Wing SOP Flashcards
Changes to flight schedule
Must be annotated on master schedule and approved by CO
Changes to flight schedule underway
Approved by ship CO and det OIC
Minimum weather
500/1
If positive radar control and a CCA or PAR is available for recovery, minimum launch is 200/ 1/2
FCF checklist items
shall only be conducted when the crew includes a designated FCP
Minimum crew for tactical training events
HAC/L3, PQM, and aircrewman
Window for warmup flight
Pilot who has not flown in 45 days
Should include autorotations and other FAM type manuevers
Night currency
2 Hours within 45 days
Between 45 and 60 days the CO may authorize day to night transition
After 60, shall fly with night current HAC
LSO designation
Shall be designated in writing by ship’s CO
Unless short evolution (DLQ’s or ISATT)
DLQ currency lapses
Shall conduct OFT or night FDLP within 30 days of requalification
Shall complete no fewer than 3 evolutions
If all pilots lose currency CO shall attempt to use HAC from another unit
If operational situation waiver from WING commander to allow non-current HACs to regain currency
What needs to be rebased following OIC change, ship COC (fleet up exempt), reassignment to a new ship, more than 60 days between embarked
Day and night landing requalifications Emergency flight quarters Crash on deck drill Hot refueling Straightening and traversing evolutions ELVA/smoke light approach Lost Plane Homing
Flight hours prior to embarkation
9 hours within 45 days
Night currency and insturment currency prior to embarkation
2 hours within 45 days night
2 hours insturment within 60 days
Intervals of 45 days or less between embarked ops hours
minimum 6 hours and achieve night and instrument currency
SAR capable currency
2 night automatic approaches utilizing windline rescue pattern to a coupled hover within 60 days
Failure to meet shall not be scheduled to fly night SAR missions
Dip currency
2 Night dip to dip patterns at night to a coupled hover in 60 days
To regain shall fly with a coupler current PIC
Instrument currency, how to rebase
2 hours simulated or actual within 60 hours
Can be in SIM
Must be regained prior to flying any other mission as HAC
Crew rest
Shall not be scheduled to brief a flight event until 10 hours after completion of post flight duties
Shipboard radius of action
150 NM or max reliable nav/comm range whichever is less
One way flights radius of action
150 NM shore to ship, ship to ship
200 NM ship to shore
Prohibited with passengers/orientation flights
Simulated emergencies
practice autorotations
intentional aircraft degradations
ordnance release
Overland minimum altitude
1000 ft AGL populated
500 ft AGL unpopulated
Overwater minimum altitude
50 ft day
150 ft unaided night
100 ft NVD
Coupled hover minimum altitude
70 ft
Following stable hover, may be reduced to 40 ft to conduct live hoisting ops
Terrain flights (Low level) minimum altitude
200 ft AGL on approved routes and ranges
SACT minimum altitude
100 ft AGL Day
500 ft AGL night
Checklist
Challenge reply reply up to rotor engagement
When necessary to avoid interference may be done silently
If STAB AUTO MODE PBS not illuminated when AC power is applied
Stab lockpins shall be visually checked prior to flight
Rescue hoist op check
should be completed on the first flight of the day to ensure SAR capability
Called on the first takeoff of each flight
Safe single engine airspeed and stab programming
Shall be called after reengaging the AUTO mode after a simulated or actual stab failure
Stab programming
What checklist needs to be completed when transitioning from pad to runway or viceversa
Landing checklist
Any time the mission is altered from what is briefed
In-flight mission change checklist
Passengers during hot refuel
Shall not occupy the aircraft
Aircrewmen during hot refuel
Shall assist in monitoring refueling operations
What needs to happen during crew swaps
shall be a PIC to PIC verbal turnover
What checklist to start with after hot seat
Step 9 of the post engagement checks
With rotors turning how far aft can you go?
