Aeromedical Factors
List and describe the 4 types of hypoxia
1. Hypoxic (insufficient partial pressure)
2. Hypemic (bloods inability to carry O2)
3. Histotoxic (drugs and alcohol)
4. Stagnant (excessive G's)
Define hazard vs risk
Hazard: present condition, event, object, or circumstance that could lead to or contribute to an unplanned or undesired event such as an accident.
Risk: future impact of a hazard that is not controlled or eliminated. It can be viewed as future uncertainty created by the hazard.
List the 5 types of airports
1. Private
2. Civil
3. Military
4. Controlled
5. Uncontrolled
List the 5 things you must include in a initial ATC call?
1. Who you're talking to
2. Who you are
3. Where you are
4. What do you want
5. What do you know
What must you hear to enter class B airspace? Can you as a student pilot enter B airspace when you solo?
"Tail Number Cleared into the Bravo"
You must have a specific logbook endorsement to enter bravo airspace
No person may act or attempt to act as a crewmember of a civil aircraft
-Within 8 hours after the consumption of any alcoholic beverage
-While under the influence of alcohol;
-While using any drug that affects the person's faculties in any way contrary to safety
-While having an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater in a blood or breath specimen. Alcohol concentration means grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood or grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath
What is the 5 P's Process?
5 Ps (Plan, Plane, Pilot, Programming, Passengers)
List three types of NOTAM's and what they include.
FDC NOTAM's
NOTAM D
Pointer NOTAM
SAA NOTAM
Military NOTAM
What do each of the following squawk codes mean?
1200-VFR
7500-Hijacking (fly with fighter jets)
7600-Lost comms (i'm tired of talking)
7700- General emergency (do whatever I want)
What are the VFR weather minimums to enter class A airspace?
THERE ARE NONE DO MORE DAUNTLESS
If you are flying on a narrower than usual runway, what optical illusion would you experience?
You will feel high so you will incorrectly adjust by flying a lower approach.
Define CFIT and list three avoidance strategies
"when an airworthy aircraft is flown, under the control of a qualified pilot, into terrain (water or obstacles) with inadequate awareness on the part of the pilot of the impending collision"
Learn from examples
Safety culture
Technology (e.g. synthetic vision)
Training
Weather briefing
What is a displaced threshold? What are you authorized to do when it is present? Find an example of an airport and the runway with one.
A runway threshold located at a point other than the beginning or the end of a runway.
You can use it for takeoff and taxi, but not for landing.
You are going on a flight from KPRC to KPAN. What is the ATC contact sequence you would follow?
1. ATIS
2. Ground
3. Tower
4. Approach
5. CTAF
List the dimensions, visual identification, clearance, pilot certifications, equipment, and weather requirements for class D airspace.
Dimensions: Usually 4 nm radius, surface to 2,500 AGL
Visual identification: dashed blue line
Clearance: two-way radio communication (ATC must say callsign)
Pilot certification: No requirement
Equipment: two-way radio
Weather: 3 sm visibility, 500 feet below clouds, 1,000 feet above clouds, 2,000 feet lateral separation from clouds.
Inversion
Coriolis
Elevator
False Horizons
Leans
Autokinesis
Graveyard Spin/Spiral
Somatogravic
What is the PAVE checklist and give one example of each.
Pilot
Airplane
Environment
External factors
For traffic patterns define standard:
Altitude
Direction
Entry
Distance from runway
Departure
Altitude: 1000' AGL
Direction: Left turns
Entry: 45 to the downwind
Distance: 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile
Departure: 45 to the upwind or downwind
List the 4 times you must be equipped with at least a Mode C transponder.
In class A, B, or C airspace
Above the ceiling and within the lateral boundaries of class B or C airspace up to 10,000’ MSL
Class E airspace above 10,000’ MSL
Within 30 miles of a class B airport
What are the different altitudes Class E airspace can start at?
Surface
700' AGL
1200' AGL
What is empty field myopia and how do you correct for it?
Lack of detail (empty blue sky) = changing focal point (nearsighted in most people)
Continue scanning and change your focal point
List the 5 hazardous attitudes and their antidotes.
Resignation: I am not helpless
Invulnerability: It could happen to me
Macho: Taking chances is foolish
Anti-authority: Follow the rules they're usually right
See chart supplement for KRNT
What airspace does KRNT become when the tower closes?
What is TPA WEST of the field?
What direction of traffic is 34?
What frequency would you use when the tower closes?
1. Class G
2. 1218'
3. Right traffic
4. 124.7
Spell out Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious using the phonetic alphabet.
I ain't typing all that out.
List the limitations and requirements for Special VFR
Below 10,000 MSL
Controlled airspace
ATC clearance
Clear of clouds
1 sm visibility
Not between sunset and sunrise unless…
Pilot has instrument rating and aircraft is IFR certified
Not allowed at most Class B airports