Emergency Procedures Flashcards
Flying practice patterns in the south practice area the engine quits…
Enter autorotation Turn into wind Identify spot Mayday call Switches and fuel off Full down landing
It’s been a long day. You are exhausted from your mega-cross-country trip out to Honolulu and back. After climbing out from Honolulu airspace you prepare for one last leg back to Kona. As you pull the trim up to get relaxed the engine quits…
Inadvertent Mixture Pull
Enter autorotation
Air Restart Procedure
Mixture - full down
Throttle - cracked slightly
Starter - with left hand
Flying from Upolu to Hana the engine catches on fire…
Enter autorotation Turn into wind Mayday call Switches off Heater off Vent open Doors unlatched
If engine keeps running make power recovery over water, allow passenger to exit, fly safe distance away, hover auto into water, lateral cyclic to stop blades, exit
If engine quits turn off fuel valve, full down auto into water, lateral cyclic to stop rotor, exit
While hover taxiing from Alpha to the parking area there is a sudden, uncontrollable, yaw to the right…
Tail Rotor Failure
Roll off throttle
Cushion landing with collective
Flying over the old Kona airport on the way back to KOA there is a sudden, uncontrollable, yaw to the right…
Tail Rotor Failure
Enter autorotation Turn into wind Identify spot Mayday call Maintain minimum 70 KIAS Keep throttle rolled into detent Full down auto
Flying over some gnarly lava fields and various other shitty terrain about 5nm from Waimea the nose yaws right uncontrollably…
Tail Rotor Failure
Enter auto
Maintain minimum 70 KIAS
Slowly apply lowest power setting and see if forward flight is possible.
Mayday call
If power allows continue flight to Waimea for emergency landing, otherwise find acceptable landing area and perform auto.
Keep throttle in detent during landing
Hovering over the bomber (OGE, full fuel, high altitude) in the Valleys your passenger asks you to turn a little to the right so they can get a better photo. As you start a right pedal turn the helicopter suddenly begins to spin to the right uncontrollably…
Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
Apply forward cyclic, into the wind if possible
As speed is attained vertical stabilizer and clean air will allow left pedal correction
For prevention make left pedal turns in potential LTE scenarios
While on a cross-country from Waimea to Upolu the alternator light comes on…
Turn off unnecessary loads Turn off alternator Turn back on after one second See if fault clears If not turn back off Keep unnecessary loads off and use battery as back up (20 minutes life)
You cleared that alternator fault a while back but all of the sudden the panel starts smoking…
Electrical Fire
Land immediately
Mayday call
Switches off
Vent open
*No governor, low rotor RPM light or horn
After the electrical fire on the way to Upolu you are on approach to make an emergency landing at Kawaihae. As you start to pull in the collective the nose yaws right and see the rotor RPM droop…
Low Rotor RPM & No Governor
Lower collective and roll up throttle simultaneously
With master and alternator switches off there is no governor and no low RPM light or horn
Heading back to Kona you realize that the radio has stopped working…
Squawk 7600 Call (phone) the tower to alert them you are coming in Expect light gun signals: - Flashing green: enter pattern - Steady green: clear to land - Flashing red: do not land - Steady red: hold - Flashing red/green: exercise extreme caution