Shall not proceed aft of countermeasure dispensers, unless arming/de-arming the system
Air taxi
Shall ground taxi to the greatest extent possible whenever possibility of damage from rotor wash exists
Inter-Squadron ops
Require a joint brief between PICs, may be face to face, phonecon, message, email or per SOPs
Use of seat belts
Seat and gunners belts shall be utilized to the max extent possible
All occupants should be in a crash worthy seat with seat and shoulder harness secured during take-off and landing
Flyover manuevers
Non-manuevering wings level passes of one to two aircraft (waiverable to four)
Single pass over a fixed point at a specified time
Flyover altitude and airspeed
No lower than 500 ft AGL
No slower than 60 KIAS
Deviations from Flyover specifications
Requested through type wing TYCOM approval
`Concurrent det aircraft ops
Single spot ship with 2 helicopters utilizing RSD shall not conduct concurrent ops unless an emergency landing site (shore or ship) is available within 50 NM for the duration
Concurrent det ops Terminating at other than parent ship
Both aircraft can be up if flight ends at other than parent ship
Concurrent det ops for fly-on
50 NM alternate does not apply, thorough mission planning shall be conducted and no-go criteria determined for hangar delays
Concurrent manned/unmanned flight ops
50 NM alternate does not apply
Photography
All staged or mission related photography must be approved by the CO
unplanned and non-briefed photography is prohibited
APU operations
When required in flight, should be started on deck to the max extent possible
Vertrep power margin
10 percent margin between Intemediate rated power IRP and max power required when a load is lifted from the deck
Radalt DH setting at night overwater
Below 500 ft should be set no lower than 10 percent less than altitude
Shall verbalize DH settings and activation of warning tones
Prior to down dome
Establish a steady coupled hover
Adjust lat and long pots
Groundspeed no greater than 2 kts
Required for all dipping sonar ops
Cable angle hover mode shall be operable
Max wave height and beaufort scale for dipping
15 ft waves
beaufort scale 6
When to verbalize cable angle deviationa and take action to correct
If cable angle exceeds the 4.25 degree inner circle
POCL with less than 1000 ft ceiling
No more than half the ceiling
800 ft ceiling = no more than 400 ft POCL
POCL with ceiling above 1000 ft
No more than 500 ft below ceiling
1200 ft ceiling = no more than 700 ft POCL
Operation ASW involving a submarine POCL
under conditions that preclude a freestream recovery, no POCL restrictions
Hung dome personnel
Air boss and HCO shall ensure all personnel are clear with the exception of the minimum number of maintenance personnel (approximately 4)
Hung dome deck environment
Consideration to securing a mattress or padding to the deck POCL dependent with tie down straps
Hung dome LSE position
Should be positioned in the best location to provide signals
Before maintenance personnel handle the dome
Ensure it is grounded to prevent electrical shock
Sufficient POCL for maintenance to work
Shall detatch the dome then aircraft begin a descent and cable walked with 2 person integrity away from the landing spot
Insufficient POCL for maintenance to work
Crew may opt to lower the dome onto padding then slide over to land
Hung dome and can’t maintain a stable hover
execute appropriate emergency procedure to facilitate a safe recovery
After landing with hung dome
Chocks and chains
Cable should be placed in the aircraft cabin prior to shutdown
EKB usage
Authorized
shall brief crewmembers who is using a tablet for what purpose and other crewmember duties while heads down
Hot refueling with live ordnance ashore
prohibited
What ordnance can be carried while hot refueling
CATM, REXTORP, empty DRL, sonobuoys, smokes, SUS, and door guns
When can you hot refuel with HELLFIRE’s ashore
If the event is part of NAWDC or weapons school sponsored training
Hot refueling on ship with ordnance
Permitted with ships CO approval
Number of approaches and landings with missiles and/or rockets loaded
One approach and one landing
Shipboard straightening, maneuvering, traversing with Hellfire CATMs
Limited to traverse qualified personnel
Traverse training is prohibited
Downloading warshot missiles shall be conducted prior to traversing
M-299 and APKWS/DRL release and control checks
shall only be conducted with the extended pylons in the ready for flight position
What crew served weapon can passengers be embarked with
M240, shall be kept in the stowed position when not in use and ammo cans shall be secured to prevent missile hazards
Shall not be embarked with GAU 21
Range clearance for live GUNEX
