Nose-High Recovery

Instrument Flight

Constant Airspeed Climbs and Descents

General procedures:

Controls: Neutralize

Attitude: Analyze and evaluate to determine best recovery

Airspeed: Limit in dives

Bank: Eliminate when nose-low; hold constant when nose-high

Nose-High Recovery

Your primary concern when recovering from a nose-high unusual attitude is to maintain the AOA between

5 and 10 units. At slow speeds, very slight back stick pressure will cause a rapid increase in the AOA.

Additionally, uncoordinated aileron and rudder inputs at slow speeds can introduce enough adverse yaw

and increased AOA on the rising wing to cause a departure from controlled flight.

When given control of the aircraft, simultaneously neutralize the flight controls and analyze the situation by

scanning the appropriate instruments (i.e., ADI display, AOA, airspeed, and altitude trend indicators). To

recover from a nose-high condition, advance power to MRT and retract the speed brakes to minimize loss

of airspeed.

If upright, maintain neutral aileron and rudder and smoothly push the nose over to maintain AOA between

5 and 10 units (you will be between 0 and 1 g). Hold this AOA until the nose falls through the horizon and

the aircraft accelerates to 150 KIAS. Then roll wings level and return to level flight.

If inverted, maintain neutral aileron and rudder and pull the nose through the horizon maintaining optimum

AOA. When the aircraft accelerates to 150 KIAS, level the wings in the shortest direction, pull the nose to

the horizon, and adjust power for straight-and-level flight. Do not exceed optimum AOA. During recovery

at low speeds, you must be careful not to stall the aircraft.

Nose-high upright recovery:

Nose-high inverted recovery:

Controls: Neutralize

Attitude: Analyze and evaluate

Throttle: MRT

Speed brakes: Retract

AOA: Apply stick pressure to obtain

AOA: Apply back stick to obtain optimum

10 units

5-units AOA

Nose: Lower to slightly below horizon

Nose: Pull through horizon

Airspeed: Minimum of 150 KIAS

Wings: Level in shortest direction

Nose: Pull to horizon - optimum AOA

Throttle: Adjust for level flight

Nose-Low Recovery

Recognize a nose-low unusual attitude by a nose-low indication on the ADI display and/or standby AI

accompanied by increasing airspeed and decreasing altitude.

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