Random 2P

Question 1

Alert 5 Conditions

Answer 1

Aircraft: Spotted for immediate takeoff, blades spread. Required Stores loaded. External power applied. Misison equipment warmed up
Aircrew: Strapped in. Preflight checklist complete up to starting engines.
Ship: At flight quarters. Fire party on station.
Maximum Time: 4 Hours

Question 2

Alert 15 Conditions

Answer 2

Aircraft: Spotted for takeoff, blades spread, required stores loaded
Aircrew: Briefed for flight. Preflight inspection complete. Standing by on immediate call
Ship: At flight quarters. Fire party in immediate vicinity.
Maximum Time: 8 hours

Question 3

Alert 30 Conditions

Answer 3

Aircraft: Rotors may be folded. aircraft may be on deck or in hangar. Required stores loaded.
Aircrew: Briefed for flight.
Ship: Not at flight quarters.
Maximum Time: 18/48 hours

*Two aircraft det manning allows for unlimited alert 30 readiness. Daily and turnaround inspections due every 24/72 hours

Question 4

Alert 60 Conditions

Answer 4

Aircraft Aircraft in hangar secured for heavy weather.
Aircrew: Designated and available.
Ship: Not at flight quarters.

Question 5

Classes of Facilities

Answer 5

1. Class 1 - Landing area with support (service and mx) facilities for types of aircraft certified.
2. Class 2 - Landing area with service facilities for the types of aircraft certified.
3. Class 2A - Landing area with limited service facilities for the types of aircraft certified.
4. Class 3 - Landing area for types of aircraft certified; no service facilities.
5. Class 4 - VERTREP/hover area (min hover height of 5’) for types of aircraft certified.
6. Class 5 - VERTREP/hover area (high hover with a minimum of 15’ authorized) for types of aircraft certified.
7. Class 6 - HIFR facility capable of delivering min 50 gal of fuel per min, at pressure of 20 psi, to height 40’ above water
8. Class 6R - HIFR facility capable of delivering only 25-49 gal of fuel per min, at pressure of 20 psi, to height 40’ above water

Question 6

Permissible Lighting Degradation - Unaided Operations

Answer 6

Night unaided VMC operation may be conducted in the event of a failure of not more than one of the lighting subsystems required for ship’s facility certification provided the following criteria are met:

1. A visible horizon exists and is discernable by the aircraft commander in the shipboard landing/takeoff environment.
2. The ship’s CO and embarked Air Detachment OIC concur that the failed lighting system is not critical to the scheduled mission.

Question 7

Permissible Lighting Degradation - Aided (NVD Operations)

Answer 7

Aided operation may be conducted in the event of a failure of not more than one of the lighting subsystems required for ship’s facility certification provided the following criteria are met:

1. A visible horizon exists and is discernable through NVDs by the aircraft commander in the shipboard landing/takeoff environment
2. The ship’s CO and embarked Air Detachment OIC concur that the failed lighting system is not critical to the scheduled mission.
3. The following subsystems remain operational and available:
   - Overhead/Forward Structure Floodlights, Deck surface/Hangar Wash Floodlights, Associated Lighting Control Panels

Question 8

Tiedown Requirements

Answer 8

1. Initial Tiedown: 4 tiedowns (2 on each main mount); required just prior to and after shipboard aircraft movement, during shipboard aircraft startup, and immediately after landing.
2. Permanent Tiedown: 12 tiedowns (2 on each point); required aboard ship when not at flight quarters
3. Heavy Weather Tiedown: 18 tiedowns (3 each point); required when winds average 35 kts or greater and/or sea state reaches 8’, or wind over the deck exceeds 60 kts, pitch exceeds 4, or roll exceeds 12.

Question 9

VERTREP Lines

Answer 9

1. VERTREP T Line - obstruction clearance when rotor hub aft or on line
2. VERTREP Ball and T Line - used for larger aircraft (H-53/V-22)
3. VERTREP Two T Lines - clearance assured when rotors in-between 2 T lines
4. VERTREP Dash Line - clearance only when rotors are directly over the line

Question 10

Polar Plots

Question 11

Ways to Effect a Rescue Overwater

Answer 11

1. 10/10
2. 15/0
3. Reacue via the Hoist
4. Direct Deployment

Question 12

Ways to Effect a Rescue Overland

Answer 12

1. Landing to affect a rescue
2. One- or two-wheel landings
3. Rescue via the hoist
4. Rappeling
5. Direct deployment

Question 13

CNAF Takeoff Mins

Answer 13

1. Special instrument rating - No takeoff ceiling or visibility minimums apply. Takeoff shall depend on the judgement of the pilot and urgency of flights.
2. Standard rating - Published mins for the available non-precision approach, but not less than 300’/1 SM. When precision approach is available, takeoff is authorized provided weather is at least equal to the approach mins but no less than 200’/1/2 SM/2400 RVR

