ATC & Emergencies

[Rudabega]

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

Once you declare that emergency then the controllers will do anything you ask them to. I had a engine failure right over what you see in my avatar, declared an emergency and gave them my lat long and landed on the left cliff. No radio reception was available and flight for life landed in front of me within 10 min.

ATC can do quite a bit to help you after the fact but before you even get there you should help yourself by flying the airplane. I wouldn't be here to post this if I hadn't done it in order.

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

 

[shdw]

Once you declare that emergency then the controllers will do anything you ask them to. I had a engine failure right over what you see in my avatar, declared an emergency and gave them my lat long and landed on the left cliff. No radio reception was available and flight for life landed in front of me within 10 min.

This seems very contradicting. On one side your saying aviate/navigate because ATC cannot do much for you till your on the ground. But then you say you had no radios available after landing and that you called while in the air. How soon after did you call them?

Point is, it sounds like you combined steps 2/3 to do them at the same time while still performing aviate first, as you should. By the way, nicely done and good to have you with us still.

 

[Rudabega]

This seems very contradicting. On one side your saying aviate/navigate because ATC cannot do much for you till your on the ground. But then you say you had no radios available after landing and that you called while in the air. How soon after did you call them?

Point is, it sounds like you combined steps 2/3 to do them at the same time while still performing aviate first, as you should. By the way, nicely done and good to have you with us still.

It was best glide, best place to land, check the engine, communicate, direction of wind and so on. I was still 200 or so agl when I told them where I was. Below that I lost radio communication.

I am not saying wait till you are on the ground to call. I am saying to do things in order and not add to your plate until the first steps can be maintained.