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During recovery from an unusual nose-high attitude by reference to instruments, the standard recovery is to

Choices

  • reduce power, level the wings, and pull to level flight.

    Incorrect. Review the explanation and the cited FAA reference for the correct answer.

  • increase power as appropriate, lower the nose to reduce angle of attack and prevent a stall, level the wings, then return to level flight.correct

    Nose-high recovery sequence: increase power as appropriate, lower the nose to reduce angle of attack and prevent a stall, level the wings, then return to level flight. Reducing power is the nose-low/overspeed response, not nose-high.

  • level the wings first and hold pitch until airspeed increases.

    Leveling wings before lowering nose risks stall.

  • deploy flaps before making pitch or power corrections.

    Configuration changes are not part of unusual attitude recovery.

Why

Nose-high recovery sequence: increase power as appropriate, lower the nose to reduce angle of attack and prevent a stall, level the wings, then return to level flight. Reducing power is the nose-low/overspeed response, not nose-high.

FAA source: FAA-H-8083-3C, Airplane Flying Handbook, Ch. 5, upset recovery template; AFM/POHbrowse the reference library →

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