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07-D: Spin Awareness

Knowledge

K1: Aerodynamics associated with spins

  • spin
    • cause
      • helical stalled flight after a stall in a slip or a skid
    • requirements
      • aircraft must be stalled for a spin to occur
      • both wings are stalled
    • phases
      • entry phase
      • incipient phase
      • developed phase

K2: What causes a spin and how to identify the entry, incipient, and developed phases of a spin

  • most likely scenarios
    • excessive elevator backpressure after an engine failure during climbout
    • excessive elevator backpressure during base-to-final turn, potentially skidding (too much rudder into the turn) in a fatal effort to correct overshooting
    • excessive elevator backpressure during engine-out landing
    • go-around with nose-up trim
    • go-around with premature flap retraction

K3: Spin recovery procedure

  • mnemonic:
    • P: power out
    • A: ailerons neutral
    • R: rudder full opposite
    • E: elevator neutral or forward