Wing SOP Flashcards
Ship or Shore Ops wx Requirements
500/1
(If under positive control and CCA or PAR available for recovery, launch mins are 200/ 1/2
Night Current
Pilots shall not fly at night as PIC unless night current
2 hrs night time within previous 45 days; 45 to 60 days CO can authorize day to night transition for currency; after 60 days, must fly with night current PIC
FDLPs
within 30 days of DLQs; no fewer than 3 TO, downwind, approach, landing
Pre-Embarkation Proficiency
max extent practicable: min of 9 hrs within 45 days;
shall obtain: inst/night currencies
Night SAR Capable
pilots shall have flown 2 auto approaches using windline rescue patterns to coupled hover within 60 days
Instrument Current
pilots shall have flown 2 hrs sim/actual time within 60 days; regain in sim or a/c
if lapses, shall be regained prior to flying any mission as PIC
Can you be plane guard without being night SAR capable?
No
Night Dip Current
pilots shall have flown 2 night/IMC dip patterns to coupled hover at night within 60 days
Crew Rest
shall not be scheduled to brief until 10 hrs after completion of post flight duties
Shipboard Radius of Action
150 NM or max reliable nav/comm range, whichever is less
One way flights
150 NM ship to ship/shore to ship; 200 NM ship to shore
Can’t do with pax
simulated EPs, practice autos, intentional a/c degradations and ordnance release
Low Level Over Land Altitudes
Populated: 1000 ft AGL
Unpopulated: 500 ft AGL
Low Level Overwater
Day: 50 ft AGL (intended for flights where altitude profiles support authorized missions/training)
Unaided Night: 150 ft AGL
Aided Night: 100 ft AGL
Low Level Coupled Hover Alt
70 ft; following steady hover, can reduce to no lower than 40 ft to conduct live hoisting ops
SACT minimum altitudes
day: 100 ft AGL
night: 500 ft AGL
If STAB AUTO MODE PBS not illuminated when AC power applied
stab lockpins shall be checked visually prior to flight
Rescue Hoist Check
Should be completed on first flight of the day to check SAR capability
Call Outs
Single engine airspeed, stab programming on first TO
stab programming after reengaging auto mode after sim/actual failure
Landing checks
shall be completed when transitioning from pad to runway or vice versa
APU
should be started on deck to max extent possible
VertRep and CAL/LZ Power Margin
10% between IRP and max power required when load is lifted from deck
RadAlt Use
Night overwater below 500 ft - consider DH no lower than 10% of current altitude
Steady Hover prior to Dipping
2 KGS
cable angle hover mode __ be operational for all dipping ops
shall
during exercises/training, wave heights no greater than __ (sea state of __) for dipping
15 ft; 6