1. 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

2. Egress Training for boaters

3. Beautiful Where’s My Plane?

4. The Big Ones Too!

5. OH MY!!! Panic Attack Ditching phase Egress phase Survival 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?

6. Emergency Landings Without Engine Power
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

7. Best Defense is Preparation
Think about what could happen?

8. Best Defense is Preparation
Think about what could happen?
Plan and communicate that plan before it is needed!

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

10. 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!

11. DITCHING
Radio – TRANSMIT MAYDAY on giving location and intentions and SQUAWK 7700
Heavy Objects SECURE or JETTISON
Flaps 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

12. 300 Ft. / Minute ? HOW long before you are in the water?
How hard will you hit?
Water is as incompressible as?

13. 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

14. Single Swell (15 knot wind)

15. Double Swell (30 knot wind)

16. (50 knot wind)

17. Wind-Swell-Ditch Heading

18. What are you going to do with your 3 minutes. www. cgaux. com www
What are you going to do with your 3 minutes?