Chapter 7. Safety of Flight

Section 1. Meteorology

7-1-1.

National Weather Service Aviation Products

7-1-17.

Reporting Prevailing Visibility

7-1-2.

FAA Weather Services

7-1-18.

Estimating Intensity of Rain and Ice Pellets

7-1-3.

Use of Aviation Weather Products

7-1-19.

Estimating Intensity of Snow or Drizzle (Based on Visibility)

7-1-4.

Preflight Briefing

7-1-20.

 Pilot Weather Reports (PIREPs)

7-1-5.

En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS)

7-1-21.

PIREPs Relating to Airframe Icing

7-1-6.

Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories

7-1-22.

Definitions of Inflight Icing Terms

7-1-7.

Categorical Outlooks

7-1-23.

PIREPs Relating to Turbulence

7-1-8.

Telephone Information Briefing Service (TIBS)

7-1-24.

Wind Shear PIREPs

7-1-9.

Transcribed Weather Broadcast (TWEB)

7-1-25.

Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) PIREPs

7-1-10.

Inflight Weather Broadcasts

7-1-26.

Microbursts

7-1-11.

Flight Information Services (FIS)

7-1-27.

PIREPs Relating to Volcanic Ash Activity

7-1-12.

Weather Observing Programs

7-1-28.

Thunderstorms

7-1-13.

Weather Radar Services

7-1-29.

Thunderstorm Flying

7-1-14.

ATC Inflight Weather Avoidance Assistance

7-1-30.

Key to Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) and Aviation
Routine Weather Report (METAR)

7-1-15.

Runway Visual Range (RVR)

7-1-31.

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Weather Formats

7-1-16.

Reporting of Cloud Heights

 

 

 

Section 2. Altimeter Setting Procedures

7-2-1.

General

7-2-4.

High Barometric Pressure

7-2-2.

Procedures

7-2-5.

Low Barometric Pressure

7-2-3.

Altimeter Errors

 

Section 3. Wake Turbulence

7-3-1.

General

7-3-6.

Vortex Avoidance Procedures

7-3-2.

Vortex Generation

7-3-7.

Helicopters

7-3-3.

Vortex Strength

7-3-8.

Pilot Responsibility

7-3-4.

Vortex Behavior

7-3-9.

Air Traffic Wake Turbulence Separations

7-3-5.

Operations Problem Areas

 

Section 4. Bird Hazards and Flight Over National Refuges, Parks, and Forests

7-4-1.

Migratory Bird Activity

7-4-4.

Reporting Bird and Other Wildlife Activities

7-4-2.

Reducing Bird Strike Risks

7-4-5.

Pilot Advisories on Bird and Other Wildlife Hazards

7-4-3.

Reporting Bird Strikes

7-4-6.

Flights Over Charted U.S. Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and
Forest Service Areas

 

Section 5. Potential Flight Hazards

7-5-1.

Accident Cause Factors

7-5-8.

Seaplane Safety

7-5-2.

VFR in Congested Areas

7-5-9.

Flight Operations in Volcanic Ash

7-5-3.

Obstructions to Flight

7-5-10.

Emergency Airborne Inspection of Other Aircraft

7-5-4.

Avoid Flight Beneath Unmanned Balloons

7-5-11.

Precipitation Static

7-5-5.

Unmanned Aircraft

7-5-12.

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) Operations and Reporting Illumination of Aircraft

7-5-6.

Mountain Flying

7-5-13.


Flying in Flat Light and White Out Conditions
 

 

7-5-7.

Use of Runway Half-way Signs at Unimproved Airports

 

7-5-14.

Operations in Ground Icing Conditions

 

Section 6. Safety, Accident, and Hazard Reports

7-6-1.

Aviation Safety Reporting Program

7-6-2.

Aircraft Accident and Incident Reporting

7-6-3.

Near Midair Collision Reporting

7-6-4.

Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Reports