Lesson One Flashcards
define distress
a condition of being threatened by serious and or immediate danger danger needing immediate assistance
Define Urgancy
a condition concerning the safety of an aircraft or other vehicle, or of some person on board or within sight, which does not require immediate assistance
what is the international emergency frequency
VHF=121.5 MHz UHF 243.0 MHz (UHF is double VHF)
What are the questions one should ask in an emergency situation
- How will this effect your operation
- must aircraft be moved out of the way (Route or altitude change)
- Is the aircraft under full control
- Must the active runway be utilized or may another be used
- Is the runway long enough to recover the aircraft
- must the closest runway be used
- what will be the impact on other traffic
what are the 6 steps during an emergency
- unless otherwise known, determine aircraft ident and type, the nature of the emergency, the intentions of the flight crew as well as the position and altitude of the aircraft
- Decide upon the most appropriate type of assistance which can be provided
- Enlist the aid of any other ATS unit or other services which may be able to provide assistance to the other aircraft
- provide the aircraft with any information requested as well as any additional relevant information such as details on suitable airports, minimum sade altitudes and weather altitudes
- obtain the number of persons on board, and amount of fuelremaining, if required, and
- Notify appropriate authorities and ATS units
when is mayday spoken
at the start of comunication and identifies a distress message
When is PAN PAN spoken
identifies a urgency message
when do you give priority to certain aircraft and break the first come first serve rule
- An aircraft that has declared an emergency.
- An aircraft that appears to be in a state of emergency but is
apparently unable to inform you.
what are the signals a pilot can give you if there is an emergency
- Radio calls
- Transponder codes
- Flight patterns
- radar codes
What is the emergency flight plan for a pilot only having a receiver?
- flying in a triangle form making right hand turns
- flying two mins before each turn
- Flying one min before each turn if TAS is greater then 300 knots
An emergency flight plan for not having a radio
- flying in a triangle form making left hand turns
- flying two mins before each turn
- Flying one min before each turn if TAS is greater then 300 knots
how often do you repeat the emergency flight plan
Fly the previous patterns twice before continuing heading for five mins and repeat
Distress Call read over
The first transmission of the distress call and message by an aircraft should be on the air-to-ground frequency in use at the time. If the aircraft is unable to establish communication on the ground frequency in use, the distress call and message should be repeated on the general calling and distress frequency (3023.5 kHz or 121.5 kHz), or any other frequency available, such as 2182 kHz or 5680 kHz, in an effort to establish communications with any ground or other aircraft stations.
The distress call shall have absolute priority over all other transmissions. All stations hearing it shall immediately cease any transmission which may interfere with it and shall listen on the frequency used for the distress call.
what are the special condition target reply codes
7600 or 7700 which is three concentric triangles
what information do you need from the pilot after a distress call
- number of souls on bored
- fuel remaining
- type of emergency
- assistance required