Originally Posted by fitliker
The worst kind of attitude failure to have is where the attitude indicator appears normal ,but the actual aircraft attitude is not . Not fun a real mind melt as you are tormented as what to do .
The easy attitude failures are when the attitude indicator goes wild spinning like a washing machine . Distracting ,but after fighting the confusion you can fly partial panel easy enough if you cover the broken instrument .
In case of distraction in this kind of situation I (and most of my colleagues in my bush pilot days) would carry the little rubber stick-on thingies that were used for partial panel training. Never had to use them in anger but they will simply life immensely!