{
  "open_checklist_version": "1.0",
  "id": "grumman-aa5b-emergency",
  "title": "Grumman AA-5B Tiger — Emergency Procedures",
  "description": "Emergency procedures for the Grumman AA-5B Tiger with Lycoming O-360 carbureted engine. Memory items are marked accordingly. Contains no numeric limitations; all airspeeds must come from the specific aircraft POH. This is an aide-memoire only — aviate first, then navigate and communicate. The O-360 is carbureted; carburetor icing is applicable and included.",
  "aircraft": {
    "make": "Grumman",
    "model": "AA-5B",
    "variant": "Tiger",
    "icao_type": "AA5B",
    "category": "standard_normal",
    "engine": [
      {
        "make": "Lycoming",
        "model": "O-360",
        "type": "piston_4stroke",
        "count": 1
      }
    ],
    "propeller": "fixed_pitch",
    "gear": "fixed_tricycle"
  },
  "units": {
    "airspeed": "kt",
    "altitude": "ft",
    "fuel": "usgal",
    "weight": "lb",
    "pressure": "inhg",
    "temperature": "f"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "source": {
      "kind": "none",
      "notes": "No manufacturer document consulted. Written from general familiarity with the Grumman AA-5B Tiger and Lycoming O-360 carbureted engine systems."
    },
    "transcription": {
      "method": "authored",
      "tool": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
      "date": "2026-08-11"
    },
    "contributors": [
      {
        "name": "Open Checklists project",
        "role": [
          "author"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "revision": {
      "file_revision": "0.1.0",
      "updated": "2026-08-11"
    }
  },
  "verification": {
    "source_fidelity": "not_applicable",
    "operational_review": "none",
    "completeness": "partial",
    "known_issues": [
      {
        "severity": "safety_defect",
        "description": "Contains no airspeeds, power settings, or other numeric limits — must come from aircraft POH.",
        "location": "whole file"
      },
      {
        "severity": "safety_defect",
        "description": "Emergency checklists must be studied, practiced, and memorized. This file is an aide-memoire only. Aviate first, then navigate and communicate.",
        "location": "whole file"
      },
      {
        "severity": "content_gap",
        "description": "Equipment variations across AA-5B production affect available instruments and systems during emergencies. Verify procedures against the specific aircraft POH.",
        "location": "whole file"
      }
    ]
  },
  "rights": {
    "status": "original_expression",
    "corpus_license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "redistribution": "attribution_required",
    "notes": "Grumman/American General POH remains under copyright. This file is independently authored and does not reproduce the wording or item selection of any manufacturer document."
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation",
      "phase": "engine_failure_before_rotation",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Engine Failure on Takeoff Roll (Before Lift-Off)",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle",
          "response": "CLOSE IMMEDIATELY",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Brakes",
          "response": "APPLY FIRMLY — STOP ON REMAINING RUNWAY",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "IDLE CUT-OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — unlatch for emergency egress after stopping",
          "response": "UNLATCHED, SLIDE OPEN WHEN STOPPED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-before-rotation-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Egress — exit aircraft and move clear; notify emergency services if fire or injury",
          "response": "EVACUATE AND CLEAR",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff",
      "phase": "engine_failure_after_takeoff",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Engine Failure After Liftoff",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Best glide airspeed — pitch for glide immediately",
          "response": "ESTABLISH PER POH",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Landing area — select best available surface ahead; avoid turns back to runway at low altitude",
          "response": "SELECTED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle",
          "response": "CLOSE",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "IDLE CUT-OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF (when landing assured)",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-after-takeoff-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — unlatch before touchdown for emergency egress",
          "response": "UNLATCHED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-failure-in-flight",
      "phase": "engine_failure_in_flight",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Engine Failure in Flight",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Best glide airspeed — pitch to establish immediately",
          "response": "ESTABLISH PER POH",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "BOTH (or opposite tank if imbalanced)",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Carburetor heat",
          "response": "FULL HOT",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle",
          "response": "ADVANCE TO DETERMINE IF ENGINE WILL RESPOND",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "RICH",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Primer",
          "response": "IN AND LOCKED",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch — verify on BOTH; try LEFT then RIGHT if no restart",
          "response": "BOTH (CHECK)",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Starter — attempt restart if altitude and conditions permit",
          "response": "ATTEMPT PER POH RESTART PROCEDURE",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-9",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "If restart unsuccessful — declare emergency; select landing area; initiate forced landing procedure",
          "response": "MAYDAY DECLARED, FORCED LANDING INITIATED",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-failure-in-flight-10",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Squawk 7700 — if transponder accessible and time permits",
          "response": "7700 SET",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-fire-in-flight",
      "phase": "engine_fire_in_flight",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Engine Fire in Flight",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "IDLE CUT-OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle",
          "response": "FULL OPEN (to exhaust remaining fuel in lines)",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Cabin heat and vents",
          "response": "CLOSE ALL (prevent smoke and fumes entering cockpit)",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Airspeed — increase to accelerate descent and help extinguish fire; do not exceed VNE",
          "response": "INCREASE PER POH GUIDANCE",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-in-flight-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — unlatch before touchdown; declare emergency; select landing area",
