Air Methods - HAA Part 135 Study Guide Flashcards
Required on person docs to act as PIC?
FAR 61.3
Pilot certificate
Medical, at least second class
Gov. Issued Photo ID
Refusal to submit to a D&A test is grounds for what type of action?
FAR 61.16
- denial of application for a period of up to 1 year after the date of refusal; or
- suspension or revocation of any cert, rating, or auth issued under this part
Valid period for Class 1 and Class 2 medicals?
FAR 61.23
Class 1
- ATP under 40: 12 cal mo.
- ATP over 40: 6 cal mo.
- Commercial: 12 cal mo.
Class 2
- Commercial: 12 cal mo.
Replacement of lost cert or medical?
FAR 61.29
- FAA by letter or online request with a fee
- Valid for 60 days
You sustain an injury that requires you to take medication which causes drowsiness. Is your medical cert valid?
FAR 61.53
Yes, however, may not act as PIC or in any capacity as required flight crew member
Actions that can be taken against you if you falsify duty logs.
FAR 61.59
Suspension or revocation of cert
Change of address
FAR 61.60
30 days
A NASA ASRP form does not protect you in the case of what types of offenses?
FAR 91.25
Accidents or Criminal Offenses
You receive a flight request that takes you greater than 100NM from you base. What information must you attain prior to accepting this flight?
FAR 91.103
For an IFR flight, or any not in the vicinity of an airport
- weather reports and forecasts
- fuel requirements
- alternatives available if the planned flight cannot be completed
- any known traffic delays of which the pilot in command has been advised by ATC;
For any flight
- runway lengths at airports of intended use, and takeoff and landing distance from the RFM
Why and how might you deviate from an accepted ATC clearance?
91.123
- amended clearance is obtained
- an emergency exists
- in response to a traffic alert and collision avoidance system resolution advisory
Your flight route takes you over an MLB stadium while a game is in play. What type of restricted airspace exists? Can you fly through on a PR flight? A patient flight?
91.145
TFR - over a stadium with a seat capacity of 30k or more, from 1hr before the start of scheduled event to 1 hr after end of event, 3NM up to and including 3,000ft
- except in accordance with the authorizations, terms, and conditions of the temporary flight restriction published in the NOTAM
- When warranted, the FAA Administrator may exclude the following flights from the provisions of this section:
(2) Medical and rescue.
What about flying over a stadium with a game in play that is not one of the specific major sporting events?
Where would you find the details?
91.145
- The dimensions of the TFR will vary depending on the size of the event. The TFR will normally be limited to a 3 NM radius from the center of the event, up to 2,500 feet above the surface (converted to MSL), but will not be greater than the minimum airspace necessary for the management of aircraft operations in the vicinity of the specified area.
- NOTAMS, FAA website (with disclaimer), FSS (from FAA data)
During preflight you notice the Airworthiness Cert is faded, torn or unreadable. What do you do? Can you fly?
FAR 91.203
- no person may operate a civil aircraft unless it has within it the following: (1) An appropriate and current airworthiness certificate.
- No person may operate a civil aircraft unless the airworthiness certificate is displayed at the cabin or cockpit entrance so that it is legible to passengers or crew.
HOWEVER.
A005 contains an Exemption #10741E providing for the continued operation of the aircraft through an appropriate entry in the logbook when the airworthiness cert or reg very is lost, stolen, or mutilated. Only within the lower 48.
What happens if you refuse a drug/alcohol test?
FAR 63.12
- Denial of an application for any certificate or rating issued under this part for a period of up to 1 year after the date of that refusal; or
- Suspension or revocation of any certificate or rating issued under this part.
GOM Ch6
Air Methods is a zero tolerance company.
Alcohol testing req for maintenance personnel.
Air Methods Anti-drug training Manual pg 8
All employees who perform safety sensitive functions are required to be a part of the D&A testing program.
You have found yourself the cause, victim, or performer of a safety sensitive function resulting in a mishap involving an aircraft. What are the restrictions for consuming alcohol following the mishap?
Air Methods Anti-drug Training Manual pg 9
The employee is prohibited from consuming alcohol within 8 hrs following and accident/incident or prior to conducting a post accident test, whichever comes first.
Give 3 examples of personnel whom the provisions of Part 135 are applicable.
