Emergencies

Question 1

What is the exception to squawking 7700 during an emergency?

Answer 1

You have been allocated a squawk already AND you have made mayday contact with the frequency

Question 2

If you have a mayday or pan-pan, how many times should you say the relevant term when necessary?

Answer 2

3 times

Question 3

What term is given when no longer in distress?

Answer 3

Cancel Mayday

Question 4

What are the two classifications of emergency?

Answer 4

Distress and Urgency

Question 5

What is the call for urgency?

Answer 5

Pan Pan

Question 6

What call should you give if giving a call on behalf of any other vehicle/vessel/person in danger?

Answer 6

Pan Pan

Question 7

How should you relay an emergency if ATC has not heard it?

Answer 7

Use the original distress call (Mayday or Pan)
‘Have intercepted Mayday from ‘callsign’’
‘I say again, ‘Callsign’’

Question 8

What should you repeat in an emergency relay transmission?

Answer 8

The callsign of the emergency aircraft

Question 9

What term should start a transmission if suffering a radio failure?

Answer 9

Transmitting Blind, Transmitting Blind

Question 10

Squawk code for radio failure

Answer 10

7600

Question 11

When should the speechless code be used?

Answer 11

During radio transmission failure (able to receive) and if ATC does not initiate transponder codes

Question 12

What is the speechless code for homing?

Answer 12

Morse Code for H

Question 13

What is the speechless code for yes?

Answer 13

One click

Question 14

What is the speechless code for no?

Answer 14

Two clicks

Question 15

What is the speechless code for say again?

Answer 15

Three clicks

Question 16

What is the speechless code for ‘I have another emergency?’

Answer 16

Morse Code for X

Question 17

What is the morse code for H in speechless code?

Answer 17

Initiating the homing or speechless code

Question 18

What is the meaning of one click in speechless code?

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

What is the meaning of two clicks in speechless code?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

What is the meaning of three clicks in speechless code?

Answer 20

Say again

Question 21

What should you do if you suffer a total radio failure?

Answer 21

Fly triangles

Question 22

For a total radio failure triangle, what are the times of the legs?

Answer 22

2 minutes

Question 23

For a total radio failure triangle, what do right turns represent?

Answer 23

Your receiver is working

Question 24

For a total radio failure triangle, what do left turns represent?

Answer 24

Your receiver is also not working

Question 25

For a total radio failure, what turns should you make when flying the triangle?

Answer 25

Left

Question 26

For a radio failure but your receiver is still working, what turns should you make when flying the triangle>

Answer 26

Right

Question 27

What is the legal minimum fuel reserve for VFR flights during the day?

Answer 27

30 minutes

Question 28

What is the legal minimum fuel reserve for VFR flights during the night or IFR?

Answer 28

45 minutes

Question 29

What is the ‘Minimum Fuel’ call?

Answer 29

A call stating that, on arrival, the aircraft will have only the legal minimum fuel reserve

Question 30

How is the minimum fuel call made?

Answer 30

Callsign, Minimum Fuel

Question 31

What does the minimum fuel call imply to ATC operations?

Answer 31

The aircraft cannot accept any delays without going below the legal minimum fuel reserve

Question 32

What is the ‘Emergency Fuel’ call?

Answer 32

A call stating that, on arrival, the aircraft will have LESS THAN the legal minimum fuel reserve?

Question 33

If you are declaring ‘emergency fuel,’ what must be stated in addition to ‘emergency fuel’?

Answer 33

Mayday Mayday Mayday

Question 34

What term is transmitted when cancelling an urgency call?

Answer 34

Cancel Pan Pan