CA.IV.B.S6FAA-S-ACS-7B · Nov 2023Skills
Establish the recommended approach and landing configuration, airspeed, and trim, and a...
Establish the recommended approach and landing configuration, airspeed, and trim, and adjust pitch attitude and power as required to maintain a stabilized approach.
Bottom line
Use flaps, throttle, and pitch to control the glidepath and establish a stabilized approach at the recommended approach airspeed. Incremental deflection of flaps on downwind, base leg, and final approach allow smaller adjustments of pitch and power and support a stabilized approach. Large changes in flap deflection at one single point in the landing pattern can produce large lift changes that require significant pitch and power changes in order to maintain airspeed and descent angle.
FAA references
- SEA ch. 6 (p. 6-3) — FAA-H-8083-23
- AFH ch. 16 (p. 16-18) — FAA-H-8083-3C
- AFH ch. 12, Operational Procedures (p. 12-4) — FAA-H-8083-3C
- AFH ch. 17 (p. 17-15) — FAA-H-8083-3C
- PHAK ch. 12 (p. 12-8) — FAA-H-8083-25C (2023)
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