By Ken Ibold

After a while, flight instructors and other flying gurus start to sound monotonous in some respects. “Follow the airplane’s POH” and “fly the airplane” are two of the biggies.

Knowing and following the operating handbook can help keep you out of trouble in the first place. But if something does go wrong, the adrenaline of an emergency can make it a bit more likely that you’ll forget a basic step in the emergency plan or overcontrol the airplane to the point of losing control. …