Lesson #26

Log Book - 6/4 C172 IA24 IOW IA24 1 1.5

I arrived and the plane was sitting next to the fuel pump and ready for fuel. I added the 100LL and pre-flighted while Dale finished up with his IFR student who had just finished. As we sat there, we discussed what we should do today. I wanted as many OTM approaches that I could get without travelling to KOTM, so we used the IOW VOR to fly the OTM 31 (Link located below) approach. Dale has used that in the past and it provides ample altitude to do the approach down to MDA. He also wanted me to fly the approach partial panel to get used to what might be expected of me on my check ride. It was VFR so after departure I called CID APP to let them know that we would be maneuvering within 10 miles of the IOW VOR at or below 3000’. I received my squawk code and proceeded to IOW. About 5 miles from the VOR Dale covered the AI and HI to simulate a vacuum pump failure. I flew the full approach using the IOW VOR down to minimums and then we decided to do unusual attitudes and steep turns on the way back to IA24. We climbed back up to 3000’ and back to the VOR. We stayed at 3000’ and Dale had me remove my hands from the yoke and that he had the airplane. I sat with my eyes closed and waited for Dale to say it was my plane. He at first gave me a climbing left turn which I was able to recover from. He also messed with the trim wheel which through me for a loop. The second one was a descending turn to the left. This was an easy recovery as well. One thing to remember is whenever you are in a descent, you must first level the wings and power off before messing with the elevator. You can actually accentuate the spiral by pulling up on the yoke when you are in a descent. After I was done with that Dale asked if my stomach was OK for a +45* steep spiral to see what it looked like and for me to correct for it. I did a 45* steep turn to the right and then one back to the left. Dale felt I was comfortable doing those so we headed back to GCAC. When we arrived back, we got our schedule set for out last couple of flights and to make sure that we took some time with some ground instruction to get me ready for the oral part of the exam.

http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/OTM/IAP/VOR+RWY+31/pdf