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Slide Show
Outline
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Ditching and Egress
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Just Eject
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Fastest way out
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The Real Thing
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It is beautiful – be prepared!
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The Big Ones Too!
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Just a little Long
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OH MY!!!  Panic Attack
  • Ditching phase
    • Time from OH MY to hitting the water (seconds at low altitude)
  • Egress phase
    • Getting out of the way of the airplane as it goes down.
  • Survival phase
    • If you are lucky you are in the water – for how long?
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What will you DO?
  • Emergency Landings Without Engine Power
  • Airspeed – 75 KIAS Flaps UP
          • 70 KIAS Flaps DOWN
          • What is best distance speed (75) and lowest sink rate (60)
  • Mixture – Idle Cut OFF
  • Fuel Selector Value OFF
  • Ignition Switch OFF
  • Wing Flaps – AS REQUIRED (FULL Recommended)
  • Master Switch OFF
  • Doors – UNLATCH PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN
  • Touchdown – SLIGHTLY TAIL LOW
  • Brakes – APPLY HEAVILY
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Best Defense is Preparation
  • Think about what could happen?
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Best Defense is Preparation
  • Think about what could happen?
  • Plan and communicate that plan before it is needed!


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Best Defense is Preparation
  • Think about what could happen?
  • Plan and communicate that plan before it is needed!
  • Who owns your plane?


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Best Defense is Preparation
  • Think about what could happen?
  • Plan and communicate that plan before it is needed!
  • Who owns your plane?
  • It is ok to swim away from the insurance companies / Coast Guard’s plane!


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DITCHING
  • Radio – TRANSMIT MAYDAY on 121.5 giving location and intentions and SQUAWK 7700
  • Heavy Objects SECURE or JETTISON
  • Flaps -- 20 Ί to FULL
  • Power – ESTABLISH 300 FT/MIN DESCENT at 65 KIAS
  • Approach – High Winds, Heavy Seas – INTO THE WIND
    • Light Winds, Heavy Swells – PARALLEL TO SWELLS
    • Note if no power is available, approach at 75 KIAS with flaps up or at 70 KIAS with 10 Ί flaps.
  • Cabin Doors – UNLATCH
  • Touchdown --  LEVEL ATTITUDE AT ESTABLISHED DESCENT
  • Face – CUSHION at touchdown with folder coat.
  • Airplane – EVACUATE through cabin doors.  If necessary, open window and flood cabin to equalize pressure so doors can be opened.
  • Life Vests and Raft – INFLATE out side of cabin
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300 Ft. / Minute ?
  • HOW long before you are in the water?


  • How hard will you hit?


  • Water is as incompressible as?
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300 Ft. / Minute ?
  • HOW long before you are in the water?
    • At 1200 to 1500 ft maybe 3 minutes
  • How hard will you hit?
    • At 300 ft/min the same as jumping from 45 ft
  • Water is as incompressible as?
    • Steel
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Single Swell (15 knot wind)
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Double Swell (30 knot wind)
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(50 knot wind)
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Wind-Swell-Ditch Heading
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What are you going to do with your 3 minutes?

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