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Takeoff
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Initial takeoff clearance
MSA
Verify nav radios
Set heading and altitude bugs
Emergency return plan consideration
Approach
KEY TO APPROACHES IS A STABILIZED APPROACH, THINK AHEAD KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT
WILL LET YOU STAY AHEAD OF THE AIRCRAFT
1. Brief Approach as soon as runway and approach confirmed
a. Inbound course, frequencies, altitudes, fixes, minimums, missed approach,
airport/TDZE elevation, timing, Notams, applicable notes
2. Nav radios set
3. Pre-Landing Checklist
4. Autopilot - Ensure proper modes selected
2 NM Outside of IAF
Slow to pattern speed
Flaps 10
Localizer/Inbound Leg
“Localizer Alive”
“Localizer Captured”
Glideslope Alive
“Glide Slope Alive”
Gear down
Check airspeed
Landing check
Glideslope Captured
“Glideslope Captured”
Set missed approach altitude
“GUMPPSS”
At FAF
“FAF Inbound”
Verify FAF crossing altitude
No changes in Configuration after FAF
1000 Feet above DH/MDA
“1000 Feet”
Landing clearance received
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500 Feet above DH/MDA
“500 Feet, Cleared to land”
100 Feet above DH/MDA
“100 Feet”
Arrival at DA
“Minimums, Runway In Sight, Landing”
or
“Minimums Runway Not In Sight, Missed Approach”
Missed Approach
Notify Tower
Check heading and altitude bugs
Other Reasons To Declare Missed Approach:
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Approach not stabilized
Significant deviation from glideslope and/or localizer
Deviation from normal landing attitude
Sink rate exceeds 1000 ft/min inbound from FAF