Ditching and Egress with the Trainer

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Ditching and Egress with the Trainer
Fifth District, Southern Region U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flight Safety Seminar Saturday, June 7,
2003 Elizabeth City Coast Guard
Station Elizabeth City NC
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Egress Training for boaters
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Beautiful Wheres My Plane?
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The Big Ones Too!
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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 Guards 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 º 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 º 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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