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CESSNA
MODEL 172S
SECTION 3
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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When using the alternate static source, refer to the Alternate
Static Source Airspeed Calibration table in Section 5, Performance,
for additional information.
Maximum airspeed and altimeter variation from normal is 4 knots
and 30 feet over the normal operating range with the window(s)
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Closed. See Section 5, Performance, for additional airspeed
calibration data.
SPINS
Should an inadvertent spin occur," the following recovery
procedure should be used:
1. RETARD THROTTLE TO IDLE POSITION.
2. PLACE AILERONS IN NEUTRAL POSITION.
3. APPLY
AND HOLD FULL RUDDER OPPOSITE TO THE
DIRECTION OF ROTATION.
4. JUST AFTER THE RUDDER REACHES THE STOP, MOVE
THE CONTROL WHEEL BRISKLY FORWARD FAR ENOUGH
TO BREAK THE STALL. Full down elevator may be required
at aft center of gravity loadings to assure optimum recoveries.
" 5. HOLD THESE CONTROL INPUTS UNTil ROTATION
STOPS. Premature relaxation of the control inputs may extend
the recovery.
6. AS ROTATION STOPS, NEUTRALIZE RUDDER, AND MAKE
A SMOOTH RECOVERY FROM THE RESULTING DIVE.
NOTE
If disorientation precludes a visual determination of the
direction of rotation, the symbolic airplane "in the turn
coordinator may be referred to for this information.
For additional information on spins and spin recovery, see the
discussion under SPINS in Normal Procedures (Section 4).
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