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Risk managementPossible reasons for loss of communication.
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- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure › 6-4-1. Two-way Radio Communications Failure
Section 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure 6-4-1. Two-way Radio Communications Failure a. It is virtually impossible to provide regulations and procedures applicable to all possible situations associated with two-way radio communications failure. During ... radio communications failure, when confronted by a situation not covered in the regulation, pilots are expected to exercise good judgment in whatever action they elect to take. Should the situation so dictate they should not be reluctant…
- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 3. Distress and Urgency Procedures › 6-3-1. Distress and Urgency Communications
Section 3. Distress and Urgency Procedures 6-3-1. Distress and Urgency Communications a. A pilot who encounters a distress or urgency condition can obtain assistance simply by contacting the air traffic facility or other agency in whose area ... aircraft is operating, stating the nature of the difficulty, pilot’s intentions and assistance desired. Distress and urgency communications procedures are prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), however, and have decided advantages over the informal procedure described above…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Radio Communications › Lost Communication Procedures
assists a pilot in the use and understanding of standard terminology. The AIM also contains many examples of radio communications. Figure 14-40. Traffic pattern operation—parallel runways. ICAO has adopted a phonetic alphabet that should be used in radio ... communications. When communicating with ATC, pilots should use this alphabet to identify their aircraft. [Figure 14-41] Lost Communication Procedures It is possible that a pilot might experience a malfunction of the radio. This might cause the transmitter, receiver…
- Chapter 2: En Route Operations › Communication Failure
reported to ATC, as this condition is known and not an anomaly. See also AIM 1-1-13. Communication Failure Two-way radio communication failure procedures for IFR operations are outlined in 14 CFR Part 91, § 91.185. Unless otherwise authorized ... pilots operating under IFR are expected to comply with this regulation. Expanded procedures for communication failures are found in the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). Pilots can use the transponder to alert ATC to a radio communication failure by squawking code…
- Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 3. En Route Procedures › 5-3-1. ARTCC Communications
REQUIRED for the procedure’s PBN elements. Section 3. En Route Procedures 5-3-1. ARTCC Communications a. Direct Communications, Controllers and Pilots. 1. ARTCCs are capable of direct communications with IFR air traffic on certain frequencies. Maximum communications coverage ... possible through the use of Remote Center Air/Ground (RCAG) sites comprised of both VHF and UHF transmitters and receivers. These sites are located throughout the U.S. Although they may be several hundred miles away from the ARTCC, they are remoted…
- Chapter 6. Emergency Procedures › Section 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure › 6-4-3. Reestablishing Radio Contact
been received, or if one has not been received, as close as possible to the Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) as calculated from the filed or amended (with ATC) Estimated Time En Route (ETE). (2) If the clearance limit ... proceed to a fix from which an approach begins and commence descent or descent and approach as close as possible to the estimated time of arrival as calculated from the filed or amended (with ATC) estimated time en route…