Briefing Approach Plates. 10) Brief The Missed Approach Point And Procedure. Last but certainly not least, brief the missed approach point in terms of distance, timing, or location in relation to the runway. Explain what the missed approach procedure is, and how you'd like crew members to share workload. How to Read and use approach Plates (IAP). Missed Approach is shown in both the Briefing strip and depicted in both the Profile and Plan view. You will have already briefed the missed approach and know what to do before you commenced your approach. In this case you apply full power and climb to 2600ft then turn to a heading of 250 and in the. thorough approach briefing completed and a stabilized approach established, you can feel confident that a smooth touchdown will follow. Fred Simonds is an active Gold Seal CFII from North Palm Beach, Florida. Briefing With WRIMTM Let’s brief the following approach, the ILS Runway 33R into Baltimore, Maryland, using the WRIMTM method.
Practice a few instrument approach briefings on a “dry run.” Try to find interesting notes that some approach charts may have that, should you ignore them, may get you in trouble. Finally, before leaving the ground, get familiar with all the approach plates you may need for the flight. Plates. Approach Plates are widely used in large airports: they are great way to ensure airplanes are always clear of obstacles and they also reduce the ATC workload, as they know just what the pilot will do next. It is a must that virtual pilots who seek for complete realism be familiarized with them - they not only
The approach briefing shoudl be made up of four basic parts, just the same as a departure briefing (where appropriate). A departure briefing, usually best done before starting engines, should cover four basic parts: Ground operations (traffic, "hot spots," routing, frequencies, etc). Takeoff (procedures, power, direction, runway, obstacles, etc)
"Okay, we are briefing the RNAV-33 approach into RMN. The date on the margin of the chart is XX/XX/XX," and proceeded to go through the briefing strip. I had to interject that I use Garmin Pilot (he was using Foreflight(?)) and GP doesn't have the dates listed in the margin. 7) Step-Downs, VDP, Missed Approach Point. On the profile view, brief relevant step-down fixes. Keep in mind, some approaches have an abundance of these step-downs, so you might want to be selective. If the approach has a VDP, brief it, as well as what you're using to determine distance. Finally, include the missed approach point in your briefing. Approach plates are logically sequenced to allow for the flow of an approach briefing [Figure 1] Starting with the pilot briefing and procedure notes, the pilot covers administrative information such as: Approach name, airport, and page number (as required) Runway information, elevation; Approach notes; Approach lighting expected Practice a few instrument approach briefings on a “dry run.” Try to find interesting notes that some approach charts may have that, should you ignore them, may get you in trouble. Finally, before leaving the ground, get familiar with all the approach plates you may need for the flight.
