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Index, Part 2

Index — Part 2

FAA-H-8083-3C (2021), current addendum October 2025

Normal and crosswind takeoff and climb 13-15, 17-4

Normal approach and landing 9-2, 13-20

After-landing roll 9-9

Base leg 9-2

Final approach 9-3

Estimating height and movement 9-7

Use of flaps 9-1

Round out (flare) 9-8

Stabilized approach concept 9-4

Touchdown 9-9

Wrong surface landing avoidance 9-4

Normal takeoff 6-3

Intitial climb 6-5

Lift-off 6-4

Takeoff roll 6-3

Nose baggage compartment 13-9

Operating the jet engine 16-2

Operational considerations 15-11

Operation of systems 17-4, 13-3

Orientation and navigation 11-9

Outer wing surfaces 2-6

Outside of the airplane 2-21, 18-18

Parking 2-18, 7-23, 11-8, 16-1, 17-4

Performance and limitations 13-10, 17-4

Pilot equipment 11-5

Pilot sensations in jet flying 16-11

Pitch and power 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-20, 11-10, 12-4, 17-14

Pitch contol 3-2, 3-5, 3-17, 3-23, 3-24, 5-10, 5-21, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 13-32,

16-12, 16-24, 18-9, 18-11, 18-18

Plain (hinge) flap 12-3

Porpoising 9-34, 9-35, 18-13

Post-flight 2-23, 17-15

Securing and servicing 2-23

Potential energy 4-1, 4-10, 4-18, 4-19, 16-18, 16-19

Power available 4-5, 4-14, 4-15, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18, 4-19, 13-3, 13-19, 13-29, 13-34,

16-20, 18-4

Power control 3-5, 4-6, 12-10, 16-2

Index-9

Power-off accuracy approaches

90° Power-off approach

180° Power-off approach

Power required

Preflight

Preflight assessment of the aircraft

Preparation and preflight

Pre-takeoff procedures

Prior to takeoff

Propellers

Propeller snychronization

Recovery from overspeed conditions

Rectangular course

Rejected takeoff

Rejected takeoff/engine failure

Retractable landing gear

Controls and position indicator

Emergency gear extension systems

Landing gear safety devices

Landing gear systems

Electrical landing gear retraction system

Hydraulic landing gear retraction system

Operational procedures

Approach and landing

Preflight

Takeoff and climb

Reverse thrust and beta range

Risk and resource management

Identifying the hazard

Resource management

Aeronautical decision-making

Flight deck resource management

Situational awareness

Task management

Risk

Risk assessment

Role of the FAA

Role of the flight instructor

9-25, 9-26, 9-27

9-25, 9-26

4-5, 4-6, 4-15, 4-16, 4-18, 9-11, 13-3, 16-7, 16-11

2-21, 6-1, 13-12, 13-15

3-19, 12-5, 12-7, 12-8, 13-3, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7

7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-9

13-17, 16-15, 16-16

2-10, 5-17, 5-24, 8-3, 12-1, 12-12, 18-4

Index-10

Role of the pilot examiner 1-6

Role of FSTDs and airplanes in UPRT 5-7, 5-8

Rotation and lift-off 16-16

Safety considerations 1-10, 8-5, 11-10

Secondary stall 5-16, 5-18, 5-21, 5-25, 5-26

Setting power 16-2

Short-field approach and landing 9-20, 9-21, 13-22

Short-field landing 2-22, 9-24, 12-4, 13-22, 14-8

Short-field takeoff 6-12, 13-17, 14-4, 17-4

Short-field takeoff and climb 13-17

Short-field takeoff and maximum performance climb 6-8

Initial Climb 6-12

Lift-off 6-12

Takeoff roll 6-11

Sideslip 5-22, 5-25, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-20, 13-21,

13-22, 13-23, 13-25, 13-27, 13-28, 13-29, 13-32, 14-6

Single-engine service ceiling 13-11, 13-36

Slotted flap 12-4

Slow acceleration of the jet engine 16-3

Slow final approach 9-31

Slow flight 3-6, 5-1, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-15, 5-27, 13-18, 17-13

