Form ARC 277# ARC 277# Rotary Wing

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Telephone numbers where we can reach you for further details of this occurrence:
Type

Area Code

Number

Space Below Reserved for ASRS Date and Time Stamp

Best Call Hours

Primary
Backup
Name and address where we can return this identification strip:

Type of Event/Situation

Name
Address 1
Date of Occurrence

Address 2
City

State

Zip

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Local Time (24 hr clock)

(HH:MM)

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Reporter

Flying Time (in hours)

Certificates & Ratings (check all that apply)

ATC / Advisory Service

 Captain/PIC
 Copilot

 Single Pilot

 Student

 Flight Instructor

 Ground

 FSS

 Instructor

 Multiengine

 Tower

 UNICOM

 Pilot Flying
 Pilot Not Flying

 Trainee

Total Time

 Sport/Recreational
 Private

 Instrument

 TRACON

 CTAF

 Rotorcraft

 Center

 Dispatch

 Check Airman
 Relief Pilot

 Ground Crew

Last 90 Days

 Commercial
 ATP

 Powered Lift

 Remote

 Other

 Air/Mission Crew
 Other

Time in Type

Airspace
 Class B

 Class G

 Class C

 TFR

 Class D

 Offshore

Light/NVG

Conditions / Weather Elements
 VMC








 IMC

 Class E

 Mixed

 Special Use (MOA, Restricted, etc.)

 Marginal

Brownout
Fog
Hail
Haze/Smoke
Icing
Rain






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Snow
Thunderstorm
Turbulence
Whiteout
Windshear
Other

(Not N# or Flight)

Aircraft
Operator
Aircraft
Activity















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Ceiling

 Daylight
 Dusk

(feet)

Visibility

 Night – Unaided

(miles)

RVR

 Night – NVG Aided

(feet)

Aircraft 2

Make/Model (e.g., Airbus H135, etc.)

Air Carrier
Air Taxi
Corporate
Agriculture
Air Ambulance
Air Tour
Corporate

Ceiling/Visibility

 Dawn

Aircraft 1
Your Aircraft Type

ATC Facility Name

Operating FAR Part

Fractional
FBO
Government
Firefighting
Law Enforcement
News/Photo/Film
Offshore









Military
Personal
Other
Personal
Training
Utility
Other

Other Aircraft Type
 Remotely Piloted








Air Carrier
Air Taxi
Corporate
Agriculture
Air Ambulance
Air Tour
Corporate

Make/Model (if known)







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Operating FAR Part

Fractional
FBO
Government
Firefighting
Law Enforcement
News/Photo/Film
Offshore









Military
Personal
Other
Personal
Training
Utility
Other

Flight
Plan

 VFR
 IFR

 SVFR
 DVFR

 Internal
 None

 VFR
 IFR

 SVFR
 DVFR

 Internal
 None

Flight
Phase

 Parked
 Ground Taxi
 Hover

 Takeoff/Climb
 Cruise
 Descent/Landing

 Approach
 Missed
 Other

 Parked
 Ground Taxi
 Hover

 Takeoff/Climb
 Cruise
 Descent/Landing

 Approach
 Missed
 Other

Route
in Use

 Direct
 Helo Route Chart

 Visual Approach
 Instrument Procedure

 None
 Other

 Direct
 Helo Route Chart

 Visual Approach
 Instrument Procedure

 None
 Other

If more than two aircraft were involved, please describe the additional aircraft in the “Describe Event/Situation” section.

Conflicts

Location
Altitude:

(single value)

Distance:

and/or Radial (bearing):

 Airport

 NAVAID

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 MSL

■ AGL


Estimated miss distance in feet:
from:

 Waypoint

(Horizontal)

Was Evasive Action Taken?
 Yes
Was TCAS a Factor?
 Yes
Did terrain warning system activate?  Yes

Rotary-Wing Form

(Vertical)
 No
 No
 No

■ NA

■ NA

■ NA


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DESCRIBE EVENT/SITUATION
Keeping in mind the topics shown below, discuss those which you feel are relevant and anything else you think is important. Include what you believe really caused the
problem, and what can be done to prevent a recurrence, or correct the situation. (USE ADDITIONAL PAPER IF NEEDED)

CHAIN OF EVENTS
- How the problem arose
- How it was discovered
- Contributing factors
- Corrective actions

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HUMAN PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS
- Perceptions, judgments, decisions
- Actions or inactions
- Factors affecting the quality of human performance

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DESCRIBE EVENT/SITUATION, continued...

CHAIN OF EVENTS
- How the problem arose
- How it was discovered
- Contributing factors
- Corrective actions

NASA ARC 277#

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HUMAN PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS
- Perceptions, judgments, decisions
- Actions or inactions
- Factors affecting the quality of human performance

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