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✈ Normal Operations
🔥 Engine Failures & Fire
🚨 Emergency Procedures
📡 Instrument Approaches
⚙ System Abnormals
👥 CRM Scenarios
Crosswind Landing
🛫 Scenario Setup
KDEN Runway 17L. Wind 230/18G28 – approximately 15-18 kt crosswind component. ILS 17L in use. Visibility 10sm, ceiling 2500 OVC.
💥 Failure Injection
Standard ILS 17L with gusty crosswind. No failures.
📋 Required Actions (Sequence)
- Brief crosswind component against demonstrated limit (~30 kt)
- Establish crab angle on final to maintain centerline
- At flare: apply rudder to align with runway; apply into-wind aileron
- Touch down on upwind main gear first
- Maintain aileron input throughout rollout
- Track centerline with differential braking and rudder
✅ Evaluation Points
- Crab removed at flare – aligned with runway at touchdown
- Upwind gear touches first
- Aileron held into wind throughout rollout
- Crosswind within aircraft demonstrated limits
❌ Common Errors (UNSAT)
- Landing with residual crab (side load on gear)
- Downwind drift at touchdown
- Releasing aileron pressure after touchdown
- Exceeding demonstrated crosswind limit
🎓 What the Instructor / Examiner Watches For
TIMING STANDARDS
- Gear up at positive rate: immediate
- Flap schedule: at correct speeds
- Checklist: before designated gate
AUTOMATIC UNSATISFACTORY
- Gear up before positive rate
- Below Vref at any time on final
- Continued approach below DH with no visual