# GLR-IN-069 Safety Briefing for Nov., 2002 

Subj: Part 1: Aviation topic: Winter Flying - Hazards even for VFR
operations

Part 2: General topic: Mishap/Accident Reporting - The \"Red Folder\"

**Part 1. Aviation topic: Winter Flying - Hazards even for VFR
operations**

We often associate winter flying with whether or not we\'re going to
pick up icing in clouds, but there are a number of hazards even for VFR
operations. ***What can you do about each of the following? What others
can you think of?***

\- frost on wings/horizontal stabilizer

\- frozen control surfaces due thawing of accumulated snow, then
freezing

\- packed snow/frozen moisture in pitot tube/static port/fuel vent/stall
warning opening

\- blocked carb air inlet

\- brittle hoses/seals increase chances of fluid leakage

\- condensation on eye glasses

\- loss of visibility due condensation on inside of cabin windows

\- pilot mental and physical degradation due working in extreme cold
(e.g. finger/toe numbness)

\- difficulty starting a cold engine (flooding/induction fire)

\- sluggish gyro instruments

\- striking wing/elevator tips in snow banks

\- directional control/braking action on icy/slippery taxiways and
runways

\- crankcase vapor condensation and freezing in breather tube

\- ice blockage of fuel lines

\- sudden wind and/or weather changes (faster-moving systems in winter)

\- potential for carbon monoxide from heater

\- encountering rain while flying VFR in below-freezing temperatures
(freezing rain)

\- \"white-out\" due snow/sky/horizon conditions, OR due to heavy snow
showers

\- forgetting to bring warm clothes in case of emergency landing

\- unreported runway conditions for landing

\- lock-up of wheels due snow/mud/etc. frozen in wheel fairings

**Part 2. General topic: Mishap/Accident Reporting - The \"Red
Folder\"**

CAPR 62-2 Mishap Reporting and Investigation

1\. The \"Red Folder\"

a\. The red folder contains the essential information (primarily CAPR
62-2, Mishap Reporting

and Investigation) needed for reporting CAP \"mishaps.\"

b\. There are actually three red folders (identical), one each held by
the Commander, the

Operations Officer, and the Safety Officer. Three are necessary since we
don\'t have a central

squadron location where a single folder would be kept.

2\. Overview of CAPR 62-2

a\. Requires prompt notification and reporting of all CAP mishaps.

b\. What is a mishap? Attachments in CAPR 62-2 define it in detail (more
than one kind,

including aviation mishaps), and tells what specific actions are
required for each kind of mishap.

> c\. The MOST IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION ANY AFFECTED MEMBER MUST MAKE is
> to the Commander, so he can get the red folder, and look up and take
> the immediate, proper action.

3\. Our supplement to CAPR 62-2

a\. Our squadron has a one-page supplement which tells us that ANY
member who is in charge of

any CAP activity in which a mishap occurs, is RESPONSIBLE for initiating
action. That member

\"has the ball\" until it is assumed by someone who will carry out the
requirements of the red folder.

b\. This supplement is posted on our web site. Check it out. It\'s very
short.

c\. And remember, if no one else is around, it could be YOU that has to
get a red folder and carry

out the requirements.

CODE WORD: Icy

A. Cecere

GLR-IN-069 Safety Officer

# Safety Brief Pilot Initial Sheet: Nov., 2002

Subj: Winter Flying - Hazards even for VFR operations

Mishap/Accident Reporting - The \"Red Folder\"

### All members must have attended this brief

***OR***

***read this material and notified the Safety***

***Officer, with the code word.***

***[Pilots may not act as PIC unless this has been done.]{.underline}***

B. Bledsoe\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ R. Chance\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ R. Myers
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ M. Smith \_\_\_\_\_\_

D. Chamberlin\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ R. Dehner\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ J. Neher
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ J. Scanlon\_\_\_\_\_\_

A. Cecere\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ R. Duncan\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ D.
Ouellette\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ R. Webb\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Nan. Chance\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ D. Koiro \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ L. Pinney
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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Norm. Chance\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ E. Lange \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_