List of aircraft upset factors

• Turbulence causes:
• * Clear air turbulence
• * Mountain wave turbulence
• * Windshear
• * Thunderstorms
• * Microbursts
• * Wake turbulence
• * Aircraft icing
• Systems anomalies:
• * Flight instruments
• * Autoflight systems
• * Flight control and other anomalies
• Pilot-Induced
• * Instrument cross-check
• * Adjusting attitude and power
• * Inattention
• * Distraction from primary cockpit duties
• * Vertigo or spatial disorientation
• * Pilot incapacitation
• * Improper use of airplane automation
• * Pilot techniques
• * Pilot induced oscillation avoidance and recovery
• Combination causes:
• * Swept-wing airplane fundamentals for pilots
• * Flight dynamics
• * Energy states
• * Load factor
• * Aerodynamic flight envelope
• Aerodynamic causes:
• * Angle of attack and stall
• * Camber
• * Control surface fundamentals
• * Spoiler-type devices
• * Trim
• * Lateral and directional aerodynamic considerations
• * Angle of sideslip
• * Wing dihedral effects
• * Pilot-commanded sideslip
• * Crossover speed
• * Static stability
• * Maneuvering in pitch
• * Mechanics of turning flight
• * Lateral and directional maneuvering
• * Flight at extremely low airspeeds
• * High-altitude factors
• * Stall
• * icing
• * Automation during high-altitude flight
• * Primary flight display airspeed indications
• * Human factors and high altitude upsets
• Additional considerations:
• * Multi-engine flame out
• * Core lock
• * Engine rollback
• * Flight at extremely high speeds
• * Defensive, aggressive maneuvers
• * Situation awareness
• * Startle factor
• * Negative G-force
• * Use of full control inputs
• * Counter-intuitive factors
• * Previous training in non-similar airplanes
• * Engine performance in upset situation
• * Post-upset conditions