FAR 135.1
- The commuter or on-demand operations of each person who holds or is required to hold an Air Carrier Certificate or Operating Certificate
- Each person employed or used by a certificate holder conducting operations under this part
- Each person who applies for provisional approval of an Advanced Qualification Program curriculum, curriculum segment, or portion of a curriculum segment and each person employed or used by an air carrier or commercial operator under this part to perform training, qualification, or evaluation functions
- Nonstop Commercial Air Tour flights conducted for compensation or hire
- Each person who is on board an aircraft being operated under this part.
- Helicopter air ambulance operations as defined in § 135.601(b)(1).
Are PIC responsibilities (pertaining to aircraft airworthiness) required to be covered in the GOM?
FAR 135.23 Manual Content
Yes.
- (e) Procedures for ensuring that the PIC knows that req airworthiness inspecs have been made & that the aircraft has been approved for return to service in compliance with applicable mx reqs
GOM 1.5.14 PIC
- Accomplishes and properly docs pre-flight insp and inspects mx docs, to include status sheet, upon arrival for duty to determine the airworthiness of the aircraft…
Is AMC allowed to carry any narcs, marijuana, or depressants/stimulants on board any aircraft (other than those req for patient care by med crew)?
FAR 135.41
No. It would violate regs.
- If the holder of a cert operating under this part allows any aircraft owned or leased by that holder to be engaged in any op that the cert holder knows to be in violation of § 91.19(a) of this chap, that op is a basis for suspending or revoking the cert.
In flight, you encounter a potentially haz wx condition or irregularity w/ ground facility that you consider essential to safety of flight. What is your responsibility?
§ 135.67
Whenever a pilot encounters a potentially haz wx condition or an irregularity in a ground facility or nav aid in flight, the knowledge of which the pilot considers essential to the safety of other flights, the pilot shall notify an appropriate ground radio station as soon as practicable.
When an unsafe condition exists at the destination, with no acceptable alt but to continue to the destination, is this a normal op or an emerg situation?
§ 135.69
(a) If a PIC knows of conditions, including airport/runway conditions, that are a haz to safe ops, the PIC shall restrict or suspend ops until those conditions are corrected.
(b) No PIC may allow a flight to continue toward any airport of intended landing, under (a) of this section, unless, in the opinion of the PIC, the conditions that are a haz to safe ops may reasonably be expected to be corrected by the ETA or, unless there is no safer procedure. In the latter event, the continuation toward that airport is an emerg situation under 135.19.
§ 135.19
(a) In an emerg involving the safety of persons or prop, the cert holder may deviate from the rules of this part relating to aircraft and equip and wx minimums to the extent required to meet that emerg.
(b) In an emerg involving the safety of persons or prop, the PIC may deviate from the rules of this part to the extent required to meet that emerg.
By reg, what creds must an FAA inspector present to the PIC to gain access to the pilot compartment of the aircraft?
FAR 135.75
(a) Whenever, in performing the duties of conducting an inspection, an FAA inspector presents an Aviation Safety Inspector credential, FAA Form 110A, to the PIC, the inspector must be given free and uninterrupted access to the pilot compartment of that aircraft.
However, this does not limit the emerg authority of the PIC to exclude any person from the pilot compartment in the interest of safety.
What current materials are Air Methods req to provide to the PIC?
§ 135.83
- A cockpit checklist.
- For multi with retrac gear, emerg checklist
- Pertinent aeronautical charts.
- For IFR ops, each pertinent nav en route, terminal area, approach and letdown chart.
- For multi, one-engine-inop climb perf data
Min altitudes for AP use in a rotorcraft?
§ 135.93
(g) This section does not apply to ops conducted in rotorcraft.
Unpress aircraft: O2 req
FAR 135.57
10,000ft+ to 15,000ft MSL: O2 to at least 10% of the occupants of the aircraft, other than the pilots, for that part of the flight that is 30min or more
Above 15,000ft MSL, O2 to each occupant of the aircraft other than the pilots.
Is there a comm equip req for ops under VFR over routes navigated by pilotage?
§ 135.161
Yes.
- two-way radio communication equip
In order to accomplish:
(1) Comm with at least one station from any point on the route, except in remote mt locations.
(2) Comm w/ ATC within Class B/C/D, or E surface area for an airport in which flights are intended
(3) Receive wx info, except in remote mt locations
(b) No person may operate an aircraft VFR night over routes that can be nav by pilotage unless that aircraft is equipped with—
(1) Two-way radio
(2) Nav equip for route to be flown.
Is there an exception to the shoulder harness rule req it to be worn?
FAR 135.171
Yes.
- except that the shoulder harness may be unfastened if the crewmember cannot perform the required duties with the shoulder harness fastened.
