Avoid clearances that require small aircraft or helicopters to taxi in proximity to taxiing or which type of helicopters?

Avoid clearances that require small aircraft or helicopters to taxi in proximity to taxiing or which type of helicopters?

• A. Hovering
• B. Hover-taxiing
• C. Ground taxiing
• D. Take-off

Answer: (B)

Hover-taxiing is the situation described: a helicopter or rotorcraft moves while staying in a hover very close to the surface. This introduces unique hazards because the aircraft is essentially in a controlled hover in proximity to other taxiing traffic, ground personnel, and obstacles, and it can be highly sensitive to gusts, rotor wash, and small misjudgments. Coordinating clearances for hover-taxiing near taxiing traffic is risky due to the potential for sudden movement, drift, or rotor wash affecting nearby aircraft or people. For that reason, avoid clearances that would require small aircraft or helicopters to hover-taxi near taxiing traffic; instead, use standard ground taxiing or clearance that keeps the rotorcraft out of close proximity to active taxiing paths. Hovering in place without translation doesn’t pose the same same proximity risk, ground taxiing is a routine surface movement, and take-off moves the aircraft away from the surface rather than near other taxiing traffic.

Hover-taxiing is the situation described: a helicopter or rotorcraft moves while staying in a hover very close to the surface. This introduces unique hazards because the aircraft is essentially in a controlled hover in proximity to other taxiing traffic, ground personnel, and obstacles, and it can be highly sensitive to gusts, rotor wash, and small misjudgments. Coordinating clearances for hover-taxiing near taxiing traffic is risky due to the potential for sudden movement, drift, or rotor wash affecting nearby aircraft or people. For that reason, avoid clearances that would require small aircraft or helicopters to hover-taxi near taxiing traffic; instead, use standard ground taxiing or clearance that keeps the rotorcraft out of close proximity to active taxiing paths. Hovering in place without translation doesn’t pose the same same proximity risk, ground taxiing is a routine surface movement, and take-off moves the aircraft away from the surface rather than near other taxiing traffic.