A generator fails during a coastal flight. The mission rewards controlled diagnosis and a defensible continue-or-return decision, not frantic switch flipping.
Conditions: VMC over the coast, cloud at destination and moderate turbulence.
Mission limitations
- No pause during the failure
- Use the checklist in sequence
- Decide within ten minutes of the alert
Successful flight
- Flight path remains stable
- Non-essential load correctly managed
- Decision clearly recorded