Objective: To introduce the pilot to slow flight, stalls, and emergency operations.

Text References: Commercial Pilot Flight Maneuvers and Practical Test Prep (FM); Pilot Handbook (PH); Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH)

Content

2. Preflight briefing

3. Review items

Radio communications and ATC light signals - FM 150-152

Traffic patterns - FM 153-159

Runway incursion avoidance - FM 139-143

Emergency approach and landing (simulated) - FM 314-320; POH-3

4. New items

Aeronautical decision making (ADM) - PH 343-349

Soft-field takeoff and climb - FM 197-202; POH-4

Soft-field approach and landing - FM 203-207; POH-4

Go-around/rejected landing - FM 231-235; POH-4

Maneuvering during slow flight - FM 284-288

Power-off stalls - FM 289-294; PH 71-75

Power-on stalls - FM 295-300; PH 71-75

Accelerated stalls - FM 301-305; PH 71-75

Spin awareness - FM 306-308; POH-2

Emergency descent - FM 311-313; POH-3

Systems and equipment malfunctions - FM 321-322; POH-3, 9

Emergency equipment and survival gear - FM 323-324; POH-7, 9

Straight-and-level (IR)* - CFI

Constant airspeed climbs and descents (IR)* - CFI

Turns to a heading (IR)* - CFI

Recovery from unusual flight attitudes (IR)* - CFI

Additional items at CFI’s discretion

*IR means instrument references only

5. Postflight critique and preview of next lesson

Completion Standards

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the pilot demonstrates at least a private pilot skill level in the assigned tasks.