What happens in the incident of radio failure in a Cessna 172?
Radio failure is an incident that could happen during flight. If the airplane is flying in a controlled airspace where the Air Traffic Control (ATC) is in charge of the traffic in the airspace, a certain procedure should be followed as follows:
a) The pilot should continue concentrating on flying the airplane and should not panic
b) The pilot should maintain terrain clearance throughout all procedures
c) The transponder (we talked about in earlier post) should be switched to code 7600
d) The pilot should try alternate the secondary published ATS frequencies for the sector or unit he should be in communication with
e) Check the airplane communications equipment and the radio electric circuits
f) Listen to ATIS (automated transmission information system) if possible
g) Turn on Landing Lights, beacons, and strobe lights
h) If a mobile phone is available in the aircraft, attempt to establish telephone communications wit the ATC.
i) To carefully join the airport traffic circuit as per the published procedure (usually from the runway side that is in use), pass by the ATC and rock the wings
j) Wait for light signals form the ATC for instructions (light signals are discussed in earlier post)
Please remember, that radio failure certain actions in the procedure differ from airport to another, and pilots should familiarize them selves with these procedures prior to conducting the flight.
Radio failure is an incident that could happen during flight. If the airplane is flying in a controlled airspace where the Air Traffic Control (ATC) is in charge of the traffic in the airspace, a certain procedure should be followed as follows:
a) The pilot should continue concentrating on flying the airplane and should not panic
b) The pilot should maintain terrain clearance throughout all procedures
c) The transponder (we talked about in earlier post) should be switched to code 7600
d) The pilot should try alternate the secondary published ATS frequencies for the sector or unit he should be in communication with
e) Check the airplane communications equipment and the radio electric circuits
f) Listen to ATIS (automated transmission information system) if possible
g) Turn on Landing Lights, beacons, and strobe lights
h) If a mobile phone is available in the aircraft, attempt to establish telephone communications wit the ATC.
i) To carefully join the airport traffic circuit as per the published procedure (usually from the runway side that is in use), pass by the ATC and rock the wings
j) Wait for light signals form the ATC for instructions (light signals are discussed in earlier post)
Please remember, that radio failure certain actions in the procedure differ from airport to another, and pilots should familiarize them selves with these procedures prior to conducting the flight.
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