Include stall and spin avoidance manoeuvres in the PPL training syllabus

Implemented

Aviation L

Accident

28.1.2014

L2012-04/S3

Suosituksen perustelu

The PPL(A) syllabus stipulates flying a minimum of two hours of stall and spin avoidance training flights. It does not determine the number of successfully completed manoeuvres, variations theoreof, or the focus between different types of manoeuvres in training.

Recommendation

Safety Investigation Authority Finland recommends that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) include a minimum number for both stall and spin avoidance manoeuvres in the PPL(A) flight training syllabus. As regards spin avoidance in particular, i.e. incipient spins, this is regarded as important.

Toimenpide-ehdotukset

The PPL(A) syllabus stipulates flying a minimum of two hours of stall and spin avoidance training flights. It does not determine the number of successfully completed manoeuvres, variations theoreof, or the focus between different types of manoeuvres in training.