Minimum of 5 NM beyond maximum weapons employment envelopes
Distance from coast for smoke markers
Shall not be dropped closer than 10 NM, except emergency
Smoke markers that can’t be dearmed
Shall be jettisoned outside 10 NM from coastline prior to returning to homebase and/or final landing
Live ordnance over populated areas
With the exception of sonobuoys and smoke markers, shall be avoided
If mission requires flight to a facility near populated area, most direct route that will minimize exposure shall be used
Removal or replacement of Sonobuoy launcher cover with rotors turning
Should not be performed
If it is required, two person integrity shall be utilized
Minimum number of sonobuoy cover attachment bolts
11 with all corner bolts
Missing bolts shall be MAFd
Static display requirements
Battery disconnected and appropriate circuit breakers pulled
Sonobuoy launcher bottle pressure vented
All intake plugs/covers installed
Rotor brake lock on
All doors/panels closed unless crewmember present
No unescorted visitor
No access up top or tail pylon
After static display
Preflight with particular attention to interior switches and external areas, antennas, fueling, pitot
Ordnance during static displays
Live ordnance is prohibited
Inert external stores, procedures promulgated by CO
Hearing protection
Single within 200 ft rotors turning
Single within 50 ft APU only
Double within 30 ft rotors turning or APU for extended period
Double not required inside aircraft
Rings while operating or working on aircraft
Shall not be worn
Working on top with engines on
Not allowed unless both engines secured
Allowed with APU up with PIC approval
FOD check prior to continuing with engine start
Required to work on top
Cranial or helmet with strap fastened
May be relaxed if headgear restricts proper accomplishment of maintenance
Entering/exiting the rotor arc
At the three or nine o’clock position
Only when directed by PC after approval from PAC
If no PC, PAC can allow them in
Shall not enter/exit when pilots or entering/exiting the cockpit
Max number of popped fasteners
Tail gearbox cowling
2 in a row
3 total
Max number of popped fasteners
Intermediate gearbox cowling
2 in a row
3 total
Max number of popped fasteners
Vertical driveshaft cover
2 in a row
2 total
Max number of popped fasteners
Other driveshaft covers
1 in a row
1 total
Popped Corner fasteners
Flight is not recommended, should be fixed as soon as practicable by maintenance
Maintenance qualifications
CO can authorize maintenance qualifications from other commands, if fully qualified and current
Replenishment at sea RAS and ship weapons firing
Aircraft should be airborne or hangared
For ras should be hangared when shot lines are being fired
Deviation from paint scheme
Approval from type commander
Sonobuoy cover approval from CO
Corner fasteners on sonobuoy cover`
May be shifted one bolt hole if the corner bolt hole is MAFd as stripped
Simulated emergencies with exception of SAS/AFCS
Shall be introduced in the aircraft under the cognizance of a designated HAC
Compound emergencies
Degradaion of two or more unrelated systems shallnot be introduced, initiated or practiced
Pulling of Circuit breakers for simulated emergency
COs may authorize ANI and current FRS aircrew instructors for simulating rescue hoist, cargo hook, RAST, mission power, Radar, and acoustic malfunctions
Practice Autos at night
Prohibited
Authorized simulated EPs at night
Single engine to a prepared surface with adequate overrun and underrun Single engine running landing Boost off and failed SAS/AFCS Simulated lost ICS STAB auto mode failure
Required for practice autos
Pilot and copilot radalt indicators
Single Engine HOGE
Shall only be initiated over a surface where a run-on landing can be made
EPs requiring DECU lockout
dual engine malfunction, tail rotor drive, total AC power failure
Shall only be accomplished in the OFT
DECU lockout
Prohibited except for FCF training flights
H2P/H2P flight prohibited manuevers
Simulated emergencies
Movement of PCLs from FLY
Night Coupled approaches
180 degree practice auto’s
Shipboard H2P/H2P flight
Scheduled by OIC with permission from squadron and ship CO
Shall be day VMC non-tactical training flight
CAL/LZ
Shall be conducted on approved ranges
Shall conduct power available check
10% intermediate power available margin
Eye safe laser range finder ELRF usage
Can be used outside of the range but shall not be used on personnel or wildlife
Crew acknowledment when selecting ELRF
NVD Nite lab periodicity
Shall be 24 months from the last day of the month when the training was recieved
May be accomplished within 60 days preceding expiration and is still good for 24 months from original month
Shall not fly NVD aided events unless nite lab current
