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AviationInstrument approach and landing with an inoperative engine (simulated)

Solely by reference to the instruments, with one engine simulated dead, you get an approach clearance, fly the instrument approach on one engine to the minimums within half-scale and land. It is Task D of Area X, Multiengine Operations, in the FAA Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards, for the airplane classes listed below.

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Scenarios

  • Airplane multiengine land (AMEL).
  • Airplane multiengine sea (AMES).

The steps

  1. Recognize the engine failure promptly and keep positive control.
  2. Set the engine controls, reduce drag, identify and verify the inoperative engine and simulate feathering its propeller (the examiner then sets zero thrust on it).
  3. Use the flight controls in the combination the manufacturer recommends, or as needed for best performance, and trim as needed.
  4. Follow the manufacturer's recommended emergency procedures and complete the appropriate checklist.
  5. Monitor the operating engine and the airplane's systems and adjust as needed.
  6. Request and follow an actual or simulated ATC clearance for an instrument approach.
  7. Hold altitude within 100 feet, or the minimum sink rate if applicable, airspeed within 10 knots and the selected heading within 10 degrees.
  8. Set a rate of descent that brings you to the minimum descent altitude or decision altitude in a position to descend and land on the intended runway, straight in or circling.
  9. On the final approach segment, keep the vertical (if applicable) and lateral guidance within half-scale deflection.
  10. Avoid losing control or flying against the airplane's operating limitations.
  11. Comply with the published criteria for the airplane's approach category if circling.
  12. Land the airplane.
  13. Complete the appropriate checklists.

Safety rules that stop the station

  • Required only for an applicant with an instrument airplane rating who has not yet shown instrument proficiency in a multiengine airplane; without it, the certificate carries a VFR-only limitation for multiengine flight.
  • Below 3,000 feet above the ground, the engine failure is simulated with the throttle at idle and then zero thrust.
  • Any action, or lack of action, that makes the examiner step in to keep the flight safe is unsatisfactory.
  • Consistently exceeding the tolerances of the task, or not correcting promptly when you exceed them, is unsatisfactory.

To pass

  • The clearance followed, guidance within half-scale on final, altitude within 100 feet, airspeed within 10 knots, heading within 10 degrees and a landing.
  • Know instrument approach procedures with one engine inoperative, and the risks of an engine failure on approach and landing, collision, configuring the airplane, low-altitude stalls and spins, distractions and a go-around or rejected landing with an engine failure.
  • Missing the standard on this task fails the task and its area of operation.

Official source

Federal · FAA Private Pilot ACS

Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6C)

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