How to Enter and Recover from a Power off Stall in a Cessna

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Before performing any advanced upper air work what’s known as a HASEL (or the 4 A's check) check should always be completed.

   H-Height, you want to be at a safe altitude to ensure that you can recover in time, by law you are supposed to have recovered by 2000’ AGL (Above Ground Level).
   
   A-Area, you want to be in a safe rural, unpopulated location.
   
   S-Security, Seat belts secure, doors secure, check for loose items in the baggage area.
   
   E-Engine, you want to make sure your fuel is on, mixture full rich, carb heat on/hot, gauges green.
   
   L-Lookout, do a complete lookout all around you with 180 degree turns and look above and below you to make sure there is no other traffic around you.
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   Step 2: Pull power smoothly to idle.

   Avoid abrupt pull back to avoid harm to engine. ,,,,,,,,
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   Step 3: The nose will want to drop

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   Step 4: maintain altitude and attitude by pitching back on the controls.

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   Step 5: Continue pitching back through the slow flight range

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   Step 6: and gradually increase back pressure while stall horns starts to sound.

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   Step 7: Once you get to the point of the stall the nose will drop and you will start to rapidly lose altitude

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   Step 8: you are stalled.

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   Step 9: The nose of the airplane will tend to yaw quite a bit

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    Step 10: control all yaw with rudder

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    Step 11: and absolutely no aileron control

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    Step 12: ailerons always neutral!

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    Step 13: Slowly ease the nose down to break the stall and start gaining airspeed.

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    Step 14: Wait for airspeed to climb back into the green zone.

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    Step 15: Once airspeed is in green

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    Step 16: simultaneously regain straight and level flight and add full power.

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    Step 17: Climb back to original altitude

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    Step 18: trim if necessary.

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