TD 69

Question 1

EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURES FOR AN NVG FAILURE?

Answer 1

1. announce “goggle failure” by crew station
2. transfer flight controls if applicable
3. Troubleshoot the ANVIS failure
4. announce results of troubleshooting
   ATM task 1426

Question 2

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT ARE THE N/NVG CONSIDERATIONS FOR TASK 1184:
RESPOND TO INADVERTENT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS?

Answer 2

You might be able to see trhough more obscuartion with the NVGs which make it easier to fly into worse conditions. NVGs may be flipped up or removed once established in stable IMC flight.
ATM task 1184

Question 3

WHAT ARE THE VISUAL ILLUSIONS IN THE AEROMEDICAL TC?

Answer 3

Vection
False horizon
confusion with ground lights
height-depth perception
crater
structural 
size-distance illusion
size constancy
shape constancy
aerial perspective
fascination
autokinesis
3-04.93 pg.9-13

Question 4

FLYING WITH NVGS, YOU ARE AT A STATIONARY HOVER IN THE LZ WHEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT APPROACHES YOU FROM YOUR LEFT REAR WITH ITS SEARCHLIGHT ON. YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT FRONT AND NOTICE YOUR SHADOW IS MOVING TO YOUR RIGHT REAR AND YOUR BODY FEELS AS IF YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD AND LEFT. WHAT IS THIS PERCEPTION KNOWN AS?

Answer 4

Vection, falsely perceived motion due to relative motion.

3-04.93 pg.9-11

Question 5

DURING A ROLL-ON LANDING AT NIGHT, WHAT SHOULD YOU CONSIDER BEFORE
DESCENDING BELOW OBSTACLES?

Answer 5

Altitude, apparent ground speed, and rate of closure are difficult to estimate. P* will need to determine the need for artifical lighting and avoid abrupt altitude changes at low alts.
ATM Task 1064