Elements and Performance Criteria
- Manage a forced landing from level flight, after take-off or on approach
- Emergency situation requiring a forced landing is correctly identified
- Autorotative flight is entered and established at nominated speed and heading in balanced flight
- Immediate actions are performed in accordance with Flight Manual/Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH)
- A landing area within autorotative distance is selected and an appropriate action plan is formulated to ensure safety of helicopter
- Priorities are allocated to all actions to ensure the safety of helicopter and its passengers
- Emergency procedures are performed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH and established action plan
- Emergency radio transmissions are executed in accordance with workplace procedures, Flight Manual/POH and regulatory requirements
- Helicopter is landed into wind with as slow as practical ground speed while maintaining control of helicopter
- Manage an engine failure at the hover or during taxi
- Hover and taxi surfaces are suitably selected to maximise options in the event of an engine failure
- Emergency situation involving an engine failure is correctly identified
- Immediate actions are performed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH
- A landing area within autorotative distance is selected and an appropriate pre-determined action plan is implemented to ensure safety of helicopter
- Actions comply with established procedures
- Priorities are allocated to all actions to ensure safety of helicopter
- Emergency procedures are performed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH and established action plan
- Air Traffic Service and other traffic are advised of intentions
- Helicopter is operated outside the height/velocity diagram avoid area
- Situation awareness is maintained at all times during helicopter manoeuvres
- Manage a tail rotor malfunction
- Hover heights and surfaces are selected to maximise options in the event of tail rotor malfunction
- A tail rotor malfunction is correctly identified in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers instructions
- In the event of a tail rotor malfunction, immediate actions are performed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH
- In a tail rotor emergency during the hover or taxi, the helicopter is landed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH, workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- In a tail rotor emergency during flight, control of the helicopter is established and a suitable landing area is selected
- All emergency checks are performed in accordance with the Flight Manual/POH and a plan is formulated to achieve an approach and landing
- Emergency radio messages of intentions are transmitted
- A controlled emergency landing with a malfunctioning tail rotor is performed in accordance with Flight Manual/POH, workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Manage a jammed flight control system
- The jammed flight control malfunction is correctly identified in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturers instructions
- Control of helicopter is maintained
- All emergency checks are performed in accordance with the Flight Manual/POH
- An appropriate plan is formulated to achieve an approach and landing
- Emergency radiotelephone procedures are correctly followed
- A controlled landing with a jammed flight control is in accordance with Flight Manual/POH, workplace procedures and regulatory requirements
- Situation awareness is maintained at all times during helicopter manoeuvres
- Manage adverse aerodynamic conditions
- Adverse aerodynamic conditions affecting the helicopter are correctly identified
- Control of the helicopter is regained in accordance with Flight Manual/POH, workplace procedures and manufacturers instructions
- Lookout is maintained using a systematic scan technique at a rate determined by traffic density, visibility or terrain
- Situation awareness is maintained at all times during helicopter manoeuvres
- Manage a malfunction of a helicopter operating system
- Abnormal situations involving a helicopter systems malfunction are correctly identified
- Appropriate emergency procedures are conducted in accordance with Flight Manual/POH and published procedures while maintaining control of the helicopter
- Approved Flight Manual/POH and published procedures are consistently applied when managing systems malfunctions
- Situation awareness is maintained at all times during a system malfunction