SHORT COURSE: ABNORMAL PROCEDURES

This short course is part of the "Airline to General Aviation" series.  The airlines have a much lower fatal accident rate per 100,000 hours flown than does general aviation.  During the past twenty years the airlines have worked very hard to develop procedures that have proven to be very effective in reducing the accident rate.  One of those procedures involves identifying a developing condition as either an "emergency" or an "abnormal situation." Checklists have been created to handle the problem in an orderly, well thought-out manner.

General aviation pilots are largely taught how to handle serious situations such as engine failures and in-flight fires. Little attention is paid to conditions such as an alternator tripping off-line, a false fuel reading, or an abnormally high oil temperature. All too often, an accident occurs because a pilot was either overwhelmed by a mechanical failure or was distracted while trying to handle a relatively minor malfunction.

This course illustrates the difference between an emergency and an abnormal situation and provides some guidance for the pilot who would like to develop his or her own set of abnormal checklists.

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