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Private Pilot Question of the Day
During LAHSO, the approach will result in touchdown beyond the planned zone with inadequate stopping margin. What should the pilot do?
Reject the landing promptly if safe, preserve separation, and notify ATC rather than force touchdown or cross the hold-short point.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
Radio instructions from another agency conflict with visual or radio instructions from the intercepting aircraft. What should the intercepted pilot do?
Seek immediate clarification while continuing to comply with the interceptor's signals and instructions until positively released.
Instrument Rating (Airplane) Question of the Day
What type of airspace is not wholly prohibited but is subject to restrictions?
Restricted airspace.
Instrument Rating (Helicopter) Question of the Day
How should a pilot control the risk of an OEI go-around or rejected landing in a multiengine helicopter?
Determine before the approach whether the RFM, weight, density altitude, wind, configuration, obstacle environment, and available power support the maneuver. Establish an early decision point, maintain the prescribed OEI speed and rotor RPM, use the approved power and configuration sequence, protect directional control and limits, and do not attempt the maneuver when actual performance cannot provide a safe escape path; use the safest available landing plan instead.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
How should flaps be retracted during a go-around?
Retract them in the aircraft-recommended sequence and only as climb performance and obstacle clearance permit. Avoid abrupt or premature retraction that causes settling, and compensate for each change in lift, drag, and pitch.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
How does a teaching lecture differ from a formal lecture?
A teaching lecture encourages some learner participation, questions, examples, and feedback while retaining an organized instructor-led presentation. A formal lecture is generally more one-way and less interactive.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Why can congestion cause severe ear or sinus pain during altitude changes, and how should it affect the flight decision?
Congestion can block pressure equalization and cause pain or injury. Avoid flying significantly congested; if blocked airborne, level or return toward the prior altitude when safe, equalize gently, and seek care if unresolved.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
May a remote pilot attach an optional camera or payload before a Category 2 or 3 operation over people?
Only if the current remote pilot operating instructions permit that component or payload for the intended category and the aircraft remains in the declared configuration and within all limitations.
Advice of the Day
Maintain a consistent flight training schedule. Long breaks in any kind of training, but especially aviation, will cause a dramatic loss of progress.
System of the Day
Cabin Heating and Cooling Systems: Cabin Heating and cooling systems provide conditioned air for comfortable operations during various weather conditions
Maneuver of the Day
Ground Reference Maneuvers: Ground reference maneuvers develop the pilot's ability to compensate wind while flying a deliberate path over the ground.
Emergency of the Day
Engine Failure: The total loss of power requires immediate actions which depend upon speed (life) and altitude (life insurance)
Mishap of the Day
ERA14LA450: The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb.
