Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

High-wing aircraft might need more power or pitch to arrest the descent. Make sure not to pull back too hard, or you could cause a tail strike. High Descent Rate If you have a high sink rate on approach, you’ll have a tough time arresting the descent during the roundout. This will likely result in a hard touchdown.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Fear of Landing

APRIL 19, 2024

At approximately 30-40 feet agl, the spinning stopped and the helicopter appeared to stabilize for a brief moment before continuing a nose-low, forward descent into the grass north of Runway 28. The operator confirmed that the tail rotor had been installed the day before the accident. As it descended it spun around 2-3 times.

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Torque Indicated Airspeed Tail Knot 78

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It is based on the pilot’s judgment of certain visual clues, and depends on the maintenance of a constant final descent airspeed and configuration. The destination is a couple thousand feet above sea level, with an RNAV approach that depicts a higher-than-normal descent gradient to a down-sloping runway. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

At approximately 17:47 local time, the B-1B supersonic bomber, tail number 85-0085, crash-landed outside Runway 13 at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The Accident Investigation Board found that the primary cause of the crash was the crew’s ineffective crosscheck, which failed to notice the aircraft’s decreasing airspeed and descent rate.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 274

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 2, 2024

This system includes modes for: roll pitch heading vertical speed altitude hold approach These modes allow for a steady rate of descent, ascent, and consistent speed and altitude ranges. Notable design changes included the introduction of a swept tail design in 1960 and a new cowl design in 1961, which improved aerodynamics and performance.

Knot 52

Knot Cockpit Pilot Gross Weight 52

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

He was in his forties when we flew together in his V-tail Bonanza. I put the gear down one dot above the glideslope and let the drag bring the aircraft down at its 550 foot-per-minute descent rate. The Power Jockey. I could tell he was a good pilot. His skills were excellent, and his anticipation was admirable.

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Knot Approach Pilot Runway 68

Ask the Pilot

JANUARY 9, 2024

There they were, leisurely mulling the finer points of their merger with Hawaiian, wondering which visage to paint on the tail, when the 737 MAX-9 stole the show. The pilots will don oxygen masks and take the plane to a lower altitude in what we call, plainly enough, an “emergency descent.” Rarely are decompressions deadly.

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Descent Tail Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Ask Captain Lim

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10, crash-landed at Sioux City Airport after a catastrophic failure of its tail engine had caused a loss of all hydraulic control. Unfortunately, the descent was too steep and fast, resulting in the right wing striking the ground and breaking off.

Runway 59

Runway Descent Thrust Tail 59

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

The Rifle ASOS recorded a gust of 43 mph from the south: a 100-degree shift in direction, putting it right on his tail. Under normal circumstances Shmulik would have had sufficient altitude to delay the landing by several minutes: his glider’s minimum descent rate in still air was just 100 fpm.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

APRIL 15, 2024

Anyway, for our flight, we were flying with the tail wind reducing our flight time, therefore the flight time was shorter but due to the heavy traffic at Singapore, we had to circle around for a few times before being given the green light to land at the airport, so even with the delay, we arrived about 40 minutes ahead of schedule.

Runway 52

Runway Airlines Airline Final Approach 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When we started our descent into Dubai airport, it was dark and we landed ahead of schedule and parked at this gate which later on I found out would be the same gate I be departing to Singapore. The view from my seat More photos of my seat The camera view from the tail of the aircraft. This is the rear of the aircraft.

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Cabin Crew Turbulence Airlines Airline 52

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The controller cleared the flight and said their descent clearance was being processed. The engines had torn off in the final descent, landing some distance away. But the tail and the left wing were found even further away, four to six miles from the main wreckage.

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Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 87

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

The tail livery is certainly very attractive. The Captain made his announcement and informed us about some whether ahead of us especially during take-off and we can expect some during our descent. By then the aircraft started its descent when the cabin crew were released from their seats. We touched down smoothly on runway 03R.

Airlines 52

Airlines Airline Descent Turbulence 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

When he attempted to contact the tower again, he discovered that the antenna on his primary radio was gone, having iced over during his descent through the overcast and snapped off. B-24D 41-23908 Hill AFB 19Mar2024 Veronico with restored Martin 250CE turret and tail turret as recovered from Alaska.

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Weather Tail Drag Ceiling 124

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I had an easy out available to me: a descent of 1000 feet would bring me out of the clouds with plenty of altitude to spare above the terrain. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh, I requested a descent to warmer air at 5,000 feet from Elmira Approach. A good pilot always leaves himself an out. This rain did neither.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

I’ve seen a single person lift a Tiger Moth by the tail to take it out of its hangar. However, the trickiest part of takeoff for most tailwheel airplanes is still when the tail comes up. The descent of the rotating propeller causes a gyroscopic precession to the left.

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Airplanes Cockpit Pilot Lift 115

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Descent and landing is smooth and calm this evening, and I make a wheel landing for the fun of it. As I watch the white dashes flash past beneath the nostrils of the Sonex, the tail comes up. I set the power, trim for my airspeed, and settle into the routine that is left traffic.

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Runway Groundspeed Approach Crosswind 75

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 23, 2024

Lufthansa Allegris A350 business class entertainment As an aviation geek, what I was most excited to see was a new map interface, plus a high definition tail camera. Lufthansa A350 wing enroute to Munich Lufthansa A350 tail camera enroute to Munich Lufthansa A350 map enroute to Munich At this point I reclined my seat, and made my bed.

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Tail Approach Airlines Airline 109

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 26, 2024

Kuwait Airways map feature A330 Kuwait Airways map feature A330 While there’s also a nose camera, that’s not nearly as exciting as a tail camera, especially when it’s not high definition. Sure enough, the descent started at 12:50PM, and then the seatbelt sign was immediately turned on.

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Approach Descent Airlines Airline 112

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jetsmart Introduction This airline reminds me very much of Frontier, with the different animal livery on the tail making it very attractive and because I had to decide between this airline and Sky Airlines (Based in Santiago, Chile), I decided to go for the former. I was able to enjoy a couple of movies on these relative short flights.

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Airlines Airline Cabin Crew Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Just as I was settled in, the captain announced to all of us that the flight had begun its descent and requested the crew to prepare for landing. The camera view of both the landing gear and tail is really an additional bonus especially for aircraft enthusiasts like myself. At this point, we started our descent.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Airlines 59