Ac91 73a Notes

Advisory Circular 91-73

Date: 8 Dec 08

Part 91 and Part 135 Single-Pilot Procedures During Taxi Operations Planning • Study Airport Diagram • Review Expected Routes (ATIS, Previous Experience) • Follow Clearance Instruction • If unclear ASK for verification • Personal Checklist o Have you been here before? o Has a change occurred? o IMSAFE checklist o NOTAM Information • Plan when to program aircraft systems during taxi o Not while crossing runways o During low visibility situation Situational Awareness • Controllers o High workload o Problems with pilots o Equipment problems • Know the location of the aircraft • Airport Diagram readily available – for complex airports like O’Hare • Use Visual Aids to your advantage o Airport Signage o Airport Markings o Airport Lights • Continuous Loop – Use all available information in and outside the aircraft o Directional Gyro o Visual Aids o Tower or Ground Controllers • DO NOT STOP ON RUNWAYS o Unless instructed by ATC • “Position and Hold” o Off runway centerline to better visibility for other aircraft o Two (2) minutes or more on the runway an controllers can forget about you fairly easily o Turn strobes on while on the runway

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Landing and clearing active runways o Look full length to clear the runway o Verify that final approach is clear of all aircraft Uncontrolled Airports o Monitor CTAF from engine start o While more than 10NM out o Query pilots as to transmissions that do not make sense Sterile Cockpit Concept o No unnecessary talk until away from the airport

Use of Written Taxi Instructions • For use as a reference to read back to ATC • Means of confirming taxi instructions to any time ATC/Pilot Communication • Hold Short Instructions • Position and Hold • Standard Phraseology o “Roger/Wilco” v. Other Phraseology • Sterile Cockpit Concept o No unnecessary talk until away from the airport • Read back all “Hold Short, Position and Hold” as well as “Takeoff, and Landing Clearance” including runway designator • Read back all altitude assignments as well o Altitude deviation are the number one reason why pilots have FAA enforcement actions taken against them

For reference only, does not replace any government approved publication.

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