LIBRARY 062 · SPOKEN CHAPTER 49 · 2:58
Your decision to go around
Announce a pilot decision without waiting for permission.
Your scenario
You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are on final for runway 16L, indicated altitude 1600 feet. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You have ATIS information Alpha.
Practice goals
- Announce a pilot decision without waiting for permission.
- Receive subsequent pattern instructions.
- Obtain a new landing clearance.
Respond aloud during each ten-second practice window, then compare with the example. Replay any exchange you want to practice.
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- 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 49. Here is the scenario: You're approaching Paine Field, but may need
- 0:04 another landing attempt. Practice telling Tower about your decision.
- 0:09 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. You are
- 0:16 on final for runway 16L, indicated altitude 1600 feet. You are tuned to Paine Tower. You
- 0:24 have ATIS information Alpha.
- 0:28 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
- 0:34 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
- 0:39 practice.
- 0:41 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The scenario starts with you final for runway 16L.
- 0:46 Initial contact has already been established; there is no outstanding
- 0:50 clearance to enter or land on the runway.
- 0:55 NARRATOR: Your task: The approach is unstable. You initiate a go-around. Advise
- 0:59 tower.
- 1:10 PILOT: Paine Tower, Evektor 827EV, going around
- 1:16 TOWER: Evektor 827EV, make left traffic runway 16L
- 1:30 PILOT: left traffic runway 16L, Evektor 827EV
- 1:36 NARRATOR: Your task: Time advances. You have reached midfield left downwind runway 16L at
- 1:42 1600 feet. Report your position.
- 1:54 PILOT: Paine Tower, Evektor 827EV, midfield left downwind, runway 16L, full-stop landing
- 2:03 TOWER: Evektor 7EV, wind 160 at 6, runway 16L, cleared to land
- 2:20 PILOT: cleared to land runway 16L, Evektor 7EV
- 2:25 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Time advances through the pattern. You are now on final
- 2:30 for runway 16L.
- 2:33 NARRATOR: Scenario update: The simulated landing is complete. You are slowing on
- 2:38 runway 16L.
- 2:41 NARRATOR: Scenario update: You have exited the runway. This lesson ends clear of the
- 2:45 runway, before further taxi instructions.
- 2:49 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Pattern operation complete; clear of runway.
- 2:55 NARRATOR: If you enjoyed this video like and subscribe
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