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Teaching emergency procedures
Since every aircraft has a different way to approach an emergency,
which I think is the basic reason for having type-ratings individual to various models, how are emergency procedures taught during flight training? Are they for just the aircraft on which the training is imparted or are there sessions covering a whole range of popular aircraft? Not sure whether I've worded properly what I intend to ask. It's the stuff other than stall/spin recoveries than that I'd like to know - for example, engine fire, pressurizing failure, electrical fires, some meters behaving funnily, stuck landing gear, etc. Cheers, Ramapriya |
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During basic training one is taught basic steps to take for engine
loss. Generally this is assumed/presumed to be for other than engine fire. The highest priority one now is, what does it mean when a fighter blows by you with its gear down, flaps down, tail hook down, speed brakes deployed... You will also cover what to do with gear problems (Uh, Mr/Ms CFI, Uh, I don't see a wheel out my window (assumes hi-wing a/c) -- and the reply will be, "Nuts! those welds must've broken off again."). Because basic training is done VFR day, most emergency procedures are for basic VFR day situations. Let's see, what to do when you get lost, run out of fuel (you aren't lost until you run out of fuel because until then you just don't know exactly where you is), have a flat, have a door blow open, have a seatbelt hanging outside the plane, etc. At the next level of training, you get into Night VFR. New set of procedures are taught (if engine out, set up for landing, if you don't like what you see, turn off landing lights). Landing with dead landing light, landing with dead radio, loss of vacuum and having to do it all with the whiskey... When you start into complex, then you are taught what to do when the gear doesn't come down. Complex/HiPerf you learn what to do with loss of power because of prop problems. And all that neat gauge stuff. Instrument rating includes training for loss of radio, what it means when that low voltage red light comes on, what it means when the DG is going one direction and the turn coordinator is doing something else...., when ATC tells you to contact them upon landing. Depending on the aircraft you are using and the ground school you go to, you will cover oxygen problems. Let me see, that was no oxygen and out go the lights... Window blows open at altitude and your approach plate is probably going to follow it out of the plane... The one thing I was taught during basic (primary) training, just before I went for the PP check ride was, pretend that the CEO of the company is on the plane. Pretend that they like to drink coffee and they hate to wear it on their nice clothes. Fly accordingly. Later, Steve.T PP ASEL/Instrument |
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steve.t wrote:
Generally this is assumed/presumed to be for other than engine fire. I still remember a flight during my primary training. It was before my first XC, and I "encountered" perhaps 20 different emergencies in various (simulated!) combination. Engine fire was certainly among them. For any of the 172s or 182s I've flown, various fires have been included in the emergency procedures checklist. - Andrew |
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Most of the procedures I''ve learned have been type specific (Engine failure
on B727, Electrical failure in a Chieftain) etc. Mnemonics help a great deal, e.g. Remember "BetsyBigBoobs" when combating an engine fire in a 727!: "Ramapriya" wrote in message oups.com... Since every aircraft has a different way to approach an emergency, which I think is the basic reason for having type-ratings individual to various models, how are emergency procedures taught during flight training? Are they for just the aircraft on which the training is imparted or are there sessions covering a whole range of popular aircraft? Not sure whether I've worded properly what I intend to ask. It's the stuff other than stall/spin recoveries than that I'd like to know - for example, engine fire, pressurizing failure, electrical fires, some meters behaving funnily, stuck landing gear, etc. Cheers, Ramapriya |
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Ramapriya wrote: Since every aircraft has a different way to approach an emergency, which I think is the basic reason for having type-ratings individual to various models, how are emergency procedures taught during flight training? Are they for just the aircraft on which the training is imparted or are there sessions covering a whole range of popular aircraft? Of the several dozen piston singles I've flown, they've all been very, very similar. There isn't really a need for type ratings in smaller airplanes. From Mooneys to Bonanzas to Aeroncas to Citabrias, they've all been pretty much the same. I've often taught in airplanes I've never flown. They pretty much all fly the same. -Robert, CFI |
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"tom418" wrote
Mnemonics help a great deal, e.g. Remember "BetsyBigBoobs" when combating an engine fire in a 727!: How does that fit in with: (PanAm) Thrust lever............idle Start lever.............cutoff Fire handle.............pull Fire extinguisher.......discharge Of course some airlines just used: (American, I think) Fire handle.............pull Fire Extinguisher.......discharge Bob Moore |
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Most piston aircraft have similar emergency procedures. For engine fire, you shut off the fuel, and increase airspeed to put out the flame. For electrical fire, you shut off the master, turn off all equipment, turn master on and turn one equipment on at a time to isolate the fault. For gear failure, you use the manual gear extension procedure. The exact procedure varies between aircraft, and whether it is electric or hydraulic. There are many more, such as rough running engine, airframe icing, vacuum failure etc.. The procedures are similar but there could be small variations between models. Once you understand the main ideas behind the emergency procedures, it is easy to adapt to the variations. "Ramapriya" wrote in news:1104764829.399250.179180 @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com: Since every aircraft has a different way to approach an emergency, which I think is the basic reason for having type-ratings individual to various models, how are emergency procedures taught during flight training? Are they for just the aircraft on which the training is imparted or are there sessions covering a whole range of popular aircraft? Not sure whether I've worded properly what I intend to ask. It's the stuff other than stall/spin recoveries than that I'd like to know - for example, engine fire, pressurizing failure, electrical fires, some meters behaving funnily, stuck landing gear, etc. Cheers, Ramapriya |
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BetsyBigBoobs: (B-E-T-S-E-B-B)
Bell(cutout) Switch: Push Essential Power: Operating Generator Throttle: Idle Start Lever: Cutoff Engine Fire Switch : PULL Bottle Discharge Switch: PUSH Bottle Discharge Light: ON "Bob Moore" wrote in message . 121... "tom418" wrote Mnemonics help a great deal, e.g. Remember "BetsyBigBoobs" when combating an engine fire in a 727!: How does that fit in with: (PanAm) Thrust lever............idle Start lever.............cutoff Fire handle.............pull Fire extinguisher.......discharge Of course some airlines just used: (American, I think) Fire handle.............pull Fire Extinguisher.......discharge Bob Moore |
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tom418 wrote: BetsyBigBoobs: (B-E-T-S-E-B-B) Bell(cutout) Switch: Push Essential Power: Operating Generator Throttle: Idle Start Lever: Cutoff Engine Fire Switch : PULL Bottle Discharge Switch: PUSH Bottle Discharge Light: ON It's interesting to me that you shut off the bell before you shut off the fuel. Also, doesn't pulling the fire handle also shut off the fuel on it's own? -Robert |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message ups.com... tom418 wrote: BetsyBigBoobs: (B-E-T-S-E-B-B) Bell(cutout) Switch: Push Essential Power: Operating Generator Throttle: Idle Start Lever: Cutoff Engine Fire Switch : PULL Bottle Discharge Switch: PUSH Bottle Discharge Light: ON It's interesting to me that you shut off the bell before you shut off the fuel. Makes thinking easier. Also, doesn't pulling the fire handle also shut off the fuel on it's own? Yes, however placing start lever to cutoff shuts down ignition also (which could have been on during Turbulence, Icing, Landing, or Takeoff (TILT-uh-oh, another mnemonic!)) |
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