Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

In the Cessna 172S Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), the landing distance decreases by 10% for every 9 knots of headwind. For the Cessna 172, landing distance increases by 10% for every 2 knots of tailwind. Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent 52

Air

MAY 21, 2025

Pilots must use specific techniques, applying rudder and aileron inputs, to maintain directional control and keep the aircraft aligned. Vf = Vw x cos() The result will give the intensity in knots (KT) and the sign will give the direction: – A positive value indicates headwind (headwind).

Crosswind 52

Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. But a review of the avionics data shows it was entered at the correct airspeed (placarded as between 104 and 165 knots), and the roll rate was constant.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 93

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. But a review of the avionics data shows it was entered at the correct airspeed (placarded as between 104 and 165 knots), and the roll rate was constant.

True Airspeed 92

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 92

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

This is consistent with Rick’s report, which referenced 9 knots of wind. Note that a 43 knot gust from a direction of 190 degrees was measured at 17:39, one minute after the accident (provided that the time stamp is accurate). I was doing about 80 knots and all of a sudden I hit this tremendous sink.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52