Emergency and Abnormal Procedures

What the unit covers

This unit sits in the Flight Operations and Procedures strand of Aviation. Almost everything here is aimed at professional-level study, with a small share at university level. The material is practical: what to do, in what order, and which items must be known from memory.

Memory items and boldface

Several flashcard decks and quizzes drill the actions pilots must recall without a checklist. The Embraer 145 Memory Items deck runs through Battery Overtemperature, APU FIRE, JAMMED ELEVATOR, PITCH TRIM RUNAWAY and Baggage Smoke. Other sets cover PC 21 Boldface, T-6 BOLDFACE and the DHC-6 memory item quizzes for the 300 and 400 series.

Engine failures, fires and landings

A long run of numbered quizzes follows an emergency procedures chapter: engine failure on the take-off run, after take-off and in flight, landing emergencies, engine compartment fire, cockpit fire, canopy jettison, icing, electric power failure, annunciator lights, control failures and static pressure source failure. Some Spanish-titled quizzes cover bail-out and spin recovery. The Seminole Emergencies slide set covers engine failure below and above Vr, and V SPEEDS AND EMERGENCY PIPER ARCHER tests speeds such as Vx and Vy.

Cabin, ATC and mind maps

The Inflight Emergency quiz looks at the cabin crew fire drill and the roles within it. The ATC PK Section 9 flashcards ask how emergencies are defined and what an emergency transmission contains. The mind maps include EGPWS ALERTS, EMER DESCENT, Loss of braking and Memory Items, which lay out immediate actions step by step.

A sensible order

1. Start with a flashcard deck for your aircraft type or the general Emergency Procedures deck.
2. Take the matching quiz and note what you missed.
3. Use a mind map such as EMER DESCENT to see the sequence as a whole.
4. Retake the quiz a few days later.

Pick one set that fits your aircraft, try its quiz, and then make your own flashcards for the items you keep missing.