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SIC SAC
Significant Information for Sacramento Pilots
Over the next few months I will be discussing the way the FAA wants maneuvers accomplished on certain practical tests. For this month I have selected the short field landing.
A short field landing is a landing to a field where maximum performance is necessary to stop the aircraft in a safe distance. This means stopping the aircraft before it goes off the end, with a little to spare (also causing very little emotional trauma to yourself, or very little more than you have when making a normal landing) and not destroying the tires with too much brake application. To do a proper short field landing a pilot should accomplish a through review of his or her aircraft’s pilot’s operating handbook (POH) to determine the proper approach speed and procedures. If an approach speed is not mentioned in the POH a speed of 1.3 vso can be used. Full flaps should also be used to slow the actual touchdown speed to the slowest speed possible just above the stall speed.
The next consideration is making a stabilized approach, meaning very little extra control or throttle movement after setting up the approach speed (The FAA says you can fly 10 kts faster or 5 kts slower than the approach speed if you want, but you don’t really want to do you?) To make a good landing precise, positive control of the rate of descent that will result in little or no floating during the rotation, and permit the aircraft to be stopped in the shortest possible distance. The PTS places more emphasis on the touchdown point than on landing over an obstacle, giving a parameter of 200 feet beyond and not before a selected landing point. Selecting a landing point of the end of the runway seems like a good idea so as to use as much runway as is available. Remember the old saying that runway behind you is wasted.
Although the training in this country is the best in the world the FAA does not recommend that pilots move a truck or other heavy piece of equipment, onto the runway, at even twice or three times the required book distance, to prove your confidence in your ability. This is mostly because it has been my experience that pilots will need a bit more runway than that stated in the POH for an actual short field landing.
At that point if you have not taken out any significant obstacle, your tires are intact, you are still on the runway, and the Examiner has not gotten sick from fear, you will have accomplished the perfect short field landing.
As always, please review the practical test standard for other information necessary for the short field landing.
P.S. Something new next month.
Published by the FAA Sacramento Flight Standards District Office
Safety Program Managers 916/422-0272
Ops Dan Abdon x 239 or E-mail daniel.w.abdon@faa.dot.gov
A/W Don Green x 254 or E-mail donald.r.green@faa.dot.gov
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Good luck and Safe Flying. I’ll see you at a Meeting.
Aviation Safety Seminars
GRASS VALLEY AREA ( Fly in if you wish)
"Samurai Airmanship."
A Film featuring Rod Machado.
Date: June 3 - 7:00 PM Wednesday
Location: Nevada County Airpark
Airport Administration Building
Grass Valley, CA. 95959
Sponsor: Alta Vista Air
Chase Air Unlimited
Contact: John Bauer (530) 272-8595
SACRAMENTO AREA (Fly
in if you wish)
Air Fair ’98 "Wings &
Wheels"
Vintage Autos
& Planes, FAA Safety Seminars, Sky divers, Homebuilt Aircraft
and Tower tours. Pancake Breakfast at 7AM.
Date: June 14, Saturday 8:00AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Sacramento Executive Airport
The FAA Seminar will be a Film called ‘Samauri
Airmanship’ Featuring Rod
Machado, At 10:00 AM in the Main Terminal.
Sponsor: Sacramento Executive Air Fair Committee
Contact: (916)428-8429
PLACERVILLE AREA
"A Talk With Flight
Service."
Date:
June 24 - 7:00 PM Wednesday
Location: Placerville Airport
EAA Hanger, Placerville, CA
Sponsor: Placerville EAA
Contact: Claudette Colwell (530) 621-3408
YUBA CITY AREA (Fly in if you wish)
AIR EXPO '98
6TH ANNUAL EVENT
THEME: "RACING TO THE FUTURE"
June 27, 1998, Yuba County Airport Marysville 7:00 AM to Airshow
Featuring
Dan Buchanan’s Flying Colors Flybys
Demonstrations, Static Displays, Military, Homebuilt,
Experimental Aircraft, and
Warbirds.
FLY-IN. Tower in operation-Field will remain open all day for
arrivals. Pilots
arriving on Friday evening will be treated to a Barbecue at no
charge. Pilots
arriving Saturday will be treated to a pancake Breakfast at 7AM
along with a
Pilots Barbecue.
FAA Seminar:
"Samurai Airmanship"
A Film featuring Rod Machado.
Date: June 27 - 10:00 AM Saturday
Location: Yuba County Airport
Jeanne’s Catering, Located in the bottom floor of the FSS
building, Yuba City,
CA.
Sponsor: Yuba County Airport Management
Contact: Mary Hansen (916) 741-6463
Aviation Safety Seminars
SACRAMENTO AREA
"Operation Takeoff"
A three hour
program that covers the
services available from an Automated
Flight Service Station. You'll learn
how the system works and how to
obtain the greatest user benefit. A
Facility tour is included.
RESERVATIONS
REQUIRED.
Date: Call
Ahead For Exact Dates
- 9:00
AM to 12:00 PM Saturday
Location: Rancho
Murieta AFSS, 14670
Cantova Wy, Ste 101 R. Murieta
Sponsor:
Rancho Murieta AFSS
Contact: Mark Oglesby (916) 354-
0161 ext. 139
SACRAMENTO AREA
"Operation Raincheck"
A program
designed to familiarize
pilots with the Air Traffic control
system.
Date: One Saturday per month, 8:00
am till noon. Call for reservations.
Location: Sacramento
TRACON, 5839
22nd Street, Rio Linda. Off Elkhorn Blvd.
Sponsor: FAA
Air Traffic Control
Contact: Asst. Manager for Operations
(916) 922-9511
Wings Awards
SAC FSDO
PHASE I
Stuart Blaine Bispo
Jim Coulter
Mark L. Duncan
Kenneth J. Gulick
David A. Patrick
Jeff Rabe
Floyd D. Sanderson
Ross D. Scott
David Michael Terzolo
Richard I. Tighe Jr.
PHASE II
Paul M. Berard
George A. Bloom
Gene H. Fong
Steve Horell
Douglas Page Lent
PHASE III
Patrick J. Alessandri
Douglas M. Enoch
Stephen Hansen
PHASE IV
John Aadland
Harold Morrison
Harold Renollet
PHASE V
Murray D. Boulware
PHASE VI
Douglas Pleatman
PHASE VII
Adrian Howes
PHASE XI
Audrey M. Schutte
Robert L. Toms
Lois R. Van Zelf