PHI GOM IFR Operations-Flight Planning Flashcards by Warren Bair

The latest weather reports or forecasts, or any combination of them must indicate the weather at destination will be_______ at______

above mins at ETA. [FAR 135.219]

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Authorized Weather/NOTAM Sources - Must be approved by______

the NWS or The Administrator.

[FAR 135.213a; Ops Specs; Ops Man p. 252]

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Conditional wording (FMHH, BECMG, PROB, TEMPO) shall be interpreted________weather.

as actual weather.

Ops Man p. 254

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Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) - valid within_____ miles of aerodrome.

within 5 Statute months of terminal aerodrome.

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P.H.I.X. 20 covers what area:

Coastal plains: inland 25 Nautical miles including Lafayette and west of 85° West longitude.

Coastal waters:
out to the F.I.R.

Offshore Waters:
Within the Houston Oceanic Flight Information Region, or
Miami Flight Information Region.

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SIGMET - Issued for _____

severe turbulence or severe icing. (NOAA/FAA AC 00-45F Para.

6.1)

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Convective SIGMET - Issued for____

hazardous convective weather.

(Specifically issued for lines of tstms, large areas of tstms, or embedded tstms. [NOAA/FAA AC 00-45F Para.
6.1])

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Onshore -

Standard instrument approach procedure authorized under FAR____

Part 97

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Onshore-

SIAP authorized by___

(PHI Ops Man.

[Ops Man p. 271] GOM based on OPSPEC)

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OSAP & HEDA locations expire ____ year after submission.

one year after submission.

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HEDA location must appear on _____________ prior to use.

Current HEDA

Ops Man pp. 301-302]

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Operations under FAR 135 weather reports must be taken_____

at the airport where the IFR operations are conducted. (FAR 135.213; Ops Man p. 271)

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Is the use of an alternate weather or altimeter source for either a standard or special instrument approach allowed?

…unless it is specifically authorized, by location, in the PHI Operations Manual. (BVE) [Ops Man p. 278])

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Offshore Weather Deviation for OSAP
One station -
Weather station within ___ miles radius of IFR destination

One Station.

10 Nautical miles.

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Landing Minima Consist of _____ only for ______ operations

visibility only for daytime operations

IFR DEP: 1/2sm
Night 300 and 1

(except Fourchon, LA SIAPs). [Ops Man
pp. 257, 271])

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Visibility reduction for helicopters -
May reduce visibility by___,but not below the minimum specified in the appropriate ___________, subject to the following 3 conditions:

½, but not below the
lighting table,

Subject to the following: not a”Copter” approach.
Not annotated “Visibility Reduction by Helicopters Not Authorized.”
Maintain 90 KIAS for the final approach segment.(PHI requirement for entire final at 90)
(FAR 97.3;
Ops Man p. 271)

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Offshore destination Alternate required if either:
At time of departure, the destination weather is reported to be; or
Within _______of ETA the destination weather is forecast to be lower than
______foot ceiling or ___ statute miles vis.

+or-1 hour of ETA the destination weather is forecast to be lower than
2000 foot ceiling or 3 miles.

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Onshore destination Alternate required if within ____hour of ETA, the destination weather is forecast to be lower than:
______ above the lowest circling height above airport, or

if no circling approach is available, the higher of:

______ above the lowest published straight-in or
_____feet above airport elev,

or if
Visibility less than __ Statute miles, or __Statute miles greater than the lowest published
minimum.

Within 1 hour
1500’ above circling mins
or
if no Circling approach is available:

1500 above the lowest straight in or
2000’ airport elevation whichever is higher.
3 Statute miles, or 2 Statute miles above published

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To use an Airport as an Onshore alternate [Ops Man p. 275]
The approach must be listed under “__________”
.
Ceiling - Add ____feet to the minimums and round to nearest ____feet.
Visibility - ______or as published
Visibility reduction for helicopters is ____ authorized when deriving alternate minima.

“For Filing as Alternate” (or not “A NA” on NOS charts)

At the ETA (NOT +- an hour)

200 feet,
100 foot increments, (up to 50’ - round down, 51’ or more - round up).
One mile visibility.
Visibility reduction is not authorized for alternates.

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When deriving alternate minima remember; ceiling is AGL or MSL?

AGL.

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The requirement for a ground-based approach at the Alternate Airport does not apply to _____-equipped aircraft.

WAAS

you must have both the dual FMS and appropriate RFM supplement

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Weather RADAR is required for flight…..

Flight into areas of known or forecast thunderstorms or other hazards without
operative weather radar is prohibited. (FAR 135.173; Ops Man p. 253)

Flight in known or forecast icing conditions is ______ unless____. With RIPS installed, you may fly in _______ but not ______level Icing.

prohibited
Aircraft is equipped with De-Ice (RIPS) and crew is trained. (FON 14-09)
Moderate icing is okay
Severe prohibited
((135.227 (e)….., no pilot may fly an aircraft into known or forecast SEVERE icing conditions. )

The Pilot in Command may not knowingly _________ into hazardous conditions. The Pilot in
Command may not ________ into hazardous conditions unless no safer course of action is available. These conditions include icing and convective weather.

dispatch into hazardous conditions.

Continue flight unless no safer course of action is available.

With the exception of the ________segment of a non-GPS approach, the GPS may be used as the sole nav source for all IFR navigation. (AIM 1-1-19e)

final approach The GPS may be the primary NAV source but not the sole source. The ground based navaid must be operational and monitored. (RFM PART 1 page 1-4 When using FMS guidance for conducting instrument approach procedures that do not include (GPS or RNAV in the title of the published procedure, unless otherwise authorized by local authority, the flight crew must verify that the procedure-specified navaid and associated avionics are operational.)

