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List the procedures common to all emergencies:
- Aviate: keep the aircraft flying
- Navigate: look for a landing spot
- Communicate: when you have time, call for help. Emergency frequency: 121.5 MHz
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- Airspeed: keep best flight speed
- Best field: find a landing spot
- Cockpit checks: try to recover
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Distress condition emergency call is?
- MAYDAY
- Mayday should be used under serious or imminent danger.
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Urgent condition emergency call is?
- PAN-PAN
- Pan-pan should be used in a potential distress situation- but before it's evolved into a distress condition.
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Emergency radio frequency is? Transponder code?
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What's the best airspeed on a Skyhawk?
65 kts
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List the cockpit checks in an emergency:
- Fuel Selector Valve: make sure it's on both
- Fuel Shutoff Valve: make sure it's in
- Mixture: push it in (except at high altitudes)
- Auxiliary Fuel Pump: turn it on
- Ignition: make sure it's on both
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Engine Failure During Flight (Restart Procedures)
Memory Items
- Airspeed - 65 Kias: best glide speed
- Fuel Shutoff Valve - ON (PUSH IN): physically verify it's on
- Fuel Selector Valve - BOTH: make sure 1 tank isn't empty
- Auxiliary Fuel Pump Switch - ON: the engine driven pump may have failed
- Mixture - RICH: or richer, if if it's leaned too far
- Ignition Switch - BOTH: try to start it up
- Carburator Heat: possible ice has blocked fuel flow
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Emergency Landing Without Engine Power - Checklist Items
- Passenger Seat Backs: upright
- Seats and Belts: secure
- Airspeed (flaps up): 65 kias
- Airspeed (flaps down): 60 kias
- Mixture: idle cutoff
- Fuel Shutoff Valve: off
- Ignition Switch: off
- Wing flaps: as required
- Master switch: off
- Door: unlatched
- Touchdown: slightly tail low
- Brakes: apply heavily
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Engine Failure During Takeoff Roll
Memory Items
- Throttle - IDLE: stop the takeoff
- Brakes - APPLY: asap
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Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff
Memory Items
- A: airspeed
- B: best field
- C: cockpit checks
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Engine Fire in Flight
Memory Items
- Mixture - IDLE CUT OFF: stop the fire
- Fuel Shutoff Valve - OFF: pull full out
- Boost Pump - OFF: check
- Master Switch - OFF: eliminate electrical fires
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Engine Fire During Start (First Steps)
Memory Items
- Cranking - CONTINUE: try to start
- Power - 1700 RPM: insure flames are drawn into engine
- Engine - SHUTDOWN: and inspect for damage
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Engine Fire During Start (If the Engine Doesn't Start)
Memory Items
- Throttle - FULL OPEN: more air
- Mixture - IDLE CUT OFF: no fuel to the fire
- Cranking - CONTINUE: draw the flames into the engine
- Fuel shutoff Valve - OFF: pull full out
- Auxiliary Fuel Pump - OFF:
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Electrical Fire in Flight
Memory Items
- Master Switch - OFF: cuts off electricity
- Vents, Cabin Air, Heat - CLOSED: prevents fanning the flames
- Fire Extinguisher - ACTIVATE: if available
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