Question 14

CNAF Fuel Planning Mins

Answer 14

1. If an alternate is not required, fuel to fly from takeoff to destination airfield, plus a reserve of 10% of planned fuel requirements.
2. If an alternate is required, fuel to fly to from takeoff to the approach fix serving destination and thence to an alternate airfield, plus a reserve of 10% of planned fuel requirements.
3. In no case should the planned fuel reserve after final landing at destination or airfield, if one is required, be less than that needed for 20 minutes of flight, computed as follows:
   - Turbine-powered helicopters: compute fuel consumption based on operations at planned flight altitude.

Question 15

Hazard Defintion

Answer 15

A condition with the potential to cause personal injury or death, property damage, or mission degradation.

Question 16

Risk Definition

Answer 16

An expression of loss in terms of severity and probability.

Question 17

Operational Necessity Definition

Answer 17

A mission associated with war or peacetime operations in which the consequences of an action justify accepting the risk of loss of aircraft and crew.

Question 18

Pilot in Command Definition

Answer 18

The pilot assigned responsibility for the safe and orderly conduct of the flight.

Question 19

Flight Definition

Answer 19

For helicopters, a flight begins when the aircraft lifts from a rest point or commences ground taxi and ends after airborne flight when the rotors are disengaged or the aircraft has been stationary for 5 minutes with rotors engaged.

Question 20

CNAF Authorized Airfields

Answer 20

1. Naval aircraft are authorized to operate at and land at all US military and join civil-military airfields.
2. Naval aircraft are permitted to operate at civilian airfields listed in the DOD Enroute Supplement or appropriate FAA publications when the contribute to mission accomplishment, add value to training, or are otherwise in the interest of the government and taxpayer.

Question 21

CNAF Altitude Requirements

Question 22

CNAF Landing at other than Airfields

Answer 22

Helicopter, tiltrotor, and VSTOL/STOL aircraft are authorized to land at other than airfield locations provided:

1. A military requirement exists for such a landing
2. Adequate safeguards are taken to permit safe landing and takeoff operations without hazards to people or property
3. There are no legal objections to landing at such nonairfield sites

-CO’s are authorized to waive these provisions when the aircraft is engaged in SAR operations

Question 23

Principles of ORM

Answer 23

AAAM

1. Accept risk only when the benefits outweigh the costs
2. Accept no unnecessary risk
3. Anticipate and mange risk by planning
4. Make risk decisions at the right level

Question 24

Levels of ORM

Answer 24

1. Time-critical: a quick mental review of the 5-step process when time does not allow for any more (ie. in-flight)
2. Deliberate: Experience and brainstorming are used to identify hazards and is best done in groups (ie. fly-on/off)
3. In-depth: More substantial tools are used to thoroughly study the hazards and their associated risk in complex operations (ie. Weapons Det)

Question 25

IMC Definition

Answer 25

Meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance form clouds, and ceiling less than the minimum specified for VMC. IMC conditions exist anytime a visual horizon is not distinguishable.

Question 26

IMC logging vs Approach logging

Answer 26

Instrument Time. The portion of pilot time in either day or night under actual or simulated instrument conditions. 1. Actual instrument time will be logged by both pilots in a dual/multipiloted aircraft during flight in actual instrument conditions. 2. Simulated instrument time shall be logged only by the pilot actually manipulating the controls

Question 27

CNAF Weather mins below approach

Answer 27

Multipiloted aircraft: an approach shall not be commenced unless the aircraft has the capability to proceed to a suitable alternate in the event of a missed approach

Question 28

Nonessential Flights

Answer 28

The use of aircraft for nonessential flights shall not be authorized. Any flight open to misinterpretation by the public shall be avoided. Examples of flights that are considered nonessential are as follows: 1. Flights of a routine business nature for which commercial or other military transportation could be more economically substituted. 2. Flights for any officer or group of officers, the sole purpose of which is the convenience and/or prestige of the officers concerned and not the performance of official duties or accomplishment of bona fide training. 3. Repeated flights to the hometown area of the flight personnel involved. 4. Flights coinciding with major sport events or civic celebrations.

Question 29

Actual Instrument Conditions

Answer 29

Conditions external to the aircraft that do not permit visual reference to the horizon.

