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Power-Off 180 Accuracy Approach and Landing

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Attention: The power-off 180 is a challenging maneuver, and also one of the most difficult to master.

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Motivation:

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Objective: The Student Should Develop Knowledge of The Elements Related to The Power-Off 180º Accuracy Approach and Landing.

Learning Objective (Index)

An approach and landing made by gliding with the engine idling through a 180º pattern, begun abeam a specified touchdown point on the runway, to a touchdown at or within 200’ beyond that point.

It requires the development of skills and procedures necessary for accurately flying the plane, without power, to a safe landing.

If the winds are strong or if you are far from the touchdown point, don’t use flaps until you have sure the point
If you are too high, use flaps to increase your rate of descent without increasing airspeed

Downwind leg is too far from the runway/landing area.
Overextension of downwind leg resulting from a tailwind.
Inadequate compensation for wind drift on base leg.
Skidding turns in an effort to increase gliding distance.
Failure to lower landing gear in retractable gear airplanes.
Attempting to “stretch” the glide during an undershoot.
Premature flap extension/landing gear extension.
Use of throttle to increase the glide instead of merely clearing the engine.
Forcing the airplane onto the runway in order to avoid overshooting the designated landing spot.

Complete the appropriate checklist.
Make radio calls as appropriate.
Plan and follow a flightpath to the selected landing area considering altitude, wind, terrain, and obstructions.
Position airplane on downwind leg, parallel to landing runway.
Correctly configure the airplane.
As necessary, correlate crosswind with direction of forward slip and transition to side slip for landing.
Touch down within -0/+200 feet from the specified touchdown point with no side drift, minimum float, and with the airplane’s longitudinal axis aligned with and over the runway centerline.