What values are used to determine current W&B at 36mo intervals?
FAR 135.185
Actual weighing of the aircraft
Carrying pax VFR over-the-top, what must the wx reports/forecasts indicate for the pt of terminations and for how long?
FAR 135.211
- allow descent to beneath the ceiling under VFR and forecast to remain so until at least 1 hour after the ETA
OR - allows an IFR app and landing with COC until reaching the initial app altitude over the final approach facility
What is the min airman cert req for flying VFR under Part 135?
FAR 135.243
PIC under VFR unless -
- at least a commercial pilot cert with appropriate category and class
- 500hrs time as a pilot, at least 100hrs of xc, at least 25hrs of which were at night
- For helicopter ops VFR over-the-top, inst rating, or ATP with a category and class rating for that aircraft, not limited to VFR.
Is AMC auth to assign any specific non-flying duties to a PIC during req rest periods?
§ 135.263
- No certificate holder may assign any flight crewmember to any duty with the certificate holder during any required rest period.
Under “normal flight planning” is there an allowance for exceeding flight time limits?
§ 135.263
- A flight crewmember is not considered to be assigned flight time in excess of flight time limits if the flights terminate within the limits, but due to circumstances beyond the control of the cert holder or PIC (such as adverse weather conditions), are not at the time of departure expected to reach their destination within the planned flight time.
As a PIC for AMC, is your flight time limit concerned only with flight time incurred while in the employment of AMC?
135.265
No
- for flight time in scheduled operations or in other commercial flying if that crewmember’s total flight time in all commercial flying
If you as PIC are req by AMC to travel to a base other than your assigned base for duty, may you consider that travel time (to/from) as part of a req rest period?
§ 135.263
- Time spent in transport, not local , that a cert holder req of a flight crewmember and provides to transport the crewmember to an airport at which he is to serve on a flight as a crewmember, or from an airport at which he was relieved from duty to return to his home station, is not considered part of a rest period.
For a PIC to op under IFR, what must he/she pass every 6mo?
135.297
IPC
For single pilot PIC, is an AP check req every 6mo?
135.297
No. Once every 12 cal mo.
If a req checkride is given in the month before or after the month it is due, how does that change when the next checkride is given?
FAR 135.301
It doesn’t change.
- that crewmember is considered to have completed the test or check in the cal mo in which it is req.
Emerg drill training is req of the FARs. Name at least 3 of the items req to be trained.
FAR 135.331
- emergency assignments/procedures, CRM.
- location, function, and op of emergency equip
- handling of emergency situations
- review of cert holder’s previous aircraft accidents/incidents
What are the helicopter surface ref req?
§ 135.207
No person may operate a helicopter under VFR unless that person has:
- visual surface reference
- at night, visual surface light reference, sufficient to safely control the helicopter.
Define Helicopter Air Ambulance Ops
FAR 135.601
Helicopter air ambulance operation means a flight, or sequence of flights, with a patient or medical personnel on board, for the purpose of medical transportation, to conduct helicopter air ambulance operations.
Includes but is not limited to—
- Flights to position the helicopter at the site at which a patient or donor organ will be picked up.
- Flights to reposition the helicopter after completing the patient, or donor organ transport.
- Flights initiated for the transport of a patient or donor organ that are terminated due to wx or other reasons.
What are the PIC qualifications in 135.603?
135.603
- meets the requirements of § 135.243
- holds a helicopter instrument rating or ATP with cat/class for that aircraft, that is not limited to VFR.
What are the 135 HTAWS requirements?
135.605
- helicopter is equipped with a helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (HTAWS) that meets the requirements in TSO–C194 and Section 2 of RTCA DO–309.
- The certificate holder’s Rotorcraft Flight Manual must contain proc for—
(1) use of the HTAWS
(2) flight crew response to HTAWS audio and visual warnings.
What are the 135 req for FDM systems?
§ 135.607
- equipped with an approved FDMS capable of recording flight performance data.
(a) Receive electrical power from the bus w/ max reliability for op without jeopardizing service to essential or emergency loads
(b) Operated from application of power before takeoff to removal of power after termination
VFR wx mins in Class G for non-mt in local area during day/night?
135.609
Day 800/2
Night 800/3
No goggles: 1000/3
VFR wx mins in Class G for non-mt outside of local area during day/night?
135.609
Day 800/3
Night 1000/3
VFR wx mins in Class G for Mountainous in local area during day/night?
135.609
Day 800/3
Night 1000/3
