IFR Emergencies

Question 1

Sensory Outputs

Answer 1

• Somatosensory System: Skin/Joints/Muscles
• Visual System: Eyes
• Vestibular System: Inner ear

Question 2

Cones of the eyes:

Answer 2

• Located in the center of the eyes
• See color
• See Details
• Effective during the day

Question 3

Rods of the eyes:

Answer 3

• Grey
• See peripheral
• See movement
• 10,000x more light sensitive
• 30 Minutes to adapt to darkness

Question 4

SLICES

Answer 4

• Spirals
• Leans Illusion
• Inversion
• Coriolis
• Elevator
• Somatographic Illusion

Question 5

How to assist a passenger who’s feeling motion sickness?

Answer 5

• Allow cool air to flow in the a/c
• Have pax focus on outside visual reference

Question 6

Hypoxia symptoms

Answer 6

• Euphoria
• Headache
• ## Lightheaded and dizzy

Question 7

Why is oxygen depletion more at night?

Answer 7

• Eyes consume more oxygen at night

Question 8

Acute fatigue vs. Chronic Fatigue

Answer 8

• Acute: Short-term fatigue from unforeseen circumstances
• Chronic: Long term fatigue

Question 9

If an emergency deviation from ATC instructions are made, when is a pilot required to make a report?

Answer 9

• Only if requested by ATC
• Must be reported within 48 hours to the manager of that ATC facility

Question 10

In a two-way radio comms failure in VFR and IFR conditions, what is the procedure for altitude and route?

Answer 10

VFR: If in VFR, or VFR conditions occurs after comms failure, maintain flight under VFR and land as soon as practicable

IFR:
- Route: Fly the routes in the following order:
Assigned: Last assigned ATC clearance
Vectored: Go direct from point of radio failure to fix, route, airway in vector clearance
Expected route that ATC has advised may be expected
Filed by the route filed in flight plan
- Altitude: Fly the Highest of the following altitudes:
Minimum altitude for IFR operations
Expected alt/FL ATC has advised to expect in further clearance
Assigned alt./FL assigned in last ATC clearance

Question 11

What’s the procedure when experiencing two-way radio comms failure when you’re reaching your clearance limit? (91.185)

Answer 11

If Clearance limit is a fix where an approach begins:
- Commence descent or decent and approach as close as possible to EFC time_if one has been received_
- If no EFC time received, as close as possible to ETA as calculated from the filed or amended (w/ATC) ETE

If Clearance limit is NOT a fix where an approach begins:
- Leave clearance limit at EFC time if one has been given
- If no EFC time given, once over the clearance fix, continue to a fix where an approach begins and begin descent or descent and approach as close as possible to filed or amended (by ATC) ETA

Question 12

When would you provide a “minimum fuel” advisory to ATC? (AIM 5-5-15)

Answer 12

• When upon reaching a destination, you can accept little or no delay due to fuel