List of aircraft upset factors - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The U.S. FAA lists factors of aircraft upset in the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid as follows:

Turbulence
Turbulence
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic and stochastic property changes. This includes low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time...

causes:
- Clear air turbulence
  Clear Air Turbulence
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- Mountain wave
  Mountain Wave
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  turbulence
- Windshear
  WindShear
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- Thunderstorms
- Microbursts
- Wake turbulence
  Wake turbulence
  Wake turbulence is turbulence that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. This turbulence includes various components, the most important of which are wing vorticies and jetwash. Jetwash refers simply to the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine; it is extremely turbulent,...
- Aircraft icing
Systems anomalies:
- Flight instruments
  Flight instruments
  Flight instruments are the instruments in the cockpit of an aircraft that provide the pilot with information about the flight situation of that aircraft, such as height, speed and altitude...
- Autoflight systems
- Flight control and other anomalies
Pilot-Induced
- Instrument cross-check
- Adjusting attitude and power
- Inattention
- Distraction from primary cockpit duties
- Vertigo
  Vertigo (medical)
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  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
  Flight dynamics
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- Energy states
- Load factor (flight mechanics)
- Aerodynamic flight envelope
Aerodynamic causes:
- Angle of attack
  Angle of attack
  Angle of attack is a term used in fluid dynamics to describe the angle between a reference line on a lifting body and the vector representing the relative motion between the lifting body and the fluid through which it is moving...
  
  and stall
- Camber
  Camber
  Camber may refer to a variety of curvatures and angles:* Camber angle, the angle made by the wheels of a vehicle* Camber thrust in bike technology* In the steel industry, the concavity of rolls...
- 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
- Stalls
- Icing
  Icing
  Icing may refer to:* Atmospheric icing, occurs when water droplets freeze on objects they contact, very dangerous for aircraft* Aufeis, also called icing, a sheet-like mass of layered ice that forms from the freezing of successive flows of groundwater...
- Automation during high altitude flight
- Primary flight display airspeed indications
  Airspeed indicator
  The airspeed indicator or airspeed gauge is an instrument used in an aircraft to display the craft's airspeed, typically in knots, to the pilot.- Use :...
- 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
  G-force
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- Use of full control inputs
- Counter-intuitive factors
- Previous training in non-similar airplanes
- Engine performance in upset situation
- Post-upset conditions

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