AS-408 Test 3 Questions with Correct Answers
What is the Airport Certification manual and why is it so significant?
ACM: outlines the means / procedures to comply with part 139. Airports serving scheduled
air operations for airports serving more than 9 but less than 31 passenger seats. Basic
elements - Lines of succession for airport operations responsibility, limitations imposed by
the FAA administrator, planes for maintaining safety and unpaved areas, etc.
List five safety hazards associated with each of the following?
a. Airport terminal buildings
-Slip and trip hazards
-Falling hazards
-Straining body while lifting baggage
-Burn hazards
-Electrical hazards
b. Hangars and maintenance shops
- Slipping hazards
- Electrical hazards
c. Ramp operations
- Cuts (antennas, pitot tubes, wicks)
- Slips, trips, and falls
- Exposure to hazardous materials (fuel)
- Contact with moving parts (propeller)
- Strains and Sprains (baggage handling)
,d. Aviation fuel handling
- Slip hazard
- Electrical hazards (sparks, static electricity)
- Exposure to hazardous material
- Skin exposure - skin irritation
- Narcosis (nervous system)
e. Aircraft rescue and firefighting
- Fire
- Smoke
- Chemicals
- Blood
- Straining hazard - lifting in odd ways
f. Deicing and Anti-icing
- Inhalation and ingestion hazard to the deicing crew and to the environment since deicing
fluids are considered hazardous materials and are toxic
- Hazard to the crew and passengers if the cabin air intakes are not shut off during deicing
- Falls and slips hazards
What is a runway incursion?
Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or
person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
List and explain the different categories of runway incursions
, Accident: An incursion that resulted in a collision
-Category A: A serious incident in which a collision was narrowly avoided
-Category B: An incident in which separation decreases and there is significant potential for
collision, which may result in a time critical/evasive response to avoid a collision
-Category C: An incident characterized by ample time and or distance to avoid a collision
-Category D: Incident that meets the definition of runway incursion such as incorrect
presence of a single vehicle/person/ aircraft on the protected area of a surface designated for
the landing and takeoff of aircraft but with no immediate safety consequences.
Differentiate between runway excursions and runway incursions
Runway excursion: A veer off or overrun from the runway surface
Runway incursion: Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an
aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and
takeoff of aircraft.
List individual groups together with their functions and the equipment they use for
airport surface operations?
- Deicers, baggage handlers, pilots, cleaners, maintenance
- Controllers - issue clearances, instructions and advisories to pilots and vehicle operators -
guide traffic through taxiways, runways, and aprons.
- Pilots - use airport layout maps, surface/taxiway signs markings, and lighting that they
observe to guide them from runways to gates and back
- Vehicle operators - manage baggage, fuel, catering, miscellaneous ground handling
functions
Distinguish between ADS-B and ASDE-X.
What is the Airport Certification manual and why is it so significant?
ACM: outlines the means / procedures to comply with part 139. Airports serving scheduled
air operations for airports serving more than 9 but less than 31 passenger seats. Basic
elements - Lines of succession for airport operations responsibility, limitations imposed by
the FAA administrator, planes for maintaining safety and unpaved areas, etc.
List five safety hazards associated with each of the following?
a. Airport terminal buildings
-Slip and trip hazards
-Falling hazards
-Straining body while lifting baggage
-Burn hazards
-Electrical hazards
b. Hangars and maintenance shops
- Slipping hazards
- Electrical hazards
c. Ramp operations
- Cuts (antennas, pitot tubes, wicks)
- Slips, trips, and falls
- Exposure to hazardous materials (fuel)
- Contact with moving parts (propeller)
- Strains and Sprains (baggage handling)
,d. Aviation fuel handling
- Slip hazard
- Electrical hazards (sparks, static electricity)
- Exposure to hazardous material
- Skin exposure - skin irritation
- Narcosis (nervous system)
e. Aircraft rescue and firefighting
- Fire
- Smoke
- Chemicals
- Blood
- Straining hazard - lifting in odd ways
f. Deicing and Anti-icing
- Inhalation and ingestion hazard to the deicing crew and to the environment since deicing
fluids are considered hazardous materials and are toxic
- Hazard to the crew and passengers if the cabin air intakes are not shut off during deicing
- Falls and slips hazards
What is a runway incursion?
Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or
person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
List and explain the different categories of runway incursions
, Accident: An incursion that resulted in a collision
-Category A: A serious incident in which a collision was narrowly avoided
-Category B: An incident in which separation decreases and there is significant potential for
collision, which may result in a time critical/evasive response to avoid a collision
-Category C: An incident characterized by ample time and or distance to avoid a collision
-Category D: Incident that meets the definition of runway incursion such as incorrect
presence of a single vehicle/person/ aircraft on the protected area of a surface designated for
the landing and takeoff of aircraft but with no immediate safety consequences.
Differentiate between runway excursions and runway incursions
Runway excursion: A veer off or overrun from the runway surface
Runway incursion: Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an
aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and
takeoff of aircraft.
List individual groups together with their functions and the equipment they use for
airport surface operations?
- Deicers, baggage handlers, pilots, cleaners, maintenance
- Controllers - issue clearances, instructions and advisories to pilots and vehicle operators -
guide traffic through taxiways, runways, and aprons.
- Pilots - use airport layout maps, surface/taxiway signs markings, and lighting that they
observe to guide them from runways to gates and back
- Vehicle operators - manage baggage, fuel, catering, miscellaneous ground handling
functions
Distinguish between ADS-B and ASDE-X.