Maneuvering in slow flight 5-11

Soft-field approach and landing 9-23

Soft-field landing 14-8

Soft/rough-field takeoff and climb 6-13

Initial climb 6-13

Lift-off 6-13

Sources of flight training 1-8

Airman certification standards (ACS) 1-9

Flight safety practices 1-10

Collision avoidance 1-10

Positive transfer of controls 1-10

Runway incursion avoidance 1-12

Stall awareness 1-13

Use of checklists 1-15

Practical test standards (PTS) 1-9

Specific excess power (PS) 4-3, 4-8, 4-14, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18

Index-11

Speed margins 16-4

Speed sense 1-1

Spin awareness 5-22, 5-27, 13-18, 17-4

Spin procedures 5-23

Developed phase 5-24

Entry phase 5-24

Incipient phase 5-24

Recovery phase 5-24

Spiral dive 5-24, 2-26, 5-27

Spilt flap 12-4, 17-12

Sport pilot certificate 17-2, 17-3

Stabilized approach 9-2, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, 9-21, 9-22, 9-30, 11-10, 12-4, 13-20, 1 3-22,

15-13, 16-4, 16-18, 16-21, 16-22

Stall characteristics 5-15, 5-18, 5-19, 13-14, 13-19, 16-8

Stall recognition 5-12, 5-13, 5-22

Angle of attack indicators 5-13

Feel 5-13

Hearing 5-13

Kinethesia 5-13

Vision 5-13

Stalls 5-12

Accelerated approach to stall 13-20

Engine inoperative loss of directional contol demonstration 13-16

Full stall 5-12, 13-20

Impending stall 5-12, 5-13, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-20, 5-21, 13-18, 13-26, 16-8

Power-off stalls 5-17

Power-on stalls (takeoff and departure) 5-18

Spin awareness 5-22

Stall training 1-7, 5-9, 5-16, 5-20, 13-18

Standard traffic patterns 8-1, 8-2, 8-5

Base leg 8-3, 8-4

Crosswind leg 8-4

Departure leg 8-4

Downwind leg 8-3, 8-4, 8-5

Entry leg 8-3

Starting, taxiing, and runup 11-8

Steep spiral 4-17, 10-3, 10-4

Steep turns 3-12, 3-14, 3-16, 5-6, 5-19, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 11-7, 17-4, 17-13,

Index-12

Straight-and-level flight 3-1, 3-3, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-16, 3-19, 3-20, 3-25, 7-2, 7-13, 7-16, 10-4,

10-5, 11-7, 13-19, 18-18, 18-20, 18-21

Level flight 3-8

Straight flight 3-6

S-turns across a road 7-8, 7-9, 7-10

System malfunctions 9-29, 18-10, 18-13

Electical system 18-13, 18-14

Pitot-static system 18-14

Takeoff and climb 5-18, 6-1, 6-2, 6-6, 6-11, 6-13, 11-8, 12-4, 12-16, 13-10, 13-12,

13-15, 13-17, 13-33, 15-2, 16-12, 16-14, 16-16, 16-17, 17-4, 17-12,

Takeoff and departure 6-1, 13-9, 15-12, , 16-14

Takeoff checks 2-22

Takeoff roll 2-22, 6-1, 6-3, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-10, 6-11, 6-13, 6-14, 12-6, 13-14,

13-15, 13-30, 14-3, 14-4, 16-2, 16-12, 16-14, 16-16

Ground roll 2-20, 3-1, 6-1, 6-3, 6-11, 6-14, 9-10, 13-15, 13-35, 14-4, 4-7, 18-5

Takeoffs 5-9, 5-15, 6-1, 6-5, 6-6, 6-8, 6-10, 6-12, 6-13, 8-1, 9-15, 9-18, 11-1,

11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 12-4, 12-9, 13-15, 13-17, 14-1, 14-3, 14-4, 14-8,

15-12, 15-13, 16-14, 16-15, 16-20,

Taxi and Taxiing 1-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 6-1, 6-6, 6-10, 9-9,

9-36, 11-5 , 11-8, 13-14, 13-15, 13-21, 13-36, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3,

14-4, 14-8, 15-9, 16-1, 16-12, 16-24, 17-12

Terrain selection 18-1, 18-4

Terrain types 18-5

Confined areas 18-5

Trees (forest) 18-5, 18-6

Water (ditching) and snow 18-6

Thrust reversers 16-10, 16-11, 16-19, 16-24

Thrust to thrust lever relationship 16-2

Timing 1-1, 7-1, 7-7, 7-10, 7-18, 9-15, 9-32, 14-6, 16-16, 18-4

Tires 2-10, 2-11, 2-22, 2-23, 9-18, 9-23, 9-33, 9-35, 9-37, 14-4, 16-15,

16-16, 16-24, 17-12,

Total mechanical energy 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-16, 4-18, 4-19