Question 30

SAR precautions

Question 31

ELVA

Answer 31

Should only be attempted if the aircraft does not have enough fuel to divert to a GCA or CCA facility. Arrive at 4 NM gate position, 400' AGL, 70 kts. reduce height by 50' per 1/2 NM, coming to 50'/40 kts by 1/2 NM Both Freedom and Independence Variant LCS ships cannot deliver ELVA bearings in degrees magnetic. Given heading will be relative to Foxtrot Corpen rather than Base Recovery Course (BRC). Shipboard controllers and crews shall verbally confirm whether given bearings are in degrees magnetic or true prior to execution of ELVA approaches. If given in degrees true, aircraft crews shall set up their cockpit instrumentation to read degree true or compensate as necessary.

Question 32

TACAN Approach / Closure Rate

Answer 32

Marshall approach chart gives IAFs based on BRC. Profile: 1.5 NM/200'/80 kts, slow to 50 kts by 1/2 NM, then use 10 kts closure based on DME distance.

Question 33

CRUDES landing spots

Question 34

DDG Deck Height

Answer 34

15'

Question 35

Free vs. Clear Deck

Answer 35

Free Deck - Into RSD, limited personnel on flight deck Clear Deck - No RSD, full landing personnel

Question 36

CNAF Alternate Airfield requirements

Answer 36

1. Destination 0-0 up to but not including published mins - Alternate 3000/3 or better 2. Destination published mins up to but not including 3000/3 - Alternate published mins plus 300/1 (NP) or plus 200/1/2 (P) 3. Destination 3000/3 or better - no alternate required

Question 37

CNAF Lost Comm approach

Answer 37

If an alternate airfield is required, it shall have a published approach compatible with installed operable aircraft navigation equipment that can be flown without the use of two-way radio communication whenever either one of the following conditions is met: 1. The destination lacks the above described approach. 2. The forecasted weather at the alternate is below 3,000-foot ceiling and 3-statute-mile visibility during the period 1 hour before ETA until 1 hour after ETA.

Question 38

CNAF Passengers Overwater at Night

Answer 38

Helicopter and tiltrotor passenger overwater flights at night are authorized subject to the following restrictions: 1. Ship launches and recoveries shall be made during daylight hours. (May be waived by SGC, Amphibious Squadron commander, MAGTF Commander, or OTC in cases of operational necessity). 2. In cases of MEDEVAC, a qualified medical attendant who is current in approved water survival training, and has been properly briefed on emergency egress procedures, may be transferred at night with approval from the ship's CO. 3. This does not preclude troop movement in support of amphibious exercises, VBSS level III operations, or SPECOPS training and operational missions

Question 39

CNAF Closed Airfields

Answer 39

All naval aircraft are prohibited from taking off or landing at closed airfields except in the case of an emergency.

Question 40

CNAF Closed Tower Airfield

Answer 40

1. CO of airfields are authorized to extend airfield operating hours beyond those published in the Digital Airport/Facility Directory without opening the control tower. 2. Naval aircraft are permitted to operate from a closed tower airfield when both the aircraft reporting custodian (unit commander) and the CO of the airfield have specifically authorized such operations. 3. Naval aircraft are permitted to operate from a closed control tower airfield without the crash crew being present with concurrence of the reporting custodian and the CO of the airfield.

Question 41

122 Levels of Operation

Answer 41

1. Level I — IMC day/night operations. 2. Level II — VMC day/night operations. 3. Level III — VMC day only operations.

Question 42

122 LCS ASGSI

Answer 42

Advanced Stabilized Glideslope Indicator 4.5 green, 1 amber, 4.5 red (10 total, 30 deg wide, 3NM) - Pilots should fly the amber-red interface for 3 glideslope Aided operations - Green: flashes 1.5/sec; Amber: steady; Red: flashes 3.9/sec Height above water: LCS 3 - 44', LCS 4 - 62'

Question 43

ISATT

Answer 43

Initial Ship Aviation Team Training ISATT may be completed on a LCS hull other than the hull on which they will deploy, such as a training hull. The LCS crew shall have a current Air Certification (AIRCERT) prior to commencing ISATT, and the hull on which ISATT is to be completed shall have a current aviation facility certification (AVCERT).

Question 44

122 LCS Handling

Answer 44

Red areas are speed-headings combinations that shall be avoided. Yellow areas are speed-heading combinations that should be avoided unless it is impractical to traverse the aircraft in following seas. Green areas are speed-heading combinations that are predicted to be acceptable for traversing aircraft. Head Seas: +-15, Trailing Seas: +-45 SS 0-2: H= 0-30 kt, all heading; F = 0- 30 kt, all heading SS 3: H = 0-30 kt, 345-015; F = 10-30 kt, 135-225 (Freedom 150-210) SS 4: H = 5-10 kt, 352.5 - 7.5 (yellow); F = 10-30 kt, 150-210