Division of attention between aircraft control and orientation.

Bottom line

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) statistics reveal that most stall/spin accidents occurred when the pilot’s attention was diverted from the primary task of flying the aircraft. Many airplane upsets occur while the pilot is engaged in some task that takes attention away from the flight instruments or outside references. While training to perform ground reference maneuvers, a pilot learns coordination, timing, and division of attention to maneuver the airplane accurately in reference to flight attitudes and specific ground references.