***Link*** :: [Stall and Spin Awareness Training](https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentid/1028760) ***Description*** :: `= this.link` ***Author*** :: [[FAA]] ***Key Quotes***: * This [[AC]] explains the stall and spin awareness training... and offers guidance to flight instructors who provide it * This AC also informs pilots of the airworthiness standards for the type certification of normal, utility, and acrobatic category airplanes * most stall/spin accidents result when a pilot is distracted momentarily from the primary task of flying the aircraft * The primary cause of an inadvertent spin is exceeding the critical AOA while applying excessive or insufficient rudder and, to a lesser extent, aileron. #source #advisory-circular