ANSWERS
how can an emergency be defined in the "pilot/controller glossary"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅distress or urgency
a distress condition will declare an emergency by stating what word three times? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅mayday
an urgency condition will be declared by stating what word three times? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅pan-pan
if the words mayday or pan-pan are not used and you are in doubt that a situation constitutes an
emergency? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅handle it as though were an emergency
select and pursue a course of action which appears to be the most appropriate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅when an emergency exists or is imminent
obtain enough information to handle the emergency...? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅intelligently
provide what type of assistance to aircraft in distress? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅maximum
transfer this responsibility to another facility only when? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅better handling of emergency will result
when you receive information about an aircraft in distress, forward detailed data to who? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅center in whose area the emergency exists
, what serves as the central points for collecting information, for coordinating with SAR, and for
conducting a communications search by distributing any ALNOTS? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Centers (ARTCC)
notifying the center about a VFR aircraft emergency allows provision of what? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅IFR separation if considered necessary
who is responsible for receiving and relaying all pertinent ELT signal information to the
appropriate authorities? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ARTCC (center)
do not allow aircraft to join up in a formation during emergency conditions unless? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅pilots are capable and familiar with formation flight
can communicate with and have visual contact
coordinate efforts to assist any aircraft believed overdue, lost, or in emergency status to what
extent? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the extent possible
control other air and ground traffic to avoid conflicts in the area where the emergency is being
handled when? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an emergency occurs on the airport proper
congestion, distraction or other effects, such as wake turbulence from nearby airplanes and
helicopters could? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅prevent or delay proper execution of these
operations during ground emergency
the design and complexity of military fighter-type aircraft places what kind of workload on the
pilot during an inflight emergency? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅extremely high workload
what is required by the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅pilots full attention