Helicopter SOP's Flashcards
VFR Weather Minimums class G airspace
Day
Night
Night W\O NVG’s
Day: 1000ft & 3 miles
Night: 1000ft & 5 miles
Night w/o NVG’s: 1500ft & 5 miles
Special VFR weather minimums (controlled airspace)
Day
Night
Day 600ft & 2 miles
Night 600 & 3 miles
Fuel calculations
Gal -kg
Fuel burn kg- hr
1 gal = 3Kg
Fuel burn 180-200Kg / Hr
18-20 Kg / .1 flying time
Fuel planning: 20 min = 60Kg.
Do not take off with less than 20 min (60Kg) of fuel
Terrain and obstacles clearance
Day 300ft
Night 500ft
NVG ops
Currency for carrying pax
Currency for acting as PIC/logging NVG ops
Max NVG duty time
FAR 61.57
Pax: 6 NVG ops within the 2 calendar months prior to the month of the flight
PIC: 6 NVG ops within the preceding 4 calendar months prior to the month of the flight
Proficiency check: Ref training manual
Max 6 hours NVG time/ 24 hrs
Minimum airspeed enroute
60 Kts
Minimum rotor clearance
Obstruction
Other helicopter
Obstruction 15ft
Other helicopter 20ft
Rotors turning
Hot loading/unloading
Pilot at controls
Hot loading/unloading
Only when necessary
Cold weather ops
Definition
40 Deg F (5 Dec C)
Flight following
Overdue aircraft
15 minutes overdue: phone search
20 min overdue: company PAIP
Landing Zone and Scene Operations
Equipment required
LZ Size day/night
Rate of Decent
Wind/Lighting
Equipment: searchlight & RadAlt
Recommended LZ Size Day: 75ft X 75ft
Recommended LZ Size Night: 100ft X 100ft
Min day/night 2X size of the helicopter, 15ft clearance from blade tip
Max ROD 200fpm within 300ft of the ground
Wind reference and adequate lighting req’d
SAR Ops
7bar can Search, not first responder, requests must come through dispatch & approved by hospital program admin
Landing zone must be “set up” by ground personnel
30 min max without review with ops, 2 hrs max without approval by hospital program
Medical transport flights have priority
Base Weather
Green = go
Yellow = weather check must be performed before acceptance of a flight
Red = no flight requests, must be updated every 2 hours
MEL repair categories
A
B
C
D
A: Time interval specified in “remarks” section
B: 3 calendar days
C: 10 calendar days
D: 120 calendar days