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Cautions & Emergencies
- Performance comparisons including:
- effects on turn radius
- rates of climb
- handling of sink
- altitude/power considerations
- New aircraft rating differences including:
- often faster/heavier
- greater turn radius required
- more anticipation needed
- higher workload (e.g. extra controls and instruments)
- Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) accidents - most occur by:
- loss of visual reference (horizon)
- stall in turn
- attempting to out-climb terrain
- poor decision making, resulting in reaction instead of anticipation
- lack of decision making resulting in inaction
- Forced landing and precautionary landing considerations including:
- limited options
- priority ~ make a plan; confined spaces may affect the ideal
- tendency to crowd landing area
- consider climatic/seasonal wind effects for calculated gamble on wind i.e. Anabatic versus Katabatic
- consider valley gradient
- awareness of mind sets and illusions
- consider early Mayday or Pan call
- habitation in remote area; look for airstrip/fertiliser bins
- consider elevation
- use of lift conditions to glide down valley closer to potentially more suitable option and habitation
- river beds - consider landing downstream; surface may be smoother
- beaches;
- stony patches usually indicate firm sand
- steep indicates soft
- wet sand - dangerous
- flat, damp sand usually means firm sand
- debris, especially following period of poor weather
- no lagoon area above high tide line
- x/w potential
- sand type; quartz, iron, coal etc
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