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Emergency Procedures Test Flashcards

1
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Collisions on Exit

A
  1. Arch
  2. Gently push off with open hands - do not grab anything
  3. Maintain stability
  4. Maintain altitude awareness
  5. Check handles and equipment
  6. Continue the free fall as planned.
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Spinning

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  1. Relax
  2. Arch
  3. Check hands and feet
  4. Counter spin by turning in the opposite direction
  5. Maintain altitude awareness
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Tumbling

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  1. Relax
  2. Arch
  3. Check hands and feet
  4. Maintain altitude awareness
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4
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Entering a cloud or loss of visibility

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  1. Stop all movement
  2. Maintain heading
  3. Maintain altitude awareness
  4. Pull at prescribed altitude even if you are still in the clouds
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5
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Lost or loose goggles

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  1. Make one attempt to replace them
  2. If unsuccessful, squint eyes and continue free fall as planned
  3. If unable to maintain altitude awareness, wave off and pull
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Altimeter failure/ Lost altimeter

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  1. Tap altimeter to signal problem to instructor
  2. Instructor will show you his altimeter and instruct you when to pull
  3. If you are alone in free fall and unable to maintain altitude awareness, wave off and pull
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7
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What are the pull priorities?

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  1. Pull

2. Never sacrifice altitude for stability

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8
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How many attempts should you make to clear a malfunction?

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  1. Two
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9
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What are the two major types of malfunctions and describe each one of them by definition?

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  1. Total: pull main ripcord and nothing comes off your back

2. Partial: pull the main ripcord and something comes off your back, but canopy does not fully or properly deploy

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10
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Explain the corrective action for Pack Closure

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  1. After pull, raise right shoulder and count to two
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11
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Explain the corrective action for Horseshoe Malfunction

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  1. Make no attempt to clear

2. Perform cutaway procedures

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12
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Explain the corrective action for Bag Lock

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  1. Make no attempt to clear

2. Perform cutaway procedures

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13
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Explain the corrective action for Pilot Chute Hesitation

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  1. After pull, raise right shoulder and count to two
  2. If nothing happens, raise right shoulder again and count to two
  3. I’d parachute fails to open, perform cutaway procedures
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14
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Explain the corrective action for Hung Slider and Snivels

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  1. Pull toggles to 100% brake position for 3-4 seconds
  2. Release to 50% brake position
  3. If slider is still hung, repeat once
  4. If slider is still above cascade point after two attempts, perform cutaway procedures
  5. If slider is below cascade point, perform canopy controllability check
  6. If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures
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15
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Explain the corrective action for Knotted and or Broken Suspension lines

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  1. Perform canopy controllability

2. If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures

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16
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Explain the corrective action for Broken Control Lines

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  1. Unstow both brakes
  2. Steer with good toggle and rear riser on the side of the broken control line
  3. Determine flare point at safe altitude with both rear risers (above 1500 ft AGL)
  4. Fly landing pattern and land using both rear risers
17
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Explain the corrective action for Pilot chute over the nose and or through suspension lines

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  1. Pull toggles to 100% brake position for 3-4 seconds
  2. If pilot chute is still over the nose and or through suspension lines, perform canopy controllability check
  3. If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures
18
Q

Explain the corrective action for each one of the following parachute deployment emergencies

Closed end cells

A
  1. Pull toggles to 100% brakes position for 3-4 positions and let up slowly
  2. If end cells do not inflate, repeat once
  3. If cells do not inflate, perform cutaway procedures
19
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Explain the corrective action for Premature Brake Release

A
  1. Unstow other brake

2. Perform canopy controllability check

20
Q

Explain the corrective action for Line Twists

A
  1. Grasp both risers with thumbs down
  2. Pull risers apart and kick legs in a bicycle motion
  3. Do not unstow brakes until twists are clear
  4. Maintain altitude awareness
  5. It twists are not cleared by 2500 ft AGL, make a cutaway decision
21
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Explain the corrective action for Holes or Tears

A
  1. If hole is in bottom skin, perform canopy controllability check
  2. If hole is in top skin (blue sky) perform cutaway procedures
22
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Explain the corrective action for Lineover

A
  1. Make no attempt to clear

2. Perform cutaway procedures

23
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Explain the corrective action for Floating ripcord

A
  1. Look and identify malfunction
  2. Trace ripcord cable housing with index finger and thumb of right hand toward ripcord cable and make O around ripcord cable
  3. Trace ripcord cable to ripcord handle or pull ripcord cable
  4. If unsuccessful, perform cutaway procedures
24
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Explain the corrective action for Hard pull

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  1. Reach across with left hand in a punching motion to assist the right hand in pulling of the ripcord
  2. If unsuccessful perform cutaway procedures
25
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What is the cutaway decision altitude?

