ASSIST VFR AIRCRAFT IN WEATHER DIFFICULTY

Question 1

(10-2-(7-9)

What is the first thing you determine when an aircraft requests assistance when they are encountering or about to encounter IFR weather?

Answer 1

Determine the facility best able to provide service.

Question 2

(10-2-(7-9)
VFR Aircraft In Weather Difficulty

If the aircraft is unable to change frequencies to another facility, what do you have to do?

Answer 2

Relay information and clearances

Question 3

(10-2-(7-9)
VFR Aircraft In Weather Difficulty

What must be accomplished on a Mode C equipped VFR aircraft which is in emergency but no longer requires the assignment of code 7700?

Answer 3

Assign a beacon code that will permit terminal minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) alarm processing.

Question 4

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

What do you ask a VFR aircraft when they encounter or are about to encounter IFR weather conditions?

Answer 4

Ask if they are qualified for and capable of conducting IFR flight

Question 5

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

If you ask a pilot if they are qualified and capable of conducting IFR flight and they say yes, what do you do?

Answer 5

Ask them to file an IFR flight plan and then issue clearance to destination airport as appropriate

Question 6

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

If you ask the pilot if they are qualified and capable of IFR flight, and they say no or they refuse to file an IFR flight plan, what action do you take?

Answer 6

> inform the pilot of airports where VFR conditions were reported
-provide other available pertinent weather, and ask if they will elect to conduct VFR flight to such an airport

Question 7

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

If the pilot is not:
>qualified or capable of IFR flight
>refuses to file an IFR flight plan
>or declines to conduct VFR flight to another airport

What do you do next?

Answer 7

Provide radar assistance to the pilot if they:

> declare an emergency

> refuse to declare an emergency and you determine the exact nature of the radar services the pilot desires

Question 8

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

If they have already encountered IFR conditions, what do you do?

Answer 8

Inform the pilot of the appropriate terrain/obstacle clearance minimum altitude.

Question 9

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

If the aircraft is below appropriate terrain/obstacle clearance minimum altitude and accurate position info has been received or radar identification has been established, what should you do?

Answer 9

Give a heading or radial on which they can climb to and reach appropriate terrain/obstacle clearance minimum altitude.

Question 10

(10-2-8)
Radar Assistance to VFR Aircraft in Weather Difficulty

With a VFR aircraft encountering weather difficulty, assigning a beacon code that will permit terminal minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) alarm processing can only be accomplished with:

Answer 10

A Mode C equipped VFR aircraft that is in an emergency but no longer requires the assignment of code 7700.