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SkillBrief passengers on proper use of on-board emergency equipment and survival gear.
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- Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
Figure 11-12. Emergency equipment and survival gear. When faced with deteriorating weather, planning and prevention, not recovery, are the best strategies to eliminate UIMC-related accidents and fatalities. Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear Both Canada and Alaska require pilots ... carry survival gear. Always carry survival gear when flying over rugged and desolate terrain. The items suggested in Figure 11-12 are both weather and terrain dependent. The pilot also needs to consider how much storage space the helicopter…
- Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters › Passengers
wearing earplugs or earmuffs. Since few helicopters carry cabin attendants, the pilot must conduct the pretakeoff and prelanding briefings, usually before takeoff due to noise and cockpit layout. The type of operation dictates what sort of briefing is necessary ... briefings should include the following: 1. Passengers should be briefed and understand the proper use of seatbelts, doors, and headsets/intercom system. 2. The safe entry and exit paths (away from the tail rotor and within the pilot’s view…
- Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Preflight › Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs) and Operations with Inoperative Equipment
Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs) and Operations with Inoperative Equipment Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) requires that all aircraft instruments and installed equipment be operative prior to each departure. However, when the Federal Aviation Administration ... adopted the minimum equipment list (MEL) concept for 14 CFR part 91 operations, flights were allowed with inoperative items, as long as the inoperative items were determined to be nonessential for safe flight. At the same time, it allowed part…
- Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters
have been injured, some fatally, in helicopter accidents that would not have occurred had they been informed of the proper method of boarding or deplaning. [Figure 8-3] A properly briefed passenger should never be endangered by a spinning rotor ... simplest method of avoiding accidents of this sort is to stop the rotors before passengers are boarded or allowed to depart. Because this action is not always practicable, and to realize the vast and unique capabilities of the helicopter…
- Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment
operation. POHs and owner/information manuals contain a section devoted to a systematic method of performing a preflight inspection. Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment Under 14 CFR, all aircraft instruments and installed equipment are required ... operative prior to each departure. When the FAA adopted the minimum equipment list (MEL) concept for 14 CFR part 91 operations, it allowed aircraft to be operated with inoperative equipment determined to be nonessential for safe flight. At the same…
- Chapter 13: Aircraft Landing Gear Systems › Landing Gear Alignment, Support, & Retraction › Emergency Extension Systems
Emergency Extension Systems The emergency extension system lowers the landing gear if the main power system fails. There are numerous ways in which this is done depending on the size and complexity of the aircraft. Some aircraft have an emergency ... release handle in the flight deck that is connected through a mechanical linkage to the gear uplocks. When the handle is operated, it releases the uplocks and allows the gear to free-fall to the extended position under the force…