Estimated time to complete:
- 60 minutes

Aircraft:
- Mooney M20M "Bravo"

Objectives:
- Handling Emergency Approach and Landing

 

The emergency approach and landing is just like the power-off descent you practiced for your Sport Pilot Certificate, except that time you just headed for any open field and then broke off the approach and climbed again once you proved you could land if you had to land.

This time, you have to land. Start the flight and take a quick look around to get your bearings, and then unpause FSX. The engine has stopped, and you need to get the Mooney on a runway. In fact, you need to get the Mooney on a specific spot on the runway: on the aiming-point markers.

These lines are about 100 feet long, and you actually have to land within 200 feet of your target, so if you miss them by a little bit, you will still pass the checkride.

Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training. Wiley. Kindle Edition(Location 12390).

MISSION'S SCENARIOS

Power-off Emergency Approach and Landing

  1. Initial conditions and goal:
    1. The engine has stopped.
    2. You have some wind to contend with.
    3. Your landing gear is down.
    4. The flaps are retracted.
    5. You need to get the Mooney on a specific spot on the runway.
    6. The aiming point markers are lines about 100 feet long.
    7. You actually have to land within 200 feet of your target.
  2. Take a quick look around to get your bearing.
  3. Unpause FSX.
  4. As with all power-off situations use the ABCx:
    1. Airspeed on best glide speed (115 knots).
    2. Best field (that is Jeffco).
    3. Checklist.
  5. You don't have the time to try to restart the engine.
  6. The trick will be deciding when to put the flaps down.
  7. Don't try to make a normal traffic pattern (requires an engine).
  8. You might decide to turn your base leg soon after you get the plane descending at best glide speed.
  9. Fly the base leg in such a way that you are much higher than normal for the final approach.
  10. Without power you will be losing altitude fast.
  11. Start adding flaps when the time comes to steeply drop to the runway and land.
  12. You need to land on the touchdown zone marker.
  13. Practice this maneuver until you can safely land within the proper area on the runway.

MAPS & CHARTS

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