An uncoordinated turn in which the rate of turn is too great for the angle of bank, pulling the aircraft to the outside of the turn.

• A. Skidding turn
• B. Slipping turn
• C. Simplex
• D. SDF

Answer: (A)

When you bank to enter a turn, the rate of turn should align with that bank angle at your speed. If the turn rate is too high for the amount of bank you’ve used, the airplane’s yaw tendency outweighs what the bank is producing, so the aircraft tends to slide outward from the turn. This uncoordinated condition is called a skid. To correct, you’d typically reduce the rate of turn or apply opposite rudder to bring the turn back into coordination.

The opposite situation—where the turn rate is too slow for the bank angle—produces a slip, where the aircraft tends to slide toward the inside of the turn. The other terms listed aren’t used to describe this behavior in turns.