Touchdown 9-9, 9-17, 9-33, 9-37, 9-38, 14-4, 16-24

Crosswinds 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-18, 9-19, 9-20, 9-33, 13-22, 14-2, 14-4,

14-6, 17-6, 18-7

Three-point landing 14-4, 14-5, 14-6

Wheel landing 14-4, 14-5, 14-6

Touchdown in a drift or crab 9-35

Tracking over and parallel to a straight line 7-5

Training considerations 13-35, 15-13, 15-15

Flight training 13-35, 13-36, 15-14, 15-15

Index-13

Ground training 15-14

Training for night flight 11-7

Transition training 12-17, 12-18, 14-15, 15-13, 17-4, 17-7, 17-13, 17-15

Transition training considerations 17-4

Flight instructors 17-4

Flight school 17-4

Trim control 3-5, 3-10, 17-12

Turbine inlet temperature (TIT) 12-10, 12-11

Turbocharging 12-9, 12-10, 12-11

Ground boosting versus altitude turbocharging 12-10

Heat management 12-10, 12-11

Operating characteristics 12-10

Turbocharger failure 12-11

Low manifold pressure 12-11

Over-boost condition 12-11

Turboprop airplane electrical systems 15-10, 15-11

Turboprop engines 1-23, 13-9, 15-2

Truboprop engine types 15-2

Fixed shaft 15-2, 15-3, 15-4, 15-5, 15-9, 15-11

Split shaft/free turbine engine 15-5, 15-6, 15-7, 15-9, 15-11, 15-13,

Turbulent air approach and landing 9-20

Unusual attitude versus upsets 5-1

Upset prevention and recovery 5-1, 5-5, 5-27

Upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) 5-4, 5-27

Use of power 9-31, 10-3

V1 16-12, 16-14, 16-15, 16-16

Maximum V1 16-15

Minimum V1 16-15

Reduced V1 16-15, 16-16

Variation of thrust with rpm 16-3

Visibility 2-4, 3-17, 7-1, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 9-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9,

11-14, 13-16, 13-20, 14-3, 14-8, 16-24, 17-12, 18-7, 18-22

Visual inspection of the aircraft 2-2

Visual preflight assessment 2-1, 2-4

V-speeds 13-1, 13-2, 16-12

VLOF 13-10, 13-15, 16-12, 16-16

Index-14

VMC 13-2, 13-15, 13-17, 13-18, 13-20, 13-23, 13-24, 13-25, 13-26,

13-27, 13-28, 13-29, 13-31, 13-35, 13-37, 16-12

VR 2-22, 13-1, 13-10, 13-14, 13-15, 16-12, 16-14, 16-16

VREF 13-1, 16-20, 16-22

VSSE 13-1, 13-18, 13-25, 13-26, 13-35, 15-36,

3-17, 4-17, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 13-1, 13-17, 13-19, 13-22,

VXSE 13-1, 13-17,

VY 3-17, 4-8, 4-17, 5-26, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 13-1,

13-15, 13-16, 13-17, 13-19, 13-22, 13-31,

VYSE 13-1, 13-12, 13-16, 13-18, 13-20, 13-26, 13-27, 13-29, 13-30,

13-31, 13, 32, 13-34, 13-35, 13-37

Weather considerations 17-4, 17-7

Weathervaning 2-19, 2-20, 6-8, 9-18, 9-36, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-7, 14-8,

Weight and balance 2-4, 5-23, 5-26, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 17-9

Basic empty weight 13-12, 13-13, 13-14

Empty weight 13-12, 13-13,

Maximum landing weight 13-14

Ramp weight 13-14

Standard empty weight 13-12, 13-13,

Zero fuel weight 13-13

Weight and balance requirement related to spins 5-26

Wheelbarrowing 6-12, 9-20, 9-35, 9-37, 13-17

Wing rising after touchdown 9-37

Yaw damper 13-8, 13-16

Yaw string 13-27, 13-29

Index-15

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