UAS Checklists
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Emergency Procedures
ABORT TO LOITER CHECKLIST
“Abort to Loiter” - ANNOUNCE
Master flight mode - P
Airspace - CLEAR
Hover - ESTABLISH
Aircraft orientation - ESTABLISH
ABORT TO GROUND CHECKLIST
“Abort to Ground, Abort to Ground, Abort to Ground” ANNOUNCE
Master flight mode - AS APPROPRIATE
Airspace - CLEAR
Land - IMMEDIATELY Aircraft - RECOVER
ABORT TO LANDING CHECKLIST
“Abort to Landing” - ANNOUNCE
Master flight mode - RTL or AS APPROPRIATE
Airspace - CLEAR
Land - RETURN TO LANDING
Proceed to APPROACH AND LANDING CHECKLIST
LOST LINK CHECKLIST
“Lost link, lost link, lost link.” - ANNOUNCE
Controller Antenna - ELEVATE / ORIENT
Master flight mode - RTL
Landing Area - CLEAR
Airspace - CLEAR
Flight control - REGAIN
Auto land - MONITOR IF REQUIRED
Location, date, time - LOGGED
FIRE CHECKLIST
“Fire, fire, fire.” - ANNOUNCE
Motors - STOP
If airborne with positive control - ABORT TO GROUND
Fire - EXTINGUISH
Batteries - SECURE
Authorities - CONTACT AS REQUIRED
FLYAWAY CHECKLIST
“Flyaway. Flyaway. Flyaway.” - ANNOUNCE
Master flight mode - ATTI Flight control - REGAIN
Master flight mode - RTH
Risk assessment - CHECK
Flight termination - EXECUTE
Auto land - MONITOR IF REQUIRED
Location, date, time - LOGGED
ATC - NOTIFY AS REQUIRED
Authorities - NOTIFY AS APPROPRIATE
CRASH CHECKLIST
“Crash, crash, crash. Aircraft crashed.” - ANNOUNCE
Location, date, and time - LOGGED
Master power - OFF
Flight batteries - REMOVE AND SECURE
Photos - TAKEN OF CRASH SITE
Video - TAKEN OF CRASH SITE
Aircraft - RECOVER
Reaper - ISSUED
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