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