FH.VI.B.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 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 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 5. Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Communications › 6-5-1. Discrete Emergency Frequency
facilities throughout the country. Section 5. Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Communications Fire Fighting Communications 6-5-1. Discrete Emergency Frequency a. Direct contact between an emergency aircraft flight crew, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Incident Commander (ARFF ... Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT), is possible on an aeronautical radio frequency (Discrete Emergency Frequency [DEF]), designated by Air Traffic Control (ATC) from the operational frequencies assigned to that facility. b. Emergency aircraft at airports without an ATCT, (or when…
- 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…
- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 1. General › 6-1-1. Pilot Responsibility and Authority
Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures Section 1. General 6-1-1. Pilot Responsibility and Authority a. The pilot-in-command of an aircraft is directly responsible for and is the final authority as to the operation of that aircraft ... emergency requiring immediate action, the pilot-in-command may deviate from any rule in 14 CFR part 91, Subpart A, General, and Subpart B, Flight Rules, to the extent required to meet that emergency. NOTE-In the event…