Part 136 Flashcards
How close can you operate a helicopter to persons/vehicles?
No less than 1500’
What’s the lowest you can fly over a Razorback ridge?
No less than 200’ AGL
What items must be covered in your 136 passenger briefing
Use of seat belts
No smoking
Opening exits and exiting
Sterile Cockpit segments
For flights with segments over water beyond shoreline:
Procedures for water ditching
Use of required life preservers
Procedures for emergency exit from the aircraft in the event of a water landing
What are your minimums offshore for altitude, visibility and distance from cliff walls?
500’ AGL, 1SM, 300’
Can we fly tours at night?
Part 136, must maintain 1500’ AGL at all times.
Part 135, requires full IFR stack (rate of turn indicator, inclinometer, bank/pitch indicator, direction indicator, flashlight using 2 D cell batteries)
Are we allowed to request SVFR to depart on a tour?
No, prohibited by HATCPM
What is raw terrain?
Any area on the surface, including water, devoid of any person, structure, vehicle, or vessel.
What is a shoreline?
That area of the land adjacent to the water of an ocean, sea, lake, pond, river or tidal basin that is above the high water mark and excludes land areas unsuitable for landing such as vertical cliffs or land intermittently under water during the particular flight.
When are floats not required?
136.11 (c) Fixed floats or an inflatable flotation system is not required for a helicopter under this section if:
(1) The helicopter is over water only during the takeoff or landing portion of the flight, or
(2) The helicopter is operated within power-off gliding distance to the shoreline for the duration of the flight and each occupant is wearing a life preserver from before takeoff until the aircraft is no longer over water.
What must be included in a performance plan?
136.13 MGW and CG limitations for HIGE & HOGE Maximum combination of weight, altitude, and temperature for which height/velocity information in the RFM is valid.
When are floats required?
136 Appendix A No person may conduct an air tour in Hawaii in a single-engine helicopter beyond the shore of any island, regardless of whether the helicopter is within gliding distance of the shore, unless:
(a) The helicopter is amphibious or is equipped with floats adequate to accomplish a safe emergency ditching and approved flotation gear is easily accessible for each occupant; or
(b) Each person on board the helicopter is wearing approved flotation gear.
Minimum altitudes under 136?
136 Appendix A Section 6. Minimum flight altitudes. Except when necessary for takeoff and landing, or operating in compliance with an air traffic control clearance, or as otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may conduct an air tour in Hawaii:
(a) Below an altitude of 1,500 feet above the surface over all areas of the State of Hawaii, and,
(b) Closer than 1,500 feet to any person or property; or,
(c) Below any altitude prescribed by federal statute or regulation.
HATCPM
1. For part 135 commercial air tour operators, the certificate holder must first apply for, and receive operations specification B048, prior to conducting operations below 1,500’ AGL.
For part 91 commercial air tour operators, the operator must first apply for, and receive a Deviation Authorization, prior to conducting operations below 1,500’ AGL.
- Prior to conducting commercial air tour operations below 1,500’ AGL, pilots must receive operator specific training
Do we have to stay within glide distance of shoreline for a tour?
Yes, if no fixed floats or inflatbale flotation system.
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(c) Fixed floats or an inflatable flotation system is not required for a helicopter under this section if:
(1) The helicopter is over water only during the takeoff or landing portion of the flight, or
(2) The helicopter is operated within power-off gliding distance to the shoreline for the duration of the flight and each occupant is wearing a life preserver from before takeoff until the aircraft is no longer over water.
What must the pilot review each day before each tours?
Performance plan based on information in the RFM with considerations of max density altitude for MGW, and CG limitations for HIGE, HOGE and HV diagram.
§ 136.13 Helicopter performance plan and operations.
(a) Each operator must complete a performance plan before each helicopter commercial air tour, or flight operated under 14 CFR 91.146 or 91.147. The pilot in command must review for accuracy and comply with the performance plan on the day the flight is flown. The performance plan must be based on the information in the Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM) for that helicopter, taking into consideration the maximum density altitude for which the operation is planned, in order to determine:
(1) Maximum gross weight and center of gravity (CG) limitations for hovering in ground effect;
(2) Maximum gross weight and CG limitations for hovering out of ground effect; and
(3) Maximum combination of weight, altitude, and temperature for which height/velocity information in the RFM is valid.
(b) Except for the approach to and transition from a hover for the purpose of takeoff and landing, or during takeoff and landing, the pilot in command must make a reasonable plan to operate the helicopter outside of the caution/warning/avoid area of the limiting height/velocity diagram.
(c) Except for the approach to and transition from a hover for the purpose of takeoff and landing, during takeoff and landing, or when necessary for safety of flight, the pilot in command must operate the helicopter in compliance with the plan described in paragraph (b) of this section.
How close can you operate a helicopter to persons/vehicles?
No less than 1500’ AGL
