Unreliable Airspeed Indication

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1. 0:00 NARRATOR: Chapter 152. Here is the scenario: Your airspeed indication becomes unreliable
2. 0:06 in visual conditions. Practice reporting the problem and requesting assistance.
3. 0:14 NARRATOR: Your starting details: You are flying Evektor, registration N827EV. Your
4. 0:20 position is 12 miles east of Paine Field, indicated altitude 3500 feet. You are tuned
5. 0:27 to Seattle Approach. Your planned destination is Arlington.
6. 0:33 NARRATOR: Play the pilot. At each prompt, use the ten-second pause to respond aloud or
7. 0:38 decide whether to transmit. Then compare with the example. This is simulated radio
8. 0:43 practice.
9. 0:46 NARRATOR: Scenario update: In visual conditions, your airspeed indication changes
10. 0:50 implausibly while attitude and engine power remain steady. You retain control using
11. 0:55 outside references, but cannot rely on the indicated airspeed. The radios work. This is
12. 1:01 a communications-only exercise, not an aircraft emergency checklist. Aviate first.
13. 1:07 NARRATOR: Your task: State your problem, position and requested assistance. Keep
14. 1:12 flying the airplane; the practice pause is not operational delay.
15. 1:26 PILOT: Pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan, Seattle Approach, Evektor 827EV, 12 miles east of
16. 1:30 Paine Field, airspeed indication unreliable, maintaining visual conditions. Request
17. 1:34 priority landing at the nearest suitable airport.
18. 1:39 APPROACH: Evektor 827EV, roger, say persons on board and fuel remaining when able
19. 1:47 NARRATOR: Your task: For this exercise, there are 2 people on board and estimated
20. 1:53 usable fuel is 45 minutes. Your indicated altitude is 3500 feet and heading is 360.
21. 1:59 Give only what workload permits; these are scenario facts, not a checklist.
22. 2:13 PILOT: fuel remaining 45 minutes. Aircraft controllable with the horizon in sight,
23. 2:18 engine power available, 2 people on board. Unable to provide a reliable indicated
24. 2:23 airspeed, Evektor 827EV
25. 2:26 NARRATOR: End of this exercise: End of the radio decision exercise. The stated
26. 2:30 condition remains unresolved; no landing, rescue, repair or medical outcome is
27. 2:34 assumed. Continue the appropriate aircraft-specific procedures and assistance
28. 2:37 coordination.
29. 2:39 NARRATOR: Chapter debrief: Communications exercise ends with the stated condition
30. 2:43 unresolved; subsequent aircraft handling is outside scope.
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