PL.III.A.R2
Risk managementDeciding if and when to declare an emergency.
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- 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 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…
- 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 2. Emergency Services Available to Pilots › 6-2-2. Transponder Emergency Operation
possible, the noninstrument rated pilot should so advise the controller and indicating the lack of an instrument rating, declare a distress condition; or 3. If the pilot is instrument rated and current, and the aircraft is instrument equipped, the pilot ... provided on the basis that the aircraft can operate safely in IFR weather conditions. 6-2-2. Transponder Emergency Operation a. When a distress or urgency condition is encountered, the pilot of an aircraft with a coded radar beacon transponder…
- 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 4. Two-way Radio Communications Failure › 6-4-1. Two-way Radio Communications Failure
whatever action they elect to take. Should the situation so dictate they should not be reluctant to use the emergency action contained in 14 CFR section 91.3(b). b. Whether two-way communications failure constitutes an emergency depends ... pilot to deviate from any rule in Subparts A and B to the extent required to meet an emergency. c. In the event of two-way radio communications failure, ATC service will be provided on the basis that the pilot…