SCENARIO STUDY
Review every check ride and simulator scenario in depth
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✈ Normal Operations
🔥 Engine Failures & Fire
🚨 Emergency Procedures
📡 Instrument Approaches
⚙ System Abnormals
👥 CRM Scenarios
ILS Approach – Raw Data (No Autopilot)
🛫 Scenario Setup
KIAD ILS 01C. Weather: 300 OVC, vis 1sm. AP and FD turned off at FAF. Raw data ILS only.
💥 Failure Injection
AP and FD failed (simulated) at FAF. Fly raw data ILS to DH.
📋 Required Actions (Sequence)
- Confirm LOC and GS needle positions – center both
- Control pitch to maintain glideslope (½ dot high: lower nose slightly)
- Control heading/bank to track localizer (½ dot right: fly right)
- Airspeed: Vref – use trim to reduce control pressures
- Cross-check every 5 seconds: LOC – GS – airspeed – VSI
- PM calls deviations: 'Localizer alive', 'Full scale', 'Going below glide'
- At DH: runway in sight or go-around
✅ Evaluation Points
- LOC ±½ dot consistently
- GS ±½ dot consistently
- Airspeed Vref ±5 knots
- No full-scale deflection
- DH call immediate
❌ Common Errors (UNSAT)
- Chasing the needles – over-controlling
- Fixating on one needle while other deviates
- Speed below Vref
- Not cross-checking all instruments regularly
🎓 What the Instructor / Examiner Watches For
TIMING STANDARDS
- Landing config: before FAF
- Stabilized by 1,000 ft IMC / 500 ft VMC
- DH/MDA decision: immediate
AUTOMATIC UNSATISFACTORY
- Full scale CDI deflection uncorrected
- Below DH/MDA without visual
- Unstabilized below gate – no go-around