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Instrument Flying Hanbook

FAA-H-8083-15B Version 2014

Index

M

  • magnetic compass — 5-10, 6-7
    • acceleration error — 5-13
    • construction — 5-11
    • deviation — 5-12
    • induced errors — 5-11
    • northerly turning errors — 5-13
    • oscillation error — 5-14
    • southerly turning errors — 5-13
    • theory of operations — 5-11
    • variation — 5-12
  • magnetism — 5-10
  • marker beacons — 9-37, 9-40
  • master battery switch — 11-5
  • maximum allowable airspeed — 5-10
  • microwave landing system (MLS) — 9-43
  • missed approaches — 10-21
  • multi-function display (MFD) — 5-28

N

  • National Aeronautical Navigation Services (AERONAV services) — 10-2
  • National Airspace System (NAS) — 1-1
  • navaids — 1-7
  • navigating the MFD page groups — 11-10
    • nearest airport page group — 11-10
    • nearest airports page soft keys — 11-10
    • nearest airports using the MFD — 11-10
    • nearest airports using the PFD — 11-9
  • navigation/communication equipment — 2-2
  • navigation instruments — 6-2, 6-19
  • NDB components — 9-3
  • nerves — 3-5
  • Newton’s First Law — 4-4
  • Newton’s Second Law — 4-4
  • Newton’s Third Law — 4-4
  • nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) — 9-3
  • nonprecision approaches — 1-23
  • nose-high attitudes — 7-27
  • nose-low attitudes — 7-28
  • Notices to Airmen Publication (NTAP) — 10-2

O

  • obstacle departure procedures (ODP) — 1-12, 10-5
  • omnibearing selector (OBS) — 9-11
  • operating on the main battery — 11-5, 11-6
  • operational errors of ADF — 9-8
  • optical illusions — 3-9
    • featureless terrain illusion — 3-9
    • fog — 3-9, 10-24
    • ground lighting illusions — 3-9
    • haze — 3-9
    • runway width illusion — 3-9
    • runway and terrain slopes illusion — 3-9
    • water refraction — 3-9
  • other routing — 1-5

P

  • partial panel flight — 7-36
  • performance instruments — 6-2, 6-19
  • pitch — 7-25, 7-43
  • pitch attitude instrument cross-check — 6-7
  • pitch control — 6-4, 6-20, 6-22, 7-2, 7-34, 8-3
  • pitch/power relationship — 4-6
  • pitot/static instruments — 5-3
  • pitot/static system failure — 11-8
  • pitot/static systems — 5-2
  • planning the descent and approach — 10-8
  • pneumatic system failure — 11-7
  • pneumatic systems — 5-17
  • POH/AFM — 10-2
  • point in space approach — 1-27
  • position reports — 10-7
  • postural considerations — 3-7
  • power — 7-26, 7-45
    • control — 6-4, 6-8, 6-21, 7-8, 7-39
    • control during straight-and-level flight — 8-7
    • settings — 7-9, 7-39
    • sources — 5-17
  • precipitation static — 11-3
  • precision approaches — 1-23
  • preferred IFR — 1-5
  • pressure altitude — 4-5
  • pressure indicating systems — 5-17
  • primary bank — 6-23
  • primary flight display (PFD) — 5-27
  • primary pitch — 6-22
  • primary power — 6-24
  • primary yaw — 6-23
  • procedural steps in using control and performance — 6-2
  • procedure turn — 7-30

R

  • racetrack pattern — 7-30
  • radar — 2-3
  • radar and transponders — 2-3
    • Mode C (altitude reporting) — 2-3
  • radar approaches — 10-15
  • radar-controlled departures — 10-5
  • radar limitations — 9-48
  • radar monitoring of instrument approaches — 10-18
  • radar navigation (ground-based) — 9-46
  • radio altimeters — 5-29
  • radio principles — 9-2
  • recognizing unusual attitudes — 7-27
  • recovery from unusual attitudes — 7-27
  • rectangular cross-check — 6-11
  • reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) — 5-7
  • regions of command — 4-7
    • control characteristics — 4-7
  • relative wind — 4-2
  • remote indicating compass — 5-15
  • required navigation instrument system inspection — 5-36
  • required navigation performance — 9-44
  • reversal of motion — 3-8
  • RNAV instrument approach charts — 1-30
  • route information — 1-10

