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Helicopter Training
Educational Series
Rotor Rooter
Dr. Steve Sparks
Updated 3/05/13 @ 8:33 AM
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Rotor Rooter:
Rooting for
Autorotational
Success
Acronyms, checklists and
memory aids.…a trip down
memory lane
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Objective
Explore how acronyms, checklists and other
memory aids can help mitigate risk
associated with autorotations….and other
helicopter training maneuvers.
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Ground Rules
Participate
Ask questions
Don’t throw anything at the moderator
Make it personal
Achieve one or two takeaways
Have fun
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From what Perspective…..
 Pilot-to-Pilot
 Instructor-to-Instructor
 As a Safety Advocate
 As an Educator
 As an Evaluator
Point: What happens in
Vegas….shouldn’t stay in
Vegas!
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What started all this madness….?
Professional Pilot Development begins in
the early phases of flight Instruction…Law of
Primacy
-My instructor’s influence! Checklists and
prioritization in the cockpit….
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False Sense of Urgency!!!!!!!
 Self-imposed…..
 Anxiety generates urgency
 Instructors get impatient, so expectations
become unrealistic…
 We associate efficiency with quickness
Point  “Extra seconds” invested in a
thorough setup can pay huge dividends!
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Inattention and Complacency
Question: If we can standardize everything,
why can’t we mitigate mediocrity from our
performance?
Question: How can we enhance our
performance in the cockpit by “remembering”
to do the basics?
Recurring accidents….what are the positives?
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Reasons for our complacency
Complacency sets in because….we want to do it our
way, we know best, the environment changes, we get
in a hurry, we believe nothing bad can happen to us,
checklists and procedures go out the window, we got
away with it before, rules and regulations don’t apply
to us, we’re better than the average pilot, we get
bored, we want to try something new……
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Teaching and Using Checklists
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Comments made about checklists…..
 They’re a crutch....
 I’ve got thousands of hours, so I don’t need
checklists….
 The flight environment is too dynamic for
checklists….I’ll just do my flows!
 They’re too bulky….
Flight hours do not equate to perfection!
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Practical Test Standards
PTS
Required use of checklists
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Checklist Discipline
The use of the word “checklist” in PTS
– 76 times: Instructor PTS
– 50 times: Private PTS
– 48 times: Commercial PTS
– 35 times: ATP PTS
– 19 times: Instrument PTS
Checklist usage is required!
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Percentage Share of Accidents by
Industry/Mission (Years 2000, 2001, 2006)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Personal/Private
18.5 percent
Instructional/Training 17.6 percent
Aerial Application
10.3 percent
EMS
7.6 percent
Commercial
7.5 percent
Law Enforcement
6.5 percent
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Percentage Share of Accidents by Activity
(Years 2000, 2001, 2006)
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Instructional/Training 22.8 percent
Positioning/RTB
13.2 percent
Personal/Private
12.4 percent
Passenger/Cargo
9.8 percent
Aerial Application
9.0 percent
13. EMS
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1.1 percent
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So why ACRONYMS?
 They’re fun and simple memory aids
 They’re inexpensive
 They help us complete and prioritize tasks
(critical/noncritical & obvious/not so obvious)
 They just stick….
 They give the evaluator a glimpse into your
thought process…”what is he/she going to do
next”?
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Pre-flight Autorotation Briefing
“PRE-AUTOS”
• P = Progressive Approach to Autorotations
• R = Recovery gates (300, 200 & 100 feet AGL)
• E = Environment
• A = Airspeeds
• U = Understanding the principles of an autorotation
• T = Techniques
• O = rOtor limitations/warning sounds
• S = SAFE (Spot, ATC, Fight Instructor intervention, Engine)
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In-flight Pre-Autorotation Setup Briefing
Acronym….”HASEL” check
• H = Height AGL (appropriate entry altitudes)
• A = Area clear of hazards
• S = Setup and security
• E = Engine/system parameters
• L = Look out for traffic & obstacles
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Autorotation Scanning Acronym….(RATS)
• R = Rotor
• A = Airspeed
• T = Trim
• S = Spot
Points:
 Repeat the acronym over and over (prevents fixation)
 Go-around early if the picture is not right….
 Plan-Continuation-Basis (PCB). “I can salvage this
maneuver”
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Risk Assessment Acronym
I…lliness
M…edication
S…tress
A…lcohol
F…atigue
E…ating
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Preflight: Be attentive and never trust
anyone with your fluids or hatches….
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Positive Influence-”We never read about the
accidents that never happened”
• Quantifying the positives…
• Glass half-full mentality…actually
the helicopter industry’s glass is
99.2% full of safety success
stories…really!
• Everyone in this audience has
influence…..Student
Pilots….Commercial Pilots…and
Instructors
(You are the ones we are trying to reach)
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Which path are you going to take?
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Questions
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