Top 10 Student Pilot Mistakes

hey everyone it's Sam from us for aircraft bringing you the top 10 the states that student pilots make as a flight school dispatch manager I talked to student pilots and their flight instructors every single day and believe it or not I was once a student pilot myself we all make mistakes and here is some of the big ones number 10 not using checklist checklist are an absolute must for the new pilot commonly we see students using the checklist for engine start taxi run up and take off and then it remains untouched for the rest of the flight or please see students performing checklist items incorrectly due to being distracted or simply rushing through the list diligent attention to each step of the checklist is critical for proper operation of any aircraft if some of the steps didn't matter or the order was optional there wouldn't be a checklist for it number 9 poor weather breathing especially on cross-country flights a common error is not getting a full weather briefing for the route of flight and destination Airport including alternates even a short cross-country deserves a full weather briefing sometimes we see students attempting to plan short cross-country flights by just checking the METAR and nothing else the meter could say everything is VFR and beautiful but a quick glance at the radar would paint a different picture number eight not enough rudder usage during all phases of flight but especially right rudder on takeoff as a student pilot you probably heard your flight instructor say more right rudder more than once there are four reasons why you go veering to the left when applying full power on takeoff we call them left-turning tendencies torque P factor gyroscopic precession hence spiraling slipstream all four of these forces are trying to make your aircraft turn to the left so you'll need plenty of right rudder to counter them number seven not using airport diagrams good planning is necessary when flying to an unfamiliar field it seems like common sense but new pilots should be thorough and going over the airport diagrams for their intended destinations and alternates we see a lot of students get confused with unfamiliar taxiways diagrams are handy number six rushing the pre-flight inspection this one is simple there is no reason to ever compromise safety don't let your enthusiasm for flying prevent you from doing so safely number five odd northeast safe flying altitudes this affects any of our traffic at 3,000 feet AGL and up if you're flying an easterly heading you must fly in odd thousand plus five hundred feet like three thousand five hundred five thousand five hundred and so on if you're heading west you must fly even thousand plus five hundred so four thousand five hundred six thousand five hundred and so on an easy way to remember this is odd North East number for staring inside the cockpit new students have a tendency to get fixated on maintaining a desired heading or altitude and focus too much on the instruments inside the aircraft while the use of instruments is needed during the training process for your sport or private license it should be a secondary source of situational awareness a new pilot first learns by VFR or visual flight rules in short fly the aircraft by looking outside number three poor radio communications radio work is one of the more challenging aspects of flying most new students will not have much confidence when they first take over the radios but don't let this lead to frustration practice makes perfect you won't be perfect right off the bat and that's okay keep practicing remain calm and trust yourself and your knowledge controllers can be intimidating but they are there to help you and they will be more than willing to help and guide you if you're in need of assistance it's part of their job students learning to fly at an uncontrolled airport away from high congested areas might become overwhelmed if they fly into a highly congested Bravo or Charlie airspace but with the appropriate knowledge and some practice anyone can master radio communications number two over shooting final the turn from base to final can be tricky for the student pilot several things are happening you're reducing power managing your descent rate talking to tower putting in flaps maintaining airspeed along with checking for traffic all of this happens quickly and can cause a student to make that critical base to final turn to late resulting in overshooting the runway number one blaring too much or too little a common mistake for student pilots is flaring too early or too late and ending up with hard or flat landings the first few times the Sport Cruiser is pretty easy to land once over the runway we simply level off as we transition into ground effect pulling back ever so slightly in order to protect the nose gear in our planes this gives us a smooth landing every time flaring and getting the perfect landing is one of the most rewarding and satisfying parts of flying [Music] you

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Id: XIEgJv86O40

Length: 5min 16sec (316 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 29 2016