EuroFOX - Pilot Operating Handbook and Flight Training Supplement
May 1. 2019
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after touchdown:
- brakes
AS REQUIRED
5.2.3 In-flight Engine Failure
- airspeed
120 km/h
- landing site selection
SELECT
- transmit MAYDAY on 121,5, ELT ON, XPDR 7700 - if time permits
check
- master switch
ON
- ignition
ON
- backup battery switch ON
- main fuel valve
OPEN
- wing tank fuel valves
OPEN to tank with more fuel
- throttle
SET TO 1/3 OF TRAVEL
- starter
START THE ENGINE
If the engine cannot be started, proceed in accordance with procedure
5.2.4 Additional information to engine failure and emergency landing
procedures
If the engine failure occurs during the takeoff run, the pilots main concern
should be to stop the aircraft on the remaining runway. Those extra items
in the checklist are to add protection should the runway be too short to
stop.
In flight, prompt reduction of pitch attitude to obtain and maintain a proper
glide speed upon experiencing an engine failure is the first priority. If the
failure has occurred shortly after takeoff, a landing should be planned
straight ahead with only small changes in the flight direction to avoid
obstacles. The best gliding ratio can be achieved with flaps up
– flaps down
will reduce the stall speed but at the same time deteriorating gliding
performance. Try to stop rotation of propeller if restarting efforts are not
successful
– wind milling propeller has higher drag than stopped propeller.
While gliding towards a selected forced landing site, an effort should be
made to determine and correct the cause of engine failure
– time and
altitude permitting. Do not concentrate on cause determination or restart
effort unless you have selected a suitable landing site and you are
confident of this manoeuvre. Flying the aircraft (especially maintaining the
