CA.VII.B.R7FAA-S-ACS-7B · Nov 2023Risk management

Collision hazards.

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Collision hazards.

Bottom line

The airspace used for flight training and practice may be crowded, creating a potential collision hazard. Effective scanning is accomplished with a series of short, regularly spaced eye movements that bring successive areas of the sky into the central visual field.

FAA references

  1. AIH ch. 10 (p. 10-7) — FAA-H-8083-9B
  2. PHAK ch. 14 (p. 14-28) — FAA-H-8083-25C (2023)
  3. AIH ch. 10 (p. 10-8) — FAA-H-8083-9B
  4. PHAK ch. 14 (p. 14-31) — FAA-H-8083-25C (2023)
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