Human Factors
This self-assessment checklist helps pilots evaluate their physical and mental state before flying, ensuring they are fit to operate an aircraft safely.
(Name the Acronym and what's included in the acronym)
What is IMSAFE
Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotions?
This is how much USEABLE fuel our Cessna 172S can hold.
What is 53 gallons?
This hazardous weather condition occurs when freezing rain accumulates on the aircraft's wings and control surfaces, affecting lift.
What is structural icing?
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft with passengers, a pilot must have completed at least three takeoffs and landings in this time period.
What is 90 days?
If radio communication is lost in-flight, student pilots are trained to squawk this transponder code.
What is 7600?
This systematic approach enhances flight safety by training pilots and crew members to use all available resources—people, equipment, and information—effectively during operations.
What is CRM (Crew Resource Management)?
The Cessna 172S is powered by this specific engine model, which is a fuel-injected, four-cylinder engine.
What is the Lycoming IO-360-L2A?
A weather warning for pilots that describes hazardous conditions that may affect aircraft safety. Can be Zulu, Tango, or Sierra.
What is an AIRMET.
This regulation states that In an emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot-in-command may deviate from any rule in 14 CFR Part 91, Subpart A, General, and Subpart B, Flight Rules, to the extent required to meet that emergency.
What is 91.3?
This squawk code is used for VFR flight when there is no flight plan or flight following.
What is 1200.
At altitudes above this level, pilots are required to use supplemental oxygen if flying for more than 30 minutes, as the risk of hypoxia increases significantly due to reduced atmospheric pressure.
What is 12,500?
This is the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of the Cessna 172S.
What is 2,550 pounds?
This weather report gives real-time surface weather conditions at airports and is typically updated every hour.
What is a METAR?
A private pilot certificate is valid indefinitely, but the pilot must meet this requirement to act as a pilot in command.
A biennial flight review.
This occurs when the aircraft exceeds its Critical angle of attack.
What is a stall?
This describes how a pilot's performance can decline due to an increased workload, especially during high-stress situations, leading to errors.
What is Task Saturation?
This is the best rate of climb speed, or Vy, for the Cessna 172S at sea level, allowing for optimal altitude gain.
What is 74 knots?
This type of weather advisory is issued for hazardous convective activity such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, or hail greater than 3/4 inch in diameter, posing a risk to all aircraft.
What is a Convective SIGMET?
Pilots are required to ensure that these documents are up-to-date and carried on board the aircraft.
What are the supplements, placards airworthiness certificate, registration certificate, restricted radio license (for international flights), operating limitations, weight, and balance? (SPARROW)
This occurs when the airplane is uncoordinated while in a stall resulting in one wing being more stalled than the other.
What is a spin?
This model encourages pilots to manage their decision-making process by identifying operational risks before and during flight.
(Name the Acronym and what's included in the acronym)
What is the DECIDE model
Detect, Estimate, Choose, Identify, Do, Evaluate?
The service ceiling, or maximum altitude at which the Cessna 172S can maintain a 100 feet per minute climb, is this many feet.
What is 14,000 feet?
These charts issued several times daily, show areas of low and high pressure, fronts, and weather systems that can affect flight planning.
What are surface analysis charts?
This regulation requires all civil aircraft operated in the U.S. to be equipped with an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) to aid in search and rescue operations after an accident. It also specifies the types of ELTs acceptable for use.
What is 14 CFR 91.207?
This theory describes how airflow over a wing creates lift, factoring in air pressure differences above and below the wing, and is essential for understanding aircraft performance.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?