Chapter 7 — Safety of Flight

Section 7-1

• 7-1-11 Weather Radar Services
• 7-1-14 Reporting of Cloud Heights
• 7-1-16 Estimating Intensity of Rain and Ice Pellets
• 7-1-17 Estimating Intensity of Snow or Drizzle (Based on Visibility)
• 7-1-23 Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) PIREPs
• 7-1-25 PIREPs Relating to Volcanic Ash Activity
• 7-1-27 Thunderstorm Flying
• 7-1-7 Categorical Ceiling and Visibility Conditions

Section 7-2

• 7-2-1 General

Section 7-3

• 7-3-1 Effect of Cold Temperature on Barometric Altimeters
• 7-3-2 Pre-Flight Planning for Cold Temperature Altimeter Errors
• 7-3-3 Effects of Cold Temperature on Baro-Vertical Navigation (VNAV) Vertical Guidance

Section 7-4

• 7-4-2 Vortex Generation
• 7-4-3 Vortex Strength
• 7-4-4 Vortex Behavior
• 7-4-5 Operations Problem Areas
• 7-4-7 Helicopters
• 7-4-9 Air Traffic Wake Turbulence Separations

Section 7-5

• 7-5-1 Migratory Bird Activity
• 7-5-2 Reducing Bird Strike Risks
• 7-5-3 Reporting Bird Strikes
• 7-5-4 Reporting Bird and Other Wildlife Activities
• 7-5-5 Pilot Advisories on Bird and Other Wildlife Hazards
• 7-5-6 Flights Over Charted U.S. Wildlife Refuges, Parks, and Forest Service Areas

Section 7-6

• 7-6-1 Accident Causal Factors
• 7-6-10 Flight Operations in Volcanic Ash
• 7-6-11 Emergency Airborne Inspection of Other Aircraft
• 7-6-12 Precipitation Static
• 7-6-13 Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Laser) Operations and Reporting Illumination of Aircraft
• 7-6-14 Flying in Flat Light, Brown Out Conditions, and White Out Conditions
• 7-6-15 Operations in Ground Icing Conditions
• 7-6-16 Avoid Flight in the Vicinity of Exhaust Plumes (Smoke Stacks and Cooling Towers)
• 7-6-17 Space Launch and Reentry Area
• 7-6-18 Automatic Landing Operations
• 7-6-2 Reporting Radio/Radar Altimeter Anomalies
• 7-6-4 Obstructions To Flight
• 7-6-5 Avoid Flight Beneath Unmanned Balloons
• 7-6-6 Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• 7-6-8 Use of Runway Half-way Signs at Unimproved Airports
• 7-6-9 Seaplane Safety

Section 7-7

• 7-7-2 Aircraft Accident and Incident Reporting
• 7-7-4 Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Reports
• 7-7-5 Safety Alerts For Operators (SAFO) and Information For Operators (InFO)