JumpJetter
Basking in LUV!
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My company was nice enough to get us ARINC Direct for flight planning. One useful feature they have added to their website is "Runway Analysis", which I find to be extremely useful to determine my max takeoff weight in the event of an engine failure, it's IFR, and I know I will not be able to fly the assigned SID or ODP due to excessive climb gradients. In the event there are multiple obstructions, the runway analysis will give a "Special Departure Proceedure" or "Escape Manuever."
My question is; Do I need something stated in my OPSPECs to fly one of these proceedures in an emergency?
My thought is this;
Oh yeah...I'm Part 135
My question is; Do I need something stated in my OPSPECs to fly one of these proceedures in an emergency?
My thought is this;
- All weights and limitations calculated by the Runway Analysis is based solely on AFM data....so that is legal. I could do the same thing with a calculator and a pad a paper, it would just take for ever.
- If I have an engine failure, it's an emergency, so as the PIC, if I choose to fly a "Special Departure Proceedure" I'm totally within my purvue to do so, regardless of OPSPECs.
- As Lead Sled has pointed out, SIDs/DPs are meant to be flown on 2 engines (here we go!), the AIM alludes to this in 5-2-6(e)(4) when stating the responsibilities of the pilot when flying a SID/DP:
- "Consider the effect of degraded climb performance and the actions to take in the event of an engine loss during the departure." - based on that statement it clearly infers you plan to accept a SID based on 2 engine performance, and you as the PIC need to "have a plan" in the "event of an engine loss." In my mind the plan is to fly the "Special Departure Proceedure".
Oh yeah...I'm Part 135