Estimated time to complete:
- 60 minutes

Aircraft:
- Mooney M20M "Bravo"

Objectives:
- Handling IFR Airspeed Indicator Failing Emergency

 

This final partial-panel flight, is one where your airspeed indicator fails. When it fails, it might not just go to 0 knots; it might stick on some other speed. Let's hope you'll notice that.

Turn on the pitot heat, because ice is the usual suspect. (It won't help, but it's a good habit anyway.)

The flight starts in the same place as the previous ones, ready for vectors to Boeing Field. Use your GPS ground speed to get an approximation of your airspeed, and remember to fly using the Mooney performance profiles from Chapter 14.

Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training. Wiley. Kindle Edition(Location 11494).

MISSION'S SCENARIOS

Airspeed Indicator Failure

  1. You are flying near Seattle, about to get vectors to the Boeing Field ILS Runway 13R.
  2. The flight plan is already loaded.
  3. Unpause the flight.
  4. Ask for your IFR clearance to Boeing Field (using the ATC menu).
  5. ATC will give you your clearance and start vectoring you for ILS Runway 13R.
  6. Setup all the radios, and so on, that you can.
  7. Take a look at the approach chart (using the kneeboard or the Mission Browser window).
  8. In a few minutes your airspeed indicator will fail:
    1. It might go to 0 knots or.
    2. Just stick on some other speed (watch for it).
  9. Turn on the pitot heat (ice is the usual suspect).
  10. It won't help but it's a good habit.
  11. Use your GPS ground speed to get an approximation of your airspeed.
  12. Remember to fly the Mooney performance profiles.
  13. Follow the vectors ATC gives you.
  14. Intercept the ILS to get yourself home to Boeing Field
  15. Land.

MAPS & CHARTS

KBFI Boeing Field ILS 13R:


KBFI Boeing Field Airport Diagram: