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Loss of Control In-Flight
Research Results - Professional Pilots
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PROFESSIONAL PILOT FILTER
Research Start Date: November 2007 through March 2008
Total
Number of Data Points (Pilots Trained at APS) Included in
Research: 115 Pilots
Data
Filtered Below Includes All Pilots Meeting the Following
Criteria:
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Pilots
Flying Turbo Prop and/or Turbo Jet Aircraft (total
of 75 pilots)
Group
Demographic of Professional Pilots Evaluated (Including Initial and Recurrent
Participants):
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88.0 %
had greater than 1500 hours of flight experience
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91.6 %
were between the ages of 25 and 59 years of age
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51.4 %
were certified flight instructors
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81.3 %
had less than 10 hours of aerobatic experience
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION RESULTS
Participant Recovery Performance Evaluation for Initial
Courses (Before Training versus After Training):
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TRAINEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
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TRAINEE’S ABILITY TO RECOVER
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Upset Scenario Assessed*
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Before Training
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After Training
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Over-bank Nose Low Upset
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34.8%
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97.9%
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Cross-Controlled Stall to Over-bank
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41.9%
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100.0%
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Severe Wake Turbulence Encounter
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42.9%
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97.8%
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Nose High Upset / Pitch Mis-Trim
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47.8%
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100.0%
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Control Failure: Rudder Hard-Over
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40.6%
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92.3%
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AVERAGE SUCCESS RATE |
41.6% |
97.6% |
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* Scenarios are designed to reflect
statistically life-threatening conditions;
typically flight attitudes beyond 60 degrees
angle of bank and/or 30 degrees of pitch. (Note:
Many more scenarios than those listed in this
chart are taught during the course. These
particular maneuvers are evaluated to give
representative indications of training
effectiveness)
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Training Courses in the study averaged out to 4.4
training missions per course
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Retention of Skill
Important Note: Of the overall test group of 115 pilots,
35 pilots were repeat customers attending a recurrent
upset recovery course at APS.
Recurrent participants
demonstrated 76.4% retention of skill returning after an
average of 19 months between Initial and Recurrent
Training programs. Skills are expected to atrophy at a
greater rate the longer pilots delay time between
Recurrent training courses.
PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK - BY PROFESSIONAL PILOTS
AFTER COMPLETING TRAINING
Course
Components were Evaluated as Follows:
| Ground
Training |
90.7%
Excellent |
9.3%
Above Average |
| Flight
Training |
97.3%
Excellent |
2.7%
Above Average |
| Recovery
Technique Effectiveness |
98.7%
Excellent |
1.3%
Above Average |
| Quality
of Instructors |
100.0%
Excellent |
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VALUE TO PILOTS: 100% of
the participants indicated that LOC-I training as
provided by APS was valuable to all pilots with 64.0 %
of those votes indicating that APS LOC-I training should
be mandatory in pilot certification.
SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE: 100%
indicated they learned quite a bit and developed
life-saving skills with 76.0% of those votes indicating
their understanding and pilot skill-set related to upset
recovery training had grown dramatically
AIRCRAFT: 89.3%
evaluated the Extra 300L training aircraft as being
EXCELLENT with the remainder of the votes indicating it
was ABOVE AVERAGE
FACILITY: 73.3%
evaluated the APS facility as EXCELLENT with an
additional 25.0% assessing the APS Facility as ABOVE
AVERAGE
OVERALL EXPERIENCE: 96.0%
of the participants evaluated the overall experience as
EXCELLENT with the remainder indicating it was ABOVE
AVERAGE
MANUAL: 68.0%
of participants rated the APS Training Manual as
EXCELLENT with an additional 26.7% ranking the manual as
ABOVE AVERAGE
SIMULATOR TRAINING:
100% of participants indicated that upset recovery
training in a real aircraft develops life-saving
piloting skills and awareness that cannot be taught in a
simulator. Participants identified the following factors
as the primary critical training areas that cannot be
duplicated in the simulator:
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98.6% - G Loading Awareness & Management
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91.8% - Angle of Attack Management
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89.0% - Spatial Disorientation & Mental Capacity
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90.4% - Experiential Errors & Learning
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95.9% - Flight Beyond Critical Angle of Attack
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SOLUTION TO LOSS-OF-CONTROL IN-FLIGHT:
100% of participants indicated that the solution to
dramatically reducing the risk of Loss-of-Control
In-Flight must include specialized upset recovery
training in real aircraft as provided by APS Emergency
Maneuver Training. 61.8% of those votes indicated a full
solution should also include extensively updated and
redesigned simulator training profiles and curricula.
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