Emergency Procedures Test Flashcards
(39 cards)
Collisions on Exit
- Arch
- Gently push off with open hands - do not grab anything
- Maintain stability
- Maintain altitude awareness
- Check handles and equipment
- Continue the free fall as planned.
Spinning
- Relax
- Arch
- Check hands and feet
- Counter spin by turning in the opposite direction
- Maintain altitude awareness
Tumbling
- Relax
- Arch
- Check hands and feet
- Maintain altitude awareness
Entering a cloud or loss of visibility
- Stop all movement
- Maintain heading
- Maintain altitude awareness
- Pull at prescribed altitude even if you are still in the clouds
Lost or loose goggles
- Make one attempt to replace them
- If unsuccessful, squint eyes and continue free fall as planned
- If unable to maintain altitude awareness, wave off and pull
Altimeter failure/ Lost altimeter
- Tap altimeter to signal problem to instructor
- Instructor will show you his altimeter and instruct you when to pull
- If you are alone in free fall and unable to maintain altitude awareness, wave off and pull
What are the pull priorities?
- Pull
2. Never sacrifice altitude for stability
How many attempts should you make to clear a malfunction?
- Two
What are the two major types of malfunctions and describe each one of them by definition?
- Total: pull main ripcord and nothing comes off your back
2. Partial: pull the main ripcord and something comes off your back, but canopy does not fully or properly deploy
Explain the corrective action for Pack Closure
- After pull, raise right shoulder and count to two
Explain the corrective action for Horseshoe Malfunction
- Make no attempt to clear
2. Perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Bag Lock
- Make no attempt to clear
2. Perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Pilot Chute Hesitation
- After pull, raise right shoulder and count to two
- If nothing happens, raise right shoulder again and count to two
- I’d parachute fails to open, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Hung Slider and Snivels
- Pull toggles to 100% brake position for 3-4 seconds
- Release to 50% brake position
- If slider is still hung, repeat once
- If slider is still above cascade point after two attempts, perform cutaway procedures
- If slider is below cascade point, perform canopy controllability check
- If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Knotted and or Broken Suspension lines
- Perform canopy controllability
2. If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Broken Control Lines
- Unstow both brakes
- Steer with good toggle and rear riser on the side of the broken control line
- Determine flare point at safe altitude with both rear risers (above 1500 ft AGL)
- Fly landing pattern and land using both rear risers
Explain the corrective action for Pilot chute over the nose and or through suspension lines
- Pull toggles to 100% brake position for 3-4 seconds
- If pilot chute is still over the nose and or through suspension lines, perform canopy controllability check
- If canopy is uncontrollable, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for each one of the following parachute deployment emergencies
Closed end cells
- Pull toggles to 100% brakes position for 3-4 positions and let up slowly
- If end cells do not inflate, repeat once
- If cells do not inflate, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Premature Brake Release
- Unstow other brake
2. Perform canopy controllability check
Explain the corrective action for Line Twists
- Grasp both risers with thumbs down
- Pull risers apart and kick legs in a bicycle motion
- Do not unstow brakes until twists are clear
- Maintain altitude awareness
- It twists are not cleared by 2500 ft AGL, make a cutaway decision
Explain the corrective action for Holes or Tears
- If hole is in bottom skin, perform canopy controllability check
- If hole is in top skin (blue sky) perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Lineover
- Make no attempt to clear
2. Perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Floating ripcord
- Look and identify malfunction
- Trace ripcord cable housing with index finger and thumb of right hand toward ripcord cable and make O around ripcord cable
- Trace ripcord cable to ripcord handle or pull ripcord cable
- If unsuccessful, perform cutaway procedures
Explain the corrective action for Hard pull
- Reach across with left hand in a punching motion to assist the right hand in pulling of the ripcord
- If unsuccessful perform cutaway procedures