Commercial Pilot ASEL Flight Profile
Flight Profile:
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Transponder code & frequency for returning ____________________
Preflight Assessment
Flight Deck Management
Engine Starting
Taxiing
Before Takeoff Check
Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems
Traffic Patterns
Normal Takeoff and Climb
Start off on assigned cross country towards 2 or 3 checkpoints
Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
Navigation Systems and Radar Services
Diversion – Trigger Event – divert to an alternate I pick via pilotage/Dead Reckoning plus ATC
Normal Approach and Landing
Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
Soft-Field Approach and Landing
Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
Short-Field Approach and Landing
Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing
Go-Around/Rejected Landing
Leave from alternate towards practice area for other maneuvers
DPE will select Steep Turns or Steep Spiral
DPE will select Chandelles or Lazy Eights
Eights On Plyons
Slow Flight
Power-Off Stalls (entering a power off stall from slow flight is not correct, this is a failure item)
Power-On Stalls
Accelerated Stalls
Spin Awareness
Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Magnetic compass turns
Emergency Descent
Emergency Approach and Landing
Lost Procedures towards home base airport
After Landing, Parking and Securing