IR-ASE-Non-Prec approach-holding-Circle

Instrument Rating Airplane Single-Engine

Non Precision Instrument Approaches, Holding, and Circling Approaches ___________________________________________________________ Scenario:

You are taking a flight to a famous restaurant located on an airport about 30 minutes away from your home airport. You have arranged to meet several old classmates from your high school to plan a class reunion. The weather is forecasted to be marginal VFR with a chance of IFR conditions near the time of your arrival. You will file and fly an IFR flight plan. The forecasted winds do not favor the runway that is aligned with the non-precision approach for your destination.

Lesson Objectives:

Holding will be introduced to the PT in this lesson. The PT should be able to describe the elements related to holding and be given the opportunity to practice entering and becoming established in the pattern. The effects of wind should be discussed as well as the importance of maintaining orientation in the pattern. In addition to holding, circling approaches will be introduced to the PT. The PT should be able to describe the differences between flying the straight-in approach and flying the circling approach. The lesson also includes the experience of executing a missed approach during a circling maneuver.

It is important that the PT realize that they may be forced to abandon an approach and go missed at any point prior to landing. Along with the tasks introduced, the PT will also have another opportunity to practice recovering from unusual flight attitudes. Pre-Briefing:

The instructor will discuss the objective of the lesson and determine whether the student is adequately prepared for the activity. Each line item will be briefly covered and the student should have a clear understanding of how the training activity will be conducted and what standards will be expected of them. Completion Standards:

This lesson will be complete when the student can demonstrate the maneuvers and procedures listed below to the performance level indicated and within the standards listed in the Instrument Rating Practical Test Standard for Airplane

Task Grades SRM

Grades

IR-ASE Non-Precision Approaches, Holding

Desired Outcome Grade Sheet

Scenario Activities Task Desired

Performance

Not Observed

Describe

Explain

Practice

Perform

Explain

Practice

Manage/Decide

Weather Information

Flight Planning

Preflight Preparation

SRM

Aircraft Systems Related to IFR Operations

Aircraft Flight Instruments and Navigation

Equipment

Instrument Cockpit Check

Preflight Procedures

SRM

Air Traffic Control Clearances

Compliance with Departure, En Route, and Arrival

Procedures and Clearances

Holding Procedures

Air Traffic Control

Clearances and

Procedures

SRM

Intercepting and Tracking Navigational SystemsNavigation Systems SRM

Avionics Programming and Operation

GPS Programming and Operation

Autopilot Programming and Operation

Automation

Management

SRM

Non-precision Approach

Landing from a Straight-In or Circling Approach

Circling Approach

Missed Approach

Instrument Approach

Procedures

SRM

De-Briefing:

Solicit a self-critique from the student about their personal performance by having them grade their performance based on the desired outcomes for the flight. Compare the student’s self evaluation to your own and discuss why you either agreed or disagreed with the student’s assessment. Use this information to direct your analysis of their flight. Additionally, discuss the role SRM played in the training activity and why it is critical to always consider how a flight or a situation could have been better managed to achieve the optimal outcome.

Provide guidance on what the tasks and objectives will be for the next training activity and how they should prepare for it Checking Instruments and EquipmentPost-flight Procedures SRM

Notes to the Instructor:

After departure, give a weather report that indicates the weather is getting worse, requiring all arriving airplanes to fly an instrument approach. This will set up the need for you to enter a holding pattern while waiting your turn for the approach. During the introduction to holding procedures, make sure the PT can describe the procedures required to enter and become established and discuss why those procedures are used. At random points in the holding pattern, ask the PT to identify their location in reference to the fix. Have the PT describe how the wind can affect both the timing of the legs and the headings flown outbound and inbound.

Prior to shooting the first approach, have the PT brief the approach and have them describe what the circling maneuver should consist of and what the procedure will be if a missed approach becomes necessary. Have the PT execute a missed approach from the first attempt to circle by simulating flying into a cloud during the maneuver. Attempt the approach again and this time, have the PT land after completing the circling maneuver. After landing, debrief the first leg of the flight and then return to the home airport. Have the PT file the flight plan and get the clearance with as little assistance from you as possible.

Have the PT enter a holding pattern prior to flying the non-precision approach at the home airport. This time, the landing should be from a straight-in approach. Continually reinforce the PT’s use of SRM throughout the flight. At appropriate moments, have the PT assess the situation for you and inform you of their next two intentions.