Keeping Darwin Out Of Your Flight

Operations – It Could Happen To You

PRESENTED BY:

• Dustin Duke - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

• Michael Lowry – Sky River Management

• Chris Strand - Amway Corporation

• Henry “Duke” LeDuc – Texas Instruments,

Incorporated.

Wednesday, March 23rd | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

International Operators Conference | San Diego, CA | March 21 – 24, 2016

CFIT - Controlled Flight Into Terrain

PRESENTED BY:

Dustin Duke

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

International Operators Conference | San Diego, CA | March 21 – 24, 2016

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2012 – Santiago, Spain

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2012 – Jakarta, Indonesia

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CFIT Risks• Weather

• Unfamiliar airport/terrain

• Fatigue

• Poor CRM

• Poor ATC communications

• Cockpit confusion in arrival phase of flight

• Poor Hand Flying Skills

“Result of the flight crew deviating from their Standard Operating Procedures”

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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Compare routing that is on our flight plan to the routing entered into the FMS

A. Yes

B. No

C. Don’t Know

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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Compare Routing on Master Flight Plan to the routing that is on the coded ICAO

Flight Plan

A. Yes

B. No

C. Don’t Know

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Coded ICAO Flight Plan

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Arrival and Approach Brief

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Altimetry

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Proper Phraseology

Do you use proper phraseology? When told to “descend FL 60”, do you reply

with a “Descend to 6,000 feet?”

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Altimetry

Have you ever flown through a TL or TA and forgot to set your altimeter in the

U.S.?

A. Yes

B. No

C. No Comment

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Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

When do you set your altimeter?

A. When passing the Transition Level/Altitude?

B. When given clearance to Climb to a Flight Level or Descend to an Altitude?

C. Follow the country’s AIP?

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“Truly superior pilots are those who use

their superior judgment to avoid those

situations where they might have to use

their superior skills.”

Labor Disputes & Aviation

PRESENTED BY:

Michael Lowry

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

International Operators Conference | San Diego, CA | March 21 – 24, 2016

Labor Dispute in South

America

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Los Angeles-Buenos Aires-

Ushuaia

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Labor Dispute in South America

• Los Angeles to Buenos Aires with a great tech stop in Panama City - Uneventful

• Trip to BA for boss to meet with colleagues. Rendezvous point for group trip to

Ushuaia

• Anticipating the possibility of having to reposition to Ushuaia for return trip to LA

• Noticing groups of protestors roaming pedestrian plazas and shopping areas in

central Buenos Aires

• Groups grow larger and more organized, carrying signs regarding labor disputes,

banging drums and blowing horns

Los Angeles-Buenos Aires-Ushuaia

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• Close to the airport showed large groups of protestors descending on the airport

boundary and milling around, slowing traffic at the airport entrance. No apparent

violence.

• Enroute to Ushuaia the labor dispute affects our trip directly. Was ATC

sympathetic to the protestors in BA? Did the 30th anniversary of the Falklands

War have an impact?

• Approximately one hour into our three hour flight, controller advises USH glide

slope OTS

• Over the second hour, the localizer was OTS, followed by the VOR OTS. We

continued due to great weather forecast - Planned visual approach

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• Controller queried whether we had a Spanish speaking controller onboard. We

did not and were told there were no English speaking controllers in the USH

tower

• Divert to Alternate aerodrome, Rio Grande. We decide to overnight and deputize

a local private pilot to ride along on short flight the next morning

• Handler guarantees English speaking controller in USH tower that morning. We

bring our new friend anyway

• Santiago became our de facto handler and helped us during our arrival at airport

security

• Marcelo Ribet from Munser FBO saves the day for a seamless departure. Our

handler was MIA

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Beagle

Channel

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Fun with the

Penguins

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Breaking the Chain

PRESENTED BY:

Christian P. Strand

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

International Operators Conference | San Diego, CA | March 21 – 24, 2016

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The Mishap Chain of Events

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The Mishap Chain of Events

Preflight

Planning

Avoiding

Distractions

Systems

Knowledge

Procedural

Awareness

ICAO

Differences

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Preflight Planning:

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Avoiding Distractions:

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Systems Knowledge:

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Procedural Awareness:

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ICAO Differences:

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The Flight Plan

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• Initial assigned FL370

• DCT PCL UN2

BRS/....F360 UX6

TERES/....F380 UZ6 MAN

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