AI.VI.A.R2
Risk managementDeciding if and when to declare an emergency.
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- Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Aeronautical Decision-Making
decision to not decide, has made a wrong decision. Emergencies require the pilot to think—assess the situation, choose and execute the actions that assure safety. It is important for flight instructors to teach learners that declaring an emergency when…
- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 2. Emergency Services Available to Pilots › 6-2-3. Intercept and Escort
6-2-3. Intercept and Escort a. The concept of airborne intercept…
- Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Emergency Response Systems › Ballistic Parachutes
Emergency Response Systems Airplanes may have installed systems that provide alternatives in certain emergency situations. For example, ballistic parachute systems, if installed, may be deployed in an emergency allowing an airplane to descend slowly enough toward the ground such that ... occupants usually survive the resulting impact with minor or no injuries. Airplanes may also have an Emergency Autoland (EAL) system, which can take over control of the aircraft when necessary for a safe outcome. Ballistic Parachutes Deployment of an airplane…
- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 2. Emergency Services Available to Pilots › 6-2-4. Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)
Reporting. 1. Pilots are encouraged to monitor 121.5 MHz and/or 243.0 MHz while inflight to assist in identifying possible emergency ELT transmissions. On receiving a signal, report the following information to the nearest air traffic facility: (a) Your position ... last heard. (c) Your position at maximum signal strength. (d) Your flight altitudes and frequency on which the emergency signal was heard: 121.5 MHz or 243.0 MHz. If possible, positions should be given relative to a navigation…
- Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Emergency Response Systems › Autoland
Without further input, the EAL initiates an emergency descent. Without pilot responsiveness after an emergency descent, EAL initiates the process for an automated landing. The system also allows for manual activation by a pilot or a passenger. Once activated ... runway using a recognizable non-human synthesized voice. Additionally, EAL sets the transponder to squawk 7700 to indicate an emergency. After the initial broadcast, the system pauses for 25 seconds to allow air traffic control (ATC) to communicate with potential…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-6. Use of Runways/Declared Distances
Other airports may also report declared distances for a runway if necessary to meet runway design standards or to indicate the presence of a clearway or stopway. Where reported, declared distances for each runway end are published in the Chart ... Supplement. For runways without published declared distances, the declared distances may be assumed to be equal to the physical length of the runway unless there is a displaced landing threshold, in which case the Landing Distance Available (LDA) is shortened…