When a ground-based navaid is out of service or an operable receiver is not installed, a _____ fix may be substituted for the navaid. It may be used to fix position over or distance from the navaid, for navigation to or from the navaid, as a holding fix, or as the reference for a _____ arc. (AIM 1-1-19e / Table 1-1-6, 1-2-3c)

GPS | DME

Holding may be assigned at any waypoint on the Gulf of Mexico IFR Grid. Hold ______ of the fix in a standard ______holding pattern at no more than _____ KIAS.

South of the fix one-minute standard holding no more than 100 KIAS.

The "A" in PHM019A indicates what?

ADS-B equiped

Takeoff Minima:

Takeoff Minima (Ops Man p. 255): Higher than Standard, - If published on the airport diagram for a particular runway they must be used as published when taking off from that runway. Standard - ½ mile or 2400 RVR. Equal to Landing, Lowest straight-in landing minima for any approach at that airport for which the aircraft is equipped and the pilots are authorized. including adjustments for lights 1600 minimum RVR. Adequate Vis Ref - 1200 RVR or ¼ mile, provided crew qualification and adequate visual reference to continuously identify the takeoff surface of the runway and maintain directional control throughout the take-off run is available. "Adequate vis Ref" must be listed on the approach plate for that runway. (5.10.1)

Departure from any location (airport or heliport, onshore or offshore) with weather less than landing minima -____________ must be available within ____ hour flying time.

(S92) An alternate airport onshore must be available within 1 hour flying time. offshore does not require a departure alternate (training department). For personal mins, you might consider using the HEDA or OSAP landing mins for that rig in case you need to return for an emergency. Select a departure alternate if below those mins. [FAR 135.217; Ops Man 5.4.2] and training dept.

Departing Offshore Heliport | Avoid all obstructions observed on radar by ___ NM until above _____'.

½ NM until above 900'.

Departure may be made from all | onshore PHI heliports and all offshore heliports with ____visibility (day), _______(night). [Ops Man pp. 255, 257]

½ SM (can't use ADQ VIS REF since it's not listed for airport) 300'/1 SM

Departing a PHI heliport with less than____SM Vis requires_______

1sm | one of the "specified airports" be above landing mins.

What are the "Specified Airports" for Boothville?

KHUM, KMSY, KNEW, KGPT

What are the "Specified Airports" for Morgan City?

KHUM, KMSY, KBTR, KLFT

Departing Houma PHI Heliport below what weather requires taxi to the runway for departure?

Less than 300 ceiling or 1sm vis ..... but great than 1/4sm vis and have vertical vis to air taxi without losing ground reference. 5.6 Houma (PHI)

Offshore Weather Deviation for OSAP Two stations: Use two weather stations separated by up to ____ NM. Destination must lie within box formed by connecting the stations and extending the line ___NM beyond each station, then laterally ___NM either side of line. Maximum dimensions - ___ NM x __ NM.

``` Two Stations: 40 NM 10 NM 40 NM 60 NM X 80 NM Offshore Weather Deviation [Ops Man p. 277] ```

AWOS or ASOS cannot be used for IFR operations if either the ______ or _______are missing

Visibility or Altimeter are missing (5.2.1)

If the "on shore" destination vis is above mins but the ceiling is below may you file to that destination?

Yes. Although located in the arrival section of the GOM, the training dept says it applies. "Landing minima is visibilty only". You should consider the ceiling but not required to have it above mins. "Off Shore" still requires both ceiling and Vis to dispatch.

Departing a PHI heliport under IFR climb to______ before turns.

1000

Missed approach on a SIAP is at____kts

70knots If you use the Go around button then you will need to reset from 80 back to 70.

CAT A circling must remain within___nm of the airport

1.3 below 7000 MSL. 1.4 above. This is a recent change. See the table in AIM for circling.

Is "Minimum fuel" an emergency

No. Means any undue delay will cause an emergency.

Air Taxi means to remain below___feet

100

Lowest VFR min Dual pilot IFR aircraft and crew

300-1 within 10 of base, 300-2 beyond 10 500-3 for VFR aircraft, 500-5 one way (but S-92 can't use)

During takeoff IMC, the flying pilot becomes un-stabilized. What must the NFP say?

"I have the controls"

How do you know if the aircraft is WAAS certified?

If it has the WAAS supplement and dual FMS.

EFB climb time are _____min _____and below and ______ above

Only found in the S-76 section of the GOM but is on the recurrent pretest. 5 min at and below 5000 10 min above

If the SFL are inop at Houma RWY 18 are the landing mins increased?

Yes. SFL are the RAIL Lighting Table 5.10.2 ......MALS..... 200 and 3/4

Are you required to check RAIM prediction if your aircraft is WAAS equiped?

No, but you should check WAAS NOTAMS. | TNG LPV PPT

When using a RNAV appoach as the alternate may you use LPV mins with a WAAS certified aircraft.

No. Use LNAV mins for alternate planning. Once en route the alternate then use LPV mins.

Minimum circling altitude is as published but never less than HAA ____and __statute mile visibility.

350 HAA and 1sm | 5.9.4 Circle-to-Land Maneuvers

Does the PHIX-20 include AIRMETS?

Yes, The PHIX-20 takes the FAA AIRMET and tailors it specifically for the GOM area. A AIRMET for icing may cover your area but if the PHI X-20 "AIRMET" indicates a higher icing level you may use the higher altitude. GOM 5.2

Is LPV a precision approach?

No, Use the "Precision" lighting table. REF: Training power point for LPV. The FAA created a third category of approach for LPV called an "APV" or Approach with vertical Guidance. (At one time it was called a semi-precision approach. LPV does not meet the ICAO requirements for precision) AIM 5-4-5 7 (b)