<p>Dear Instructors,</p><p>According SMS (Safety Management System) procedures we send you this mail as reaction on&nbsp;the mail received&nbsp;from the BAAIU (Belgian Air Accident Investigation Unit) The purpose is to check how and where Practice Forced Landing are trained in ALFAKO.</p><p><strong>Please explain me shortly how you actually train those items (disregard the statements in the mail below) and how you explain the use of Carburator Heater to the student. </strong></p><p><strong>Please be aware that your answer is mandatory regarding the actual SMS procedures</strong>.</p><p>Safe Flight.</p><p>Pierre</p><p>Mail from the BAAIU</p><p><em>&quot;Dear,I am working for the Belgian Air Accident Investigation Unit, the unit of the Belgian government established iaw ICAO Annex 13 and regulation (EU) No. 996/2010.In the scope of an accident investigation where a solo practiced forced landing (PFL) turned out in a real forced landing, we are contacting all Belgian ATO&#39;s to get a view of the different policies and procedures on this specific exercise during initial PPL(A) training.Would it be possible to provide me, as detailed as possible, an answer on the following questions?;</em></p><p><em>1) Could you provide us a copy of the school&#39;s procedure of the PFL exercise? Please specify per aircraft type (Cessna, Piper, carbu, fuel injected,..) if applicable.</em></p><p><em>2) How is this practiced during dual training? Is this only done during a special dedicated mission or is this rehearsed (unannounced) afterwards during other missions?</em></p><p><em>3) Do you always train the whole exercise (select field, engine check,..., approach up to go around) or is this sometimes split in different stages?</em></p><p><em>If applicable; is it specified in the procedures how much time in advance the carbu heater as to be applied? </em></p><p><em>4) Where are the dual PFL exercices performed? Is it always overhead the same field? If not, are the fields chosen randomly or is there somekind of list of well known fields (terrain, obstacle clearance,..)? </em></p><p><em>5) Is it part of the training to let PPL students train the practiced forced landing solo? If so, </em></p><p><em>5a) Are they allowed to do it &#39;in the field&#39; away from the aerodrome? Is this field specified or is it up to the student&#39;s discretion to choose the field? </em></p><p><em>5b) Is this only practiced above the home base or also on other aerdromes? </em></p><p><em>5c) Are there any constraints (time since last dual PFL exercise, pre-flight briefing with instructor, # exercises per mission, can any instructor sign him/her off,..)? </em></p><p><em>Currently there are no specified rules on how to train PFL&#39;s, so there are no correct answers on this questionnaire. So please be honest and certainly don&#39;t consider this as an audit. </em></p><p><em>We are working independently from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authorities.. </em></p><p><em>PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NEITHER AN AUDIT, NOR A CHECK. We - AAIU(Belgium) - are working independently from the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority (aka DGTA, DGLV). </em></p><p><em>Only anonymously information will be shared and used in statistics in our report, without any reference to your ATO. The only aim is to get a view on the different existing procedures, and if deemed necessary, to develop guidelines (not rules) for standardisation of this critical exercise. All this to improve safety in training and aviation in general. </em></p><p><em>Please do not hesitate to contact me (by answering this e-mail or by phone) if any question on this. Would it be possible to provide me the requested information at February, 16 the latest?</em></p>