Emergencies Flashcards
What do you do when an emergency exists or is imminent?
Pursue the most appropriate course of action (conform as nearly as possible to instructions in .65) report immediately to supervisor
An emergency can be defined as either ___ or ___.
- Distress- a condition of being threatened by serious and or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance
- Urgency- a condition of being concerned about and of requiring timely but not immediate assistance-a potential distress condition
Define May Day repeated 3 times
Distress condition
Define Pan Pan repeated 3 times
Urgency condition
What do you do if these phrases are not used and you are unsure that a situation constitutes an emergency?
Handle it as though it were an emergency (most emergencies are declared in plain language by the pilot)
Obtain enough information to handle the emergency ___
Intelligently and base your decision as to what type of assistance is needed on the information and requests from the pilot who is authorized to determine a course of action
Consider an emergency to exist when any of the following occurs:
• Emergency is declared by pilot, facility personnel, officials
responsible for operation of the aircraft
• There is an unexpected loss of radar contact and radio
communications with IFR or VFR aircraft
• Reports indicate- forced landing has been made or is imminent, crew has abandoned that aircraft or is about to do so
• Emergency radar beacon response has been received (7700)
• Need for ground rescue appears likely
• ELT signal is heard or reported
When pilot requests or controller deems necessary, enlist services of:
Available radar facilities, military
What is the ARTCC responsible for in an emergency?
Receiving and relaying all pertinent ELT signal information to appropriate authorities
What is FSS’s responsibility in am emergency situation?
• Serves as a central point for collecting and disseminating
information on overdue or missing VFR aircraft
• Must notify the center about VFR aircraft emergency to allow provision of IFR separation if necessary
What is the responsibility of the facility in communication with the aircraft in distress?
• Handle the emergency
• Coordinate and direct activities of assisting facilities
• May transfer responsibility to another facility only if better
handling will result
What is the controllers responsibility?
- Forward data about the aircraft in distress to the center whose area the emergency exists
- When a foreign carrier is involved notify the ARTCC serving the departure or destination airports when either point is in the US for relay to aircraft operator
All pertinent ELT signal information shall be forwarded to the appropriate authorities by the?
ARTCC
When should you start providing assistance?
When enough information has been obtained upon which to act
What are the minimum information requirements to handle an emergency?
A/C ID, nature of the emergency, pilots desires