Overdue Aircraft Procedures

Question 1

((10-1-4)

What are two things an emergency can be?

Answer 1

Distress or an urgency

Question 2

(10-1-5)

Coordinate efforts to the extent possible to assist any aircraft believed:

Answer 2

Overdue, lost, or in emergency status.

Question 3

(10-3-(all).

How many minutes of no communication or radar contact established of an aircraft until an aircraft is considered overdue?

Answer 3

30 minutes

Question 4

(10-4-(1-3)
Emergency

IFR traffic which could be affected by an overdue or unreported aircraft must be restricted or suspended unless:

Answer 4

Radar separation is used

Question 5

((10-1-4)

An aircraft who encounters a distress condition should declare an emergency by beginning the initial communication with the word:

Answer 5

Mayday, preferably repeated three times.

Question 6

((10-1-4)

For an urgent condition, a pilot should begin communication by repeating what three times?

Answer 6

Pan-pan.

Question 7

((10-1-4)

If the words mayday or pan-pan are not used and you are in doubt that a situation constitutes an emergency or potential emergency:

Answer 7

Handle it as though it were an emergency

Question 8

((10-1-4)

What kind of assistance is given to aircraft in distress?

Answer 8

Maximum assistance

Question 9

((10-1-4)

When do you transfer an aircraft in distress to another facility?

Answer 9

Only when you feel better handling of the emergency will result

Question 10

((10-1-4)

When you receive info about an aircraft in distress, who do you forward detailed data to?

Answer 10

The center whose area the emergency exists.

Question 11

((10-1-4)

What is the ARTCC responsible for in an emergency situation?

Answer 11

Receiving and relaying all pertinent ELT signal info to the appropriate authorities

Question 12

((10-1-4)

When considering to escort an aircraft in distress, evaluate:

Answer 12

> The close formation required by both aircraft

> special consideration should be given if the maneuver takes the aircraft through the clouds

Question 13

((10-1-4)

Before determination is made to have an aircraft in distress be escorted by another aircraft, ask the pilots if they are familiar with and capable of:

Answer 13

Formation flight

Question 14

((10-1-4)

Do not allow an aircraft to join up in formation during emergency conditions unless:

Answer 14

> the pilots involved are familiar with and capable of formation flight

> they can communicate with one another and have visual contact with each other

Question 15

((10-1-4)

If there is a need for aircraft that are not designated as search and rescue aircraft to get closer to one another than radar sep standards allow, the maneuver must be accomplished:

Answer 15

Visually, by the aircraft involved.

Question 16

(10-3-(all).

Consider an aircraft overdue when neither comm or radar contact can be established and 30 minutes have passed since:

Answer 16

> its ETA over a specified or compulsory reporting point or at a clearance limit in your area

> its clearance void time

> a VFR or IFR aircraft arriving at an airport not served by an air traffic control tower or flight service station fails to cancel a flight plan after receiving instructions on how to cacel

Question 17

(10-3-(all).

Consider an aircraft to be in an emergency status and initiate ALNOT procedures immediately when there is an abnormal simultaneous loss of:

Answer 17

Radar and communications with an IFR aircraft or VFR/SVFR aircraft receiving flight following services.

(May be applicable to aircraft operating in a non radar environment and an unexpected/abnormal loss of communication occurs)

Question 18

(10-3-(all).

Who makes determinations and takes any subsequent actions required when an aircraft is reported as overdue, missing or lost?

Answer 18

The ARTCC

Question 19

(10-3-(all).

What information do you forward to the ARTCC when an aircraft is considered to be in emergency status that may require SAR procedures?

Answer 19

> flight plan, including color of aircraft if known
time of last transmission received, by whom, and frequency used
last position report and how determined
aircraft beacon code
number of people on board
fuel status
facility working aircraft and frequency
last known position, how determined, time, estimated present position and max range of flight of the aircraft based on remaining fuel and airspeed
Pos of other aircraft near aircraft’s route of flight, when requested
whether or not an ELT signal has been heard or reported in the vicinity of the last known position
other pertinent information

Question 20

(10-3-(all).

To assist the RCC and SAR teams in the conduct of the SAR mission, provide the most accurate latitude and longitude available to the FAA using:

Answer 20

En route and terminal radar sensor data near the aircraft’s last known position

Question 21

(10-3-(all).

If necessary to prevent an undue delay, utilize any available method to determine the initial:

Answer 21

Latitude and longitude

(Follow up as soon as possible with a formal latitude and longitude using the appropriate terminal or en route facility data extraction tools)

Question 22

(10-3-(all).

If available, solicit the assistance of other aircraft known to be operating:

Answer 22

Near the aircraft in distress

Question 23

(10-4-(1-3)
Emergency

The facility responsible must restrict or suspend IFR traffic for a period of 30 min following:

Answer 23

> the time at which approach clearance was delivered to the pilot

> the EFC time delivered to the pilot

> the arrival time over the NAVAID serving the destination airport

> the current estimate, either the control facility’s or the pilot’s whichever is later, at:

   - the appropriate en route NAVAID or fix, and 
   - the NAVAID serving the destination airport

> the release time and, if issued, the clearance void time

Question 24

(10-4-(1-3)
Emergency

Operate runway lights, approach, lights, and all other required airport lighting systems for ______ min before the ETA of the unreported aircraft until the aircraft has been located or for _______ min after its fuel supply is estimated to be exhausted

Answer 24

30 min

30 min

Question 25

(10-4-(1-3)
Emergency

After the 30 min traffic suspension period has expired, resume:

Answer 25

Normal air traffic control if the operators or pilots of other aircraft concur.

This concurrence must be maintained for a period of 30 min after the suspension period has expired.