Hazards

Question 1

What are the wind hazards?

Answer 1

Turbulence
Windshear
Tornadoes

Question 2

What are the precipitation hazards?

Answer 2

Heavy rain
Hail
Icing

Question 3

What are the lightning hazards?

Answer 3

Lightning
Static discharge

Question 4

What is turbulence? What effect can it cause to the aircraft?

Answer 4

Turbulence is an up and down draft of wind

It can damage the aircraft

Question 5

What is windshear? What effect can it cause to the aircraft? And what is the abbreviation?

Answer 5

Windshear is a change of wind speed or direction

It can cause a loss of control

Code- WS

Question 6

What is a tornado? What effect can it cause to the aircraft?

Answer 6

Tornadoes are severe horizontal windershear which creates a spin making the rising air pull upwards

It can damage the aircraft

Question 7

What is heavy rain? What effect can it cause to the aircraft? And what is the abbreviation?

Answer 7

Heavy rain is severe rain fall

It can cause a loss of visibility

Code- +SHRA

Question 8

What are hailstones? What effect can it cause to the aircraft? And what is the abbreviation?

Answer 8

Hail is ice crystals

It can cause a loss of visibility and damage to the aircraft

Code- HLST

Question 9

What is icing? What effect can it cause to the aircraft? And what is the abbreviation?

Answer 9

Icing is cooled waterdroplets at low temperatures

It can cause a loss of control and icing to the aircraft

Code- ICG

Question 10

What is static discharge? What effect can it cause to the aircraft?

Answer 10

Static discharge is static interference before lightning aka St Elmo’s Fire

It can cause electrical failures to the aircraft

Question 11

What is lightning? What effect can it cause to the aircraft? And what is the abbreviation?

Answer 11

Lightning is friction caused by the rising and falling of air particles

It can cause electrical failures to the aircraft

Code- LTG