monitor (PRM) — 2-12
    • PRM benefits — 2-13
    • PRM radar — 2-12
  • approach control facility — 2-12
  • approaches — 10-13
    • lighting systems (ALS) — 9-38
    • to airport with an operating tower — 10-15
    • to airport without an operating control tower — 10-13
    • to parallel runways — 10-20
    • to stall — 7-26
  • area navigation (RNAV) — 9-22
  • ATC inflight weather avoidance assistance — 2-11
  • ATC radar weather displays — 2-11
  • ATC reports — 10-7
  • ATC towers — 2-5
  • atmosphere — 4-4
    • layers of the atmosphere — 4-5
  • attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) — 5-22
  • attitude control — 6-3
  • attitude direction indicator (ADI) — 5-23
  • attitude indicator — 5-19, 6-4, 7-2, 7-6, 7-34, 7-37, 8-3, 8-5
  • attitude instrument flying
    • fundamental skills — 6-24
    • primary and supporting method — 6-21
    • using the control and performance method — 6-2
    • using the primary and supporting method — 6-4
  • automated flight service stations (AFSS) — 2-4
  • automatic dependent surveillance—broadcast (ADS-B) — 5-28
  • autopilot systems — 5-25
    • usage — 7-58
  • autorotations — 8-17
    • common errors — 8-17
  • aviation magnetic compass — 5-10

B

  • bank — 7-25
  • bank control — 6-4, 6-7, 6-20, 7-6, 7-37, 8-5
  • blockage of the pitot-static system — 5-2
    • pitot system — 5-2
    • static system — 5-3

C

  • cancelling IFR flight plans — 10-3
  • center approach/departure control — 2-7
  • certified checkpoints — 9-16
  • change of airspeed
    • during turns — 7-24
    • in turns — 8-14
  • circling approaches — 10-20
    • patterns — 7-32
  • clearances — 10-3
    • separations — 10-4
  • climbing and descending turns — 7-24, 8-15
  • climbing while accelerating — 3-8
  • climbing while turning — 3-8
  • climbs — 4-10, 7-14
  • common cross-check errors — 6-11
  • communication equipment — 2-2
  • communication facilities — 2-4
  • communication/navigation system malfunction — 11-8
  • communication procedures — 2-4
  • compass locator — 9-38
  • compass turns — 7-21, 7-53, 8-15
  • compliance with published standard instrument approach procedures — 10-13
  • conducting an IFR flight — 10-26
  • constant airspeed climb
    • from cruise airspeed — 7-46
    • from established airspeed — 7-47
  • constant rate climbs — 7-47
  • control and performance method — 6-18
  • control instruments — 6-2, 6-18
  • control sequence — 2-13
  • coping with spatial disorientation — 3-8
  • course deviation indicator (CDI) — 9-11
  • course interception — 9-14
  • course reversal elements in plan view and profile view — 1-20
    • procedure turns — 1-20
    • holding in lieu of procedure turn — 1-20
    • teardrop procedure — 1-21

D

  • density altitude — 4-5
  • departure procedures (DPs) — 1-12, 10-5
  • departures and instrument departure procedures (DPs) — 9-31
  • departures from airports without an operating control tower — 10-7
  • descents — 7-16, 7-49
  • differential global positioning systems (DGPS) — 9-32
  • distance measuring equipment (DME) — 9-17
    • arc — 9-17
    • components — 9-17
    • function — 9-17
    • holding — 10-13
  • disturbances to radio wave reception — 9-3
  • diving or rolling beyond the vertical plane — 3-8
  • diving while turning — 3-8
  • drag — 4-3
    • induced drag — 4-3
    • parasite drag — 4-3
    • skin friction drag — 4-3
    • interference drag — 4-3
    • form drag — 4-4
  • drag curves — 4-6
  • dry air vacuum pump — 5-17
  • dynamic pressure type instruments — 5-8

E

  • ears — 3-4
  • electrical systems — 5-17
  • electronic flight display malfunction — 11-4
  • electronic flight instrument systems — 5-27
  • emergencies — 8-16
  • engine instruments — 6-8
  • en route procedures — 10-7
  • errors during compass turns — 7-26
  • establishing a standard rate turn — 7-51
  • eyes — 3-2