          "response": "UNLATCHED; FORCED LANDING INITIATED",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "engine-fire-ground",
      "phase": "engine_fire_ground",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Engine Fire on Ground",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle",
          "response": "FULL OPEN MOMENTARILY (to attempt to draw fire back into engine)",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "IDLE CUT-OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — open and egress immediately",
          "response": "OPEN; EVACUATE AIRCRAFT",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fire extinguisher — use external extinguisher on fire if accessible without personal risk",
          "response": "APPLY IF SAFE TO DO SO",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "engine-fire-ground-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Emergency services",
          "response": "NOTIFY IMMEDIATELY — CALL 911",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "electrical-fire",
      "phase": "electrical_fire",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Electrical Fire / Smoke in Cockpit",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "All electrical switches — radios, lights, avionics",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Cabin vents — open to clear smoke from cockpit",
          "response": "OPEN",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — if smoke is heavy and flight conditions permit, crack canopy for ventilation",
          "response": "AS REQUIRED FOR SMOKE REMOVAL",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "If fire is out and smoke clears — selectively restore electrical power one switch at a time to identify fault",
          "response": "RESTORE SELECTIVELY; ISOLATE FAULT",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "electrical-fire-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Land — plan expedited landing at nearest suitable airport; declare emergency if warranted",
          "response": "LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "oil-system-malfunction",
      "phase": "oil_system_malfunction",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Loss of Oil Pressure",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Oil pressure gauge — verify indication; cross-check with oil temperature for trend",
          "response": "LOW PRESSURE CONFIRMED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle — reduce power immediately to decrease engine stress",
          "response": "REDUCE POWER",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Landing area — identify nearest suitable airport or field",
          "response": "NEAREST AIRPORT IDENTIFIED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Squawk 7700 and declare emergency if engine failure imminent or oil temperature rising rapidly",
          "response": "MAYDAY IF REQUIRED",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Engine instruments — monitor closely; be prepared for sudden engine roughness or seizure",
          "response": "CONTINUOUS MONITORING",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "oil-system-malfunction-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Land — do not delay; engine failure without lubrication is imminent",
          "response": "LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "carburetor-icing",
      "phase": "carburetor_icing",
      "criticality": "abnormal",
      "title": "Carburetor Ice",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Carburetor heat — apply full hot immediately; do not remove until RPM recovers and then stabilizes",
          "response": "FULL HOT — HOLD UNTIL CLEAR",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Throttle — avoid closing during heat application; maintain sufficient power to sustain flight",
          "response": "MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT POWER",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "RPM — expect a brief further drop as ice melts and water ingests through carburetor; then RPM should rise and stabilize above original indication",
          "response": "MONITOR FOR RECOVERY",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "If RPM does not recover — declare emergency; identify nearest landing area; initiate descent",
          "response": "EMERGENCY DECLARED IF NO RECOVERY",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Carburetor heat — once ice is cleared, return to COLD for normal operations; continue to monitor",
          "response": "COLD WHEN CLEAR; MONITOR CONTINUOUSLY",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "carburetor-icing-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Conditions — remain alert to icing conditions; apply carb heat preemptively in high-risk conditions per POH guidance",
          "response": "APPLY PREVENTIVELY IN ICING CONDITIONS",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "forced-landing",
      "phase": "forced_landing",
      "criticality": "emergency",
      "title": "Forced Landing (Power-Off)",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-1",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Best glide airspeed — establish and maintain",
          "response": "ESTABLISHED PER POH",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-2",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Landing area — select best available surface; favor fields with consistent short grass; avoid wires, ditches, and slopes",
          "response": "SELECTED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-3",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Squawk 7700 and declare MAYDAY on 121.5 MHz or last used frequency",
          "response": "MAYDAY DECLARED, 7700 SET",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-4",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Fuel selector",
          "response": "OFF",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-5",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Mixture",
          "response": "IDLE CUT-OFF",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-6",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Ignition switch",
          "response": "OFF (when landing is assured)",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-7",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Master switch",
          "response": "OFF (when landing is assured)",
          "tickable": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-8",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Canopy — unlatch before touchdown to ensure exit is possible after landing",
          "response": "UNLATCHED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-9",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Seat belts and shoulder harnesses — all occupants tightened",
          "response": "TIGHTENED AND LOCKED",
          "tickable": true,
          "memory_item": true
        },
        {
          "id": "forced-landing-10",
          "type": "action",
          "text": "Final approach — align with landing surface; plan for a controlled touchdown at minimum safe airspeed; flaps as appropriate per altitude and POH",
          "response": "CONFIGURED FOR LANDING",
          "tickable": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}