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  • Chapter 1. Air Navigation › Section 1. Navigation Aids › 1-1-18. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)

    bounds the vertical error to 35 meters for LPVs with minima below 250’. 2. When an approach procedure is selected and active, the receiver will notify the pilot of the most accurate level of service supported by the combination ... WAAS signal, the receiver, and the selected approach, using the naming conventions on the minima lines of the selected approach procedure. For example, if an approach is published with LPV minima and the receiver is only certified for LNAV/VNAV…

  • Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Basic Safety Concepts › Terrain Selection

    Terrain Selection A pilot’s choice of emergency landing sites is governed…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-6. Approach Clearance

    aircraft are advised to select an appropriate IAF or feeder fix when loading an instrument approach procedure into the RNAV system. 2. Selection of “Vectors-to-Final” or “Vectors” option for an instrument approach may prevent approach fixes located outside ... from being loaded into an RNAV system. Therefore, the selection of these options is discouraged due to increased workload for pilots to reprogram the navigation system. 8. Arrival Holding. Some approach charts have an arrival holding pattern depicted…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1033 Operating information required.

    them— (1) A cockpit checklist; (2) For multiengine aircraft or for aircraft with retractable landing gear, an emergency cockpit checklist containing the procedures required by paragraph (c) of this section, as appropriate; (3) At least one set of pertinent aeronautical ... After landing; and (6) Stopping engines. (c) Each emergency cockpit checklist required by paragraph (a)(2) of this section must contain the following procedures, as appropriate: (1) Emergency operation of fuel, hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems. (2) Emergency operation…

  • Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Placards › Emergency Procedures (Section 3)

    included. Manufacturers may first show an emergency checklist in an abbreviated form with the order of items reflecting the sequence of action. Amplified checklists that provide additional information on the procedures follow the abbreviated checklist. To be prepared for emergency…

  • 14 CFR § 91.503 Flying equipment and operating information.

    landing. (6) Stopping engines. (7) Emergencies. (c) Each emergency cockpit checklist procedure required by paragraph (b)(7) of this section must contain the following procedures, as appropriate: (1) Emergency operation of fuel, hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems. (2) Emergency operation…