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what to do if I found a tripped breaker. It seemed that we were just ensuring that they were all in the closed position at the start of a flight. Now the emphasis is to determine before you take off why a circuit breaker was found to be tripped. If a pilot encounters this during a preflight, he should check the FBO for a squawk from a previous pilot and review the maintenance records. If no documentation is found, he should write up a squawk on the aircraft and, if possible, find another aircraft to fly. Certainly, do not reset that breaker for a flight. On my radio-popping flight I went a step further from the wisdom of the time when I reset the breaker twice, but it was so obvious that my transmitting was overloading the breaker that I felt safe resetting it only to listen. Also, I was less than five miles from the airport and would be on the ground in just a few minutes. If I’d been cruising over mountains an hour from a viable landing spot I wouldn’t have reset the breaker until I was near an airport, if at all. It’s probably better to approach an airport without a radio than risk a fire; of course, if you’re without a radio you should carefully choose the airport to approach. The FAA has a multitude of rules and recommendations for larger aircraft concerning when to reset a circuit breaker, taking into account such factors as the conditions of flight and whether the equipment is deemed essential or nonessential. Consider all the factors of your flight, your aircraft, and your resources. If you don’t need a piece of equipment for flight safety, leave the breaker alone and land in a reasonable time. If it’s needed to continue your flight safely, carefully consider resetting the breaker and/or changing your flight plan—but always be wary of the hazards of popping breakers.
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Flight Training - May 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flight Training - May 2011
Flight Training - May 2011
Contents
President’s Perspective
Right Seat
Letters
Trying Something New
This Weekend
Tech Tip What It Looks Like
Training Products
AOPA Action
Since You Asked
Final Exam
Legal Briefing
Insights
Flying Carpet
Checkride
Of Wings and Things
'Miracle Student'
The Transistion
Technique
Weather
Flight Lesson
Where are We Now?
Career Advisor
Career Pilot News
Pitch and Power—and Bicycles
Why Borrow Trouble?
CFI Reading List
Advertiser Index
Debrief
Flight Training - May 2011 - Flight Training - May 2011
Flight Training - May 2011 - Cover2
Flight Training - May 2011 - Contents
Flight Training - May 2011 - 2
Flight Training - May 2011 - 3
Flight Training - May 2011 - President’s Perspective
Flight Training - May 2011 - 5
Flight Training - May 2011 - Right Seat
Flight Training - May 2011 - 7
Flight Training - May 2011 - Letters
Flight Training - May 2011 - 9
Flight Training - May 2011 - Trying Something New
Flight Training - May 2011 - 11
Flight Training - May 2011 - This Weekend
Flight Training - May 2011 - Tech Tip What It Looks Like
Flight Training - May 2011 - Training Products
Flight Training - May 2011 - AOPA Action
Flight Training - May 2011 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - May 2011 - 17
Flight Training - May 2011 - Final Exam
Flight Training - May 2011 - Legal Briefing
Flight Training - May 2011 - Insights
Flight Training - May 2011 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - May 2011 - 22
Flight Training - May 2011 - Checkride
Flight Training - May 2011 - Of Wings and Things
Flight Training - May 2011 - 25
Flight Training - May 2011 - 26
Flight Training - May 2011 - 27
Flight Training - May 2011 - 28
Flight Training - May 2011 - 29
Flight Training - May 2011 - 'Miracle Student'
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Flight Training - May 2011 - The Transistion
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Flight Training - May 2011 - 36
Flight Training - May 2011 - 37
Flight Training - May 2011 - Technique
Flight Training - May 2011 - 39
Flight Training - May 2011 - Weather
Flight Training - May 2011 - 41
Flight Training - May 2011 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - May 2011 - 43
Flight Training - May 2011 - 44
Flight Training - May 2011 - Where are We Now?
Flight Training - May 2011 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - May 2011 - Career Pilot News
Flight Training - May 2011 - 48
Flight Training - May 2011 - Pitch and Power—and Bicycles
Flight Training - May 2011 - 50
Flight Training - May 2011 - Why Borrow Trouble?
Flight Training - May 2011 - CFI Reading List
Flight Training - May 2011 - 53
Flight Training - May 2011 - Advertiser Index
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Flight Training - May 2011 - Debrief
Flight Training - May 2011 - Cover3
Flight Training - May 2011 - Cover4
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