Crosswind Takeoffs & Landings Scenario — Client Edition
SCHEDULE:
Pre-Brief: .5
AATD: 1.3
Post Brief: .5
Total Time: 2.5
EQUIPMENT:
Equipment will consist of appropriate airport diagrams; a real or simulated weather briefing appropriate to the simulated airport in use; Frasca simulator set appropriately for the increasing winds and/or adverse angles to the runway.
OBJECTIVE:
This set of scenarios is designed to simulate ever increasing wind velocities and angles to runways enhancing the student’s skill level in dealing with the ever-present effect of wind on landing and take-off characteristics of small aircraft. The object is to demonstrate the effects and practice the stick and rudder skills necessary to perform safe and effective taxi, takeoff, and landing under these situations.
ELEMENTS:
Scenario 1: KOSH taxi to and depart unway 18 with winds from 200@15 and clear skies.
Scenario 2: Changing winds as pilot fly’s traffic pattern.
Scenario 3: Microburst encounter.
Scenario 3 (optional): Precision or non-precision approach in IMC to the runway for landing.
COMMON ERRORS:
Understanding that this weather situation would not be truly realistic, switching winds while in the pattern and having to deal with them as they appear would be a good test of skill level and decision making. Common errors would include: misread of wind effects therefore incorrect control inputs; under/overturning to proper traffic pattern headings; incorrect airspeeds for landings due to not paying attention to airspeeds (using groundspeed instead of airspeed as a landing reference); poor directional control while taxiing; poor decision making in continuing the approach to landing in potentially dangerous downdrafts; student’s failure to ask tower for wind/weather updates when in question.
INSTRUCTOR’S ACTIONS:
The instructor will provide appropriate simulated radio communications as well as real-world scenarios to demonstrate wind effects on the aircraft; give proper direction to appropriate control inputs to compensate for wind effects in all phases of the landing sequence; and to give guidance when the decision to go-around/depart the airspace for another airport is necessary.
PILOT’S ACTIONS:
The student will become acquainted with the procedures of crosswind takeoff/landing procedures in progressively stronger and more cross conditions and make appropriate control inputs and decisions to go around/leave the airspace for more favorable conditions if necessary.