A

2,500 ft AGL

26
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What should you do if your main is completely deployed and your reserve is partially open?

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  1. Do not unstow brakes. If already unstowed, go to full flight and let go
  2. Carefully attempt to pull in reserve deployment bag and contain it
  3. Keep suspension lines near in case reserve begins to inflate
  4. While controlling reserve deployment bag, take control of main canopy and land safely
  5. If reserve begins to deploy, feed suspension lines out and perform dual canopy procedures
27
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What should you do if you have a complete dual canopy deployment, meaning that both canopies are out, in the following configurations?

Side by side

A
  1. Ensure canopies are not entangled, it unsure, assume they are
  2. If the canopies are entangled, do not perform cutaway procedures
  3. Keep canopies together by pulling the inside rear risers on each canopy
  4. Apply minimal effort to land safely
  5. Do not release brakes. If brakes are released on one canopy, release on the other
28
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What should you do if you have a complete dual canopy deployment, meaning that both canopies are out, in the following configurations?

Bi- Plane

A
  1. Endure canopies are not entangled. If unsure, assume they are.
  2. If the canopies are entangled, do not perform cutaway procedures
  3. Keep canopies together by flying the dominant canopy with the rear risers
  4. Apply minimal input to land safely
  5. Do not release brakes. If brakes are released on one canopy, release on the other.
29
Q

What should you do if you have a complete dual canopy deployment, meaning that both canopies are out, in the following configurations?

Down plane

A
  1. Ensure both canopies are not entangled. If unsure, assume they are
  2. If the canopies are entangled, do not perform cutaway procedures
  3. Force canopies into side by side configuration and keep together by pulling the inside rear risers of each canopy
  4. Apply minimal input to land safely
  5. So not release brakes. If brakes are released on one canopy, release on the other
30
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If 100 percent sure that the canopies are not entangled, separate the canopies and cut away the main parachute using the following procedure

A
  1. Grasp left rear risers on the left canopy with your left hand
  2. Look and grab red cutaway pillow with your right hand
  3. Look at canopies and pull left rear riser
  4. Once the canopies begin to separate, pull red cutaway pillow and let go of rear riser
  5. Perform canopy controllability check
31
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What is the lowest altitude by which you should no longer attempt to cross over power lines?

A

1,000ft AGL

32
Q

What type of landing is preferred to a wire landing?

A

Any, to include downwind landing

33
Q

Who has cutaway priority in an entanglement if neither jumper had a good canopy and why?

A
  1. Higher jumper

2. Higher jumper may be fatally engulfed in canopy material if lower jumper performs cutaway procedures first

34
Q

What are the emergency procedures for canopy entanglements and the higher jumper has a good canopy?

Above 2,000 ft AGL

A
  1. Higher jumper attempts to clear himself of lower jumpers canopy (will reinflate within 150-200ft)
    If the higher jumper cannot clear himself, lower jumper will perform cutaway procedures
36
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What are the emergency procedures for canopy entanglements and the higher jumper has a good canopy?

Between 2,000 and 1,000ft AGL

A
  1. Higher jumper makes every effort to control lower jumpers canopy
  2. Lower jumper has two options: jettison Conner equipment and land with higher jumper flying at 50% brakes and PLF or perform cutaway procedures
37
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What are the emergency procedures for canopy entanglements and the higher jumper has a good canopy?

Below 1,000 ft AGL

A
  1. Higher jumper makes every effort to control lower jumpers canopy
  2. Lower jumper will jettison combat equipment and land with higher jumper flying at 50% brakes and PLF
38
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What are the emergency procedures for canopy entanglements and the higher jumper has a good canopy?

Below 1,000 ft and neither jumper has a good canopy

A
  1. If all else fails and impact with the ground is imminent, both jumpers deploy reserve canopies in attempt to slow descent
  2. If only one canopy deploys, jumper with control of canopy brings other jumper to the ground
  3. If both canopies deploy, both jumpers perform cutaway procedures to clear from entanglement
39
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What should you do for a misjudged flare attempt?

A
  1. Maintain flared position

2. Prepare to perform PLF

40
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What are the cutaway procedures?

A
  1. THROW away the main ripcord
  2. COUNTER with the left hand
  3. LOOK to identify red cutaway handle
  4. GRAB the cutaway handle with right handle
  5. PULL the red cutaway handle to a full arm extension
  6. THROW away the cutaway handle
  7. COUNTER with the right hand
  8. LOOK to identify the reserve ripcord handle with the left hand
  9. GRAB the reserve ripcord handle with the left hand
  10. PULL the reserve ripcord handle to full arm extension
  11. THROW away the reserve ripcord handle
  12. RAISE right shoulder to ensure pilot chute deploys

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