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CHAPTER 16
Ejection
16.1 EJECTION
Responsibility for the decision to eject shall be determined
and briefed before Sight Thereafter the decision
to abandon the aircraft shall rest with the crewmember
assignedr esponsibility for that particular situation. The
decision should be made before sink rate, altitude, and
attitude conditions jeopardixe safe ejections for both
occupants. In flight, the aircraft must be abandoned by
means of the ejection seats since them is no provision
for manual bailout. Prior to ejection from a flyable or
controllable aim&, it is the pilot’s responsibility to do
everything reasonableto ensuret hat the abandoneda ircraft
will intlict the least possible damage on impact.
Ejection may be necessary as a result of fire, engine
failure, structural failure, midair collision, or when the
aircraft becomes uncontrollable. In each case, the pilot
must decide when to eject, using the following as a
guide:
1. Ejection is mandatory under the following conditions
except when unusual circumstances clearly
indicate to pilot that cause of safety to self and
others will be better served by a flameout approach
than by ejection.
a. Serious, uncontrolled fire.
b. Ifaircrafiis inuncontrolled flight at 10,OOOfeet
AGL or below.
c. When dual-engine flameout occurs below
1,500 feet AGL and 250 knots.
d. If repeated relight attempts are not successful
between 30,000 and 10,000 feet, eject by
10,000 feet AGL.
e. If still on first or second relight attempt when
passing through 10,000 feet AGL and it appears
that a relight is likely, airstart attempt
may be continued to a minimum of 5,000 feat
AGL.
2. If dual-engine tlameout occurs below 10,000 feet,
zoom to convert excess airspeed to altitude. Attempt
airstart as time permits. If peak altitude is
above 5,000 feet AGL and airstart attempt is not
successful,e ject no lower than 5,000 fret AGL. If
peak altitude is below 5,000 feet AGL and airsmt
attempt is made during xoom and there is no evidence
of a relight, eject at peak altitude. If no
airstart attempt is made, eject at peak altitude.
3. If decision to abandon aimrat? is made at high
altitude, the recommended minimum altitude for
ejection is 10,000 feet AGL, or higher, if conditions
so indicate. Under any circumstances and if
at all possible, ejection should be accomplished
prior to descendingb elow 2,000 feet AGL.
16.1.1 Ejection Envelope. Figure 16-1 shows
minimum ejection altitude for a given airspeed and sink
rate, bank angle, and dive angle. For all ejections, it is
mu~mmended that akspeed be reduced as slow as pmcticable;
however, inuncontrolled situations, do not delay
ejection becauset he aircmfi is not within the published
safe escape envelope. For ejection at low altitude, it is
recommendedt hat a climb be initiated to convert excess
airspeed into altitude. Although the escape system is
capable of zero-zero ejection, it should be borne in mind
that a combination of low airspeed and high rate of
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