CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 1 | Issue 3 - 5

Checklist: Don't fixate
IN AN EMERGENCY during a training

flight the CFI takes control as pilot in command and the student may be able to assist the instructor as needed. But,

My instructor tried several times to bring the propeller out of the feath-

… THE PROPELLER WAS STUCK IN THE FEATHERED POSITION
preoccupation with the situation can sometimes cause the instructor and student to overlook a critical checklist item. From NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System: “…My flight instructor was demonstrating engine-out procedures. We shut down the left engine and feathered the propeller. We maneuvered the aircraft for a few minutes on one engine. Then we discovered the propeller was stuck in the feathered position. ered position and restart the engine with no success. We decided to land at the municipal airport. Our main concern was getting the landing right the first time as we knew a go-around would not be an option. I was watching his approach carefully to make sure he was not high or low. The final approach

to landing was fine. However, we both became fixated on the landing itself. In the process we failed to put the landing gear down…” —Machteld Smith

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