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You are approaching an ATS reporting point. The controller has instructed you to make routine meteorological reports, the last of which was approximately one hour ago. You experience turbulence, which makes occupants feel strain against the seat belts. As required by the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA), you should…

  • A

    include the information in the routine report, which should be made in approximately one hour.

  • B

    make the routine report at the reporting point but, since the turbulence is only moderate, it can be excluded from the report.

  • C

    make a special air report and omit the routine report.

  • D

    include the information in the routine report due at the reporting point.

ICAO Doc 4444 - MODEL AIREP SPECIAL
1. Position reports and special air-reports

1.4 Special air-reports shall be made as soon as practicable after a phenomenon calling for a special air-report has been observed.

1.5 If a phenomenon warranting the making of a special air-report is observed at or near the time or place where a routine air-report is to be made, a special air-report shall be made instead.

2. Detailed reporting instructions
Section 3
Item 9 — PHENOMENON PROMPTING A SPECIAL AIR-REPORT.
Report one of the following phenomena encountered or observed:

• moderate turbulence as “TURBULENCE MODERATE”
severe turbulence as “TURBULENCE SEVERE”

The following specifications apply:

Moderate — Conditions in which moderate changes in aircraft attitude and/or altitude may occur but the aircraft remains in positive control at all times. Usually, small variations in airspeed. Changes in accelerometer readings of 0.5 g to 1.0 g at the aircraft’s centre of gravity. Difficulty in walking. Occupants feel strain against seat belts. Loose objects move about.
Severe — Conditions in which abrupt changes in aircraft attitude and/or altitude occur; aircraft may be out of control for short periods. Usually, large variations in airspeed. Changes in accelerometer readings greater than 1.0 g at the aircraft’s centre of gravity. Occupants are forced violently against seat belts. Loose objects are tossed about.

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