Engine Power Lost

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1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 140. Here is the scenario: Your engine has lost power during flight.
2. 0:04 Practice communicating the emergency and requesting help, not flying an emergency
3. 0:08 checklist.
4. 0:11 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
5. 0:15 position is 12 miles northeast of Paine Field, indicated altitude 2500 feet. You are
6. 0:21 tuned to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Skagit Regional.
7. 0:27 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
8. 0:33 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
9. 0:38 practice.
10. 0:40 NARRATOR: Scenario update: Your single-engine airplane has lost all engine
11. 0:45 power and is descending in a glide. You retain control and both radio transmission
12. 0:51 and reception. This is a communications-only exercise, not an aircraft emergency
13. 0:56 checklist. Aviate first.
14. 1:00 NARRATOR: Your task: State your problem, position and requested assistance. Keep
15. 1:04 flying the airplane; the practice pause is not operational delay.
16. 1:18 PILOT: Mayday, mayday, mayday, Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 12 miles northeast
17. 1:23 of Paine Field, engine power lost, at 2500, unable to maintain altitude. Request
18. 1:28 information on landing areas within gliding range and emergency assistance.
19. 1:35 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, roger, say persons on board and fuel remaining when able
20. 1:43 NARRATOR: Your task: For this exercise, there are 2 people on board and estimated
21. 1:49 usable fuel is 45 minutes. Your indicated altitude is 2500 feet and heading is 360.
22. 1:56 Give only what workload permits; these are scenario facts, not a checklist.
23. 2:11 PILOT: fuel remaining 45 minutes. 2 people on board, descending through 2500, heading
24. 2:17 360. No engine power; unable to climb or go around, Evektor 827EV
25. 2:24 NARRATOR: End of this exercise: End of the radio decision exercise. The stated
26. 2:28 condition remains unresolved; no landing, rescue, repair or medical outcome is
27. 2:32 assumed. Continue the appropriate aircraft-specific procedures and assistance
28. 2:35 coordination.
29. 2:37 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Communications exercise ends with the stated condition
30. 2:41 unresolved; subsequent aircraft handling is outside scope.
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