F

  • federal airways — 1-4
  • filing in flight — 10-2
  • flags or other signal strength indicators — 9-11
  • flight director system (FDS) — 5-23
  • flight instruments — 4-16, 8-2
  • flight management systems (FMS) — 5-26, 5-27, 9-44
    • function — 9-46
  • flight services station (FFS) — 2-4
  • flightpath — 4-2
  • flight support systems — 5-22
  • flux gate compass system — 5-15
  • four forces — 4-2
    • drag — 4-3
    • lift — 4-2, 4-6
    • thrust — 4-3
    • weight — 4-3
  • function of ADF — 9-4

G

  • glideslope (GS) — 9-37
  • global navigation satellite system (GNSS) — 9-24
  • global positioning system (GPS) — 5-27, 9-25
    • components — 9-25
    • errors — 9-31
    • function — 9-26
    • instrument approaches — 9-29
    • nearest airport function — 11-9
    • substitution — 9-27
    • substitution for ADF or DME — 9-27
  • ground proximity warning system (GPWS) — 5-34
  • ground wave — 9-2
  • gyroscopic instruments — 5-19
  • gyroscopic systems — 5-16

H

  • heading — 7-44
  • heading indicator — 5-19, 6-7, 6-10, 7-7, 7-38, 8-6
  • head-up display (HUD) — 5-34, 9-46
  • height above landing (HAL) — 1-27
  • helicopter trim — 6-10
  • holding instructions — 10-10
  • holding procedures — 10-10
  • homing — 9-5
  • horizontal situation indicator (HSI) — 5-23, 7-38
  • how radio waves propagate — 9-2
  • how to prevent landing errors due to optical illusions — 3-9

I

  • IAP minimums — 10-21
  • ICAO cold temperature error table — 5-5
  • icing — 4-13
    • antenna icing — 4-17
    • clear ice — 4-13
    • effects of icing on critical aircraft systems — 4-16
    • general effects of icing on airfoils — 4-14
    • induction icing — 4-13
    • mixed ice — 4-14
    • propeller icing — 4-16
    • rime ice — 4-14
    • structural icing — 4-13, 10-23
  • IFR en route charts — 1-6
    • airport information — 1-6
    • charted IFR altitudes — 1-6
    • navigation features — 1-7
  • IFR flight plan — 10-2
  • IFR flight using GPS — 9-28
  • illusions leading to spatial disorientation — 3-5
  • inadvertent icing encounter — 11-2
  • inadvertent thunderstorm encounter — 11-2
  • inertial navigation system (INS) — 9-34
    • INS components — 9-34
    • INS errors — 9-34
  • inoperative components — 1-27
  • instrument approach capabilities — 9-32
  • instrument approaches to civil airports — 10-13
  • instrument approach procedure charts — 1-12
    • margin identification — 1-12
    • pilot briefing — 1-16
    • plan view — 1-16
  • instrument approach procedure (IAP) — 1-12
    • approach systems — 9-35
    • cross-check — 6-10, 6-24, 8-2
  • instrument flight — 8-2
  • instrument flight patterns — 7-30, 7-61
  • instrument flying common errors — 6-27
    • emphasis — 6-28
    • fixation — 6-27
    • omission — 6-28
  • instrument interpretation — 6-13, 8-3
  • instrument landing systems (ILS) — 9-35
    • airborne components — 9-38
    • components — 9-35
    • errors — 9-40
    • function — 9-40
  • instrument takeoff — 7-29, 7-60, 8-17
    • common errors — 7-29, 7-61, 8-18
  • instrument weather flying — 10-22
  • integrated flight control system — 5-25
  • intercepting bearings — 9-8
  • intercepting lead radials — 9-18
  • International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) — 1-1
  • international standard atmosphere (ISA) — 4-5
  • intersections — 1-7
  • inverted-V cross-check — 6-11

L

  • landing — 10-22
  • landing minimums — 1-23
  • large airplanes — 4-10
  • law of inertia, the — 4-4
  • law of momentum, the — 4-4
  • law of reaction, the — 4-4
  • learning methods — 6-2, 6-16
  • letters of agreement (LOA) — 2-15
  • leveling off — 7-16, 7-17
  • load factor — 4-12
  • local area augmentation system (LAAS) — 9-33
  • localizer — 9-35
  • localizer type directional aid (LDA) — 9-43
  • loss of alternator/generator for electronic flight instrumentation — 11-5