Emergencies

In general:

• 6 times you should declare an emergency with ATC.
• 7 things every aircraft owner should keep in their plane.
• Avoiding self-induced emergencies.
• Briefing emergencies - see Brief/Debrief.
• "5 Nevers"
• Panic
• Rush
• Stop flying the aircraft
• Stop completing checklists
• Stop communicating
• Emergency Mindset. (AvWeb).
• The problem with emergencies is they are difficult to schedule. (Air Facts).
• When's the last time you practiced an emergency checklist?

Also see:

• Emergencies in Pilot Tips of the Week and Human Factors.

Brakes / Brake Failure:

• If your brakes failed on landing rollout, would you perform a go-around?

Engine Failure / Fire:

• "ABC"
• Airspeed, Best landing area, Checklists
• "ABCDE"
• Airspeed, Best landing area, Checklists, Declare, Execute
• "GAS"
• Gas, Air, Spark
• "PL(ease) START"
• Pitch, landing site, seatbelts, troubleshoot, approach, radios, turn off
• Engine out drills.
• If your engine fails, should you fly best glide or minimum sink?
• Picking an off-field landing site if your engine fails.
• Simulated (or actual) engine failure (procedure on another blog)
• Throttle stuck at full power - what would you do?
• Turning back to the runway:
• Reality check: the runway behind you.
• Should you return to the runway?
• See also Impossible or Improbable Turn in MET.
• Why aircraft engines quit. (vid)
• Why it quits - and what to do about it. (Air Facts).
• Why engine fires happen more often in the Fall.
• Your engine failed after takeoff. Should you return to the runway?

Equipment (suggested) for the Aircraft: +

• Blanket, emergency, mylar
• Bug spray
• Cable ties
• Cash ($20 min, I’d say $100)
• Clothes (shirts, socks, underwear, 1 set)
• Deodorant
• First Aid Kit
• Flashlight
• Food/energy bars
• Hat
• Lighters (cigarette type)
• Maxi pads (wounds, spills, intended)
• Multitool
• Oxygen canister (light spray)
• Pen/Paper
• Rope or paracord
• Sunscreen
• Tape, duct or Gorilla
• Tarp
• Toothbrush/toothpaste
• Trash bags
• Water, two bottles min
• Wipes, biodegradable (personal care)
• Wipes, heavy-duty (grease and grime)
• Wire

Emergency Descents:

• How to fly an emergency decent.

Flight Controls:

• How to land with an asymmetric flap failure.
• Rudder failure on takeoff... What would you do?
• Your elevator trim just jammed. What should you do?

Instrument Failures:

• Quiz: You lose pitot heat, and your pitot tube ices... 6Qs

Pitot / Static Failures:

• How pitot-static failures affect your indicated airspeed and altitude.
• See also Pitot Static in Systems.

Quiz(s):

• Your RPM starts dropping, and you...6Qs.
• You smell what you think is an electrical fire... 6Qs.
• You're flying your 172 in cruise flight when... 6Qs

Radios / Radio Failure:

• 8 things you should do if you suspect a radio failure. (bm).
• What happens if you lose your radios on an IFR flight? (bm).

Spins:

• These are not emergencies but are included if accidental.
• "PARE"
• POWER – idle, ALERIONS – neutral, RUDDER – full opposite, ELEVATOR – forward
• See more at Spin Training

Systems/Equipment:

• Careless pilots & instrument failures. (Flying).
• No checklist for this (safety article about attitude indicators).

Takeoff / Landing:

• Landing accident caused by switching tanks in the pattern.
• See also Impossible or Improbable Turn in MET.

Weather:

• Icing:
• Ice bridging: the myth that won’t die.

See more in Pilot Tips of the Week

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