Door Ajar in Flight

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1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 137. Here is the scenario: A cabin door comes ajar in flight. Practice
2. 0:06 explaining the situation and coordinating your plans with the controller.
3. 0:12 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
4. 0:17 position is 10 miles east of Paine Field, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You are tuned
5. 0:25 to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Arlington.
6. 0:31 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
7. 0:36 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
8. 0:41 practice.
9. 0:44 NARRATOR: Scenario update: A cabin door on your unpressurized light airplane has come
10. 0:50 ajar, with increased wind noise. The airplane remains controllable, nobody is
11. 0:55 injured, and the engine and radios operate normally. This is a communications-only
12. 1:01 exercise, not an aircraft emergency checklist. Aviate first.
13. 1:07 NARRATOR: Your task: State your problem, position and requested assistance. Keep
14. 1:11 flying the airplane; the practice pause is not operational delay.
15. 1:25 PILOT: Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 10 miles east of Paine Field, Cabin door has
16. 1:31 come ajar, aircraft controllable. Request return to Arlington for landing.
17. 1:37 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, roger, advise if further assistance is needed
18. 1:45 NARRATOR: Your task: For this exercise, there are 2 people on board and estimated
19. 1:51 usable fuel is 45 minutes. Your indicated altitude is 2500 feet and heading is 360.
20. 1:57 Give only what workload permits; these are scenario facts, not a checklist.
21. 2:13 PILOT: No injuries, 2 people on board, at 2500. Engine and flight controls are normal;
22. 2:18 I can fly a normal approach and landing, Evektor 827EV
23. 2:23 NARRATOR: End of this exercise: End of the radio decision exercise. The stated
24. 2:28 condition remains unresolved; no landing, rescue, repair or medical outcome is
25. 2:32 assumed. Continue the appropriate aircraft-specific procedures and assistance
26. 2:35 coordination.
27. 2:37 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Communications exercise ends with the stated condition
28. 2:41 unresolved; subsequent aircraft handling is outside scope.
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