S

  • safety systems — 5-29
  • scanning techniques — 6-24
  • selected radial cross-check — 6-11, 6-24
  • sensitive altimeter — 5-3
    • altimeter errors — 5-4
    • cold weather altimeter errors — 5-5
    • inherent altimeter error — 5-5
    • principle of operation — 5-3
  • sensory systems for orientation — 3-2
  • servo failure — 8-17
  • side-step maneuver — 10-20
  • simplified directional facility (SDF) — 9-42
  • situational awareness — 11-11
  • sky wave — 9-2
  • slip/skid indicator — 7-39
  • slow-speed flight — 4-8
  • small airplanes — 4-9
  • sources of flight planning information — 10-2
  • space wave — 9-2
  • spatial disorientation — 3-2, 3-5, 3-7
  • special use airspace — 1-2
  • speed stability — 4-8
    • normal command — 4-8
    • reversed command — 4-8
  • stall warning systems — 4-17
  • standard 45° procedure turn — 7-30
  • standard entry procedures — 10-11
  • standard holding pattern (no wind) — 10-10
  • standard holding pattern (with wind) — 10-10
  • standard instrument departures — 10-5
  • standard rate turns — 7-19, 7-51
  • standard terminal arrival routes (STARS) — 1-12, 10-9
  • standby battery — 11-6
  • static pressure — 5-2
  • station passage — 9-5
  • steep turns — 7-22, 7-53
  • straight-and-level flight — 6-22, 7-2, 7-34, 8-3
    • common errors — 7-12, 7-43, 8-7
  • straight climbs and descents — 7-14, 7-46
    • common errors — 7-17, 7-50, 8-13
  • straight climbs (constant airspeed and constant rate) — 8-10
  • straight descents (constant airspeed and constant rate) — 8-12
  • substitutes for inoperative or unusable components — 10-10
  • synthetic vision — 5-28
  • systems preflight procedures — 5-36

T

  • tailplane stall symptoms — 4-16
  • teardrop patterns — 7-31
  • techniques for electrical usage — 11-5, 11-6
  • temporary flight restrictions (TFRS) — 1-4
  • terminal arrival area (TAA) — 1-18
  • terminal procedures publications — 1-12
    • departure procedures — 1-12
    • marginal identification — 1-12
    • standard terminal arrival routes — 1-12
  • terminal radar approach control (TRACON) — 2-6
  • terrain alerting systems — 5-34
  • terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) — 5-34
  • the four-step process used to change attitude — 6-19
    • adjust — 6-20
    • cross-check — 6-20
    • establish — 6-19
    • trim — 6-20
  • tilting to right or left — 3-8
  • timed approaches from a holding fix — 10-18
  • timed turns — 7-21, 7-53, 8-13
  • time factors — 10-12
  • tower en route control (TEC) — 1-6, 2-7
  • tracking — 9-5
  • tracking to and from the station — 9-14
  • traditional navigation systems — 9-3
  • traffic advisory systems — 5-29
  • traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) — 5-30
  • traffic alert systems — 5-30
  • traffic avoidance — 11-12
  • traffic avoidance systems — 5-30
  • traffic information system — 5-29
  • transponders — 2-3
  • trim — 4-8, 6-20, 7-26, 7-45
    • control — 6-8
    • technique — 7-12, 7-43
  • turn-and-slip indicator — 5-20, 7-8
  • turn coordinator — 5-21, 7-7
  • turn coordinator/turn-and-slip indicator — 6-8
  • turn indicator — 5-20, 8-7
  • turn rate indicator — 7-38
  • turns — 4-10, 7-19, 7-51, 8-13
    • common errors — 7-25, 8-15
    • coordination of rudder and aileron controls — 4-11
    • radius of turn — 4-11
    • rate of turn — 4-11
  • turns to predetermined headings — 7-20, 7-52, 8-13

U

  • unforecast adverse weather — 11-2
  • unusual attitude recovery protection — 7-55
  • unusual attitudes — 8-16
  • unusual attitudes and recoveries — 7-26
  • common errors — 7-28, 7-58, 8-16

V

  • vacuum pump systems — 5-17
  • venturi tube systems — 5-17
  • vertical card magnetic compass — 5-15
  • vertical descent angle (VDA) — 1-23
  • vertical speed indicator (VSI) — 5-8, 6-5, 7-4, 8-5
  • very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) — 9-8
    • function — 9-11
    • operational errors — 9-14
    • receiver accuracy check — 9-16
    • test facility (VOT) — 9-16
  • vestibular illusions — 3-5
    • coriolis illusion — 3-6
    • elevator illusion — 3-6
    • graveyard spiral — 3-6
    • inversion illusion — 3-6
    • leans, the — 3-5
    • somatogravic illusion — 3-6
  • VFR-on-top — 10-26
  • VFR over-the-top — 10-26
  • visibility figures — 1-23
  • vision under dim and bright illumination — 3-3
  • visual illusions — 3-7
    • false horizon — 3-7
    • autokinesis — 3-7
  • VOR accuracy — 9-16
  • VOR components — 9-10
  • VOR/DME RNAV — 9-22
    • components — 9-23
    • function — 9-23
    • errors — 9-24
  • VSI tape — 7-36

W

  • weather avoidance assistance — 2-11
  • weather conditions — 10-22
    • thunderstorms — 10-24
    • turbulence — 10-22
    • volcanic ash — 10-24
    • wind shear — 10-25
  • weather information and communication features — 1-10
  • wet-type vacuum pump — 5-17
  • wide area augmentation system (WAAS) — 9-32
  • wind shear — 10-25
  • windshields — 4-17
  • wing — 4-2