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Old 22nd May 2015, 23:12
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Lack of roll control
Lack of pitch control
Buffeting
Inability to arrest descent rate
What you are alluding to is actually Loss of Control(a much better title than stalling), however lack of pitch control is incorrect unless C152's and other trainers are fitted with pushers to get the nose over!

Most GA training aircraft in the power off flaps zero configurations do have a degree of roll control at the buffet and beyond and its even a requirement for certification.

However i wonder if you guys who instruct in the UK have ever read the Flight Examiners Handbook.

PPL Skill Test

Stalling:
Stall Recovery from:
• Clean, S&L power off, I will tell you when to recover.
• Base Turn using intermediate flap, gear, approach power with 20° to 30° AOB recovering at the first sign of the approaching stall.
• Final Approach stall, full flap, gear, approach power on a datum heading recovering at the first sign of the approaching stall.
All recoveries with minimum height loss, recovering back to the best rate of climb.

Pretty much common sense for PPL training as the most likely place a PPL is going to stall is in the circuit, as accidents constantly show. So if your guy stalls at 300 feet surely you would really hope he recovers with the minimum height loss and climbs away rather than takes a daisy cutter straight and level run through the approach scenery! This type of recovery also compliments the go around too and again common sense should tell you that some go arounds are from a speed that would satisfy the test requirement of 'at the first sign of the approaching stall'

Oh and the best teaching ADM statement is, after an emergency or abnormal fly the aircraft to the safest place. After a 300 feet height loss near the ground on the approach you are unlikely to find the safest place by flying level!
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