Tailwinds Flying Club Fall Safety Session Communication On the ground and in the air

Communication WASHINGTON - The pilot of a plane involved in a mid-air collision over New York's Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but was not corrected by the controller, a U.S. government safety official said Wednesday. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman told a congressional committee Wednesday that shortly after the single- engine Piper took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, a Teterboro controller handed off the plane to nearby Newark Liberty International. During the handoff, the controller instructed the Piper pilot to contact Newark and gave him the radio frequency. However, air traffic control recordings show the frequency the pilot read back was incorrect, Hersman said. There is no indication that any controller heard the incorrect readback or attempted to correct it, she said. Why the fuss, we all know how to use the radio?

Good to Know Local VFR Pilot Frequencies Communication 21D – Lake Elmo Airport Unicom – CTAF – AWOS – Flight Service Station (Princeton) FSS – Flight Watch – VFR Flight Following MPS Center & 125.5

CTAF, MULTICOM, and UNICOM Communication UNICOM - Aeronautical Advisory Station A nongovernment communications facility which may provide airport information at certain airports. MULTICOM Frequency used at airports without a tower, FSS, or UNICOM. CTAF – Common Traffic Advisory Frequency A frequency designed for the purpose of carrying out airport advisory practices while operating to or from an uncontrolled airport. The CTAF may be a UNICOM, MULTICOM, FSS, or tower frequency and it is identified in appropriate aeronautical publications.

Good to Know Local IFR Pilot Frequencies Communication ATC (MSP) Center – Approach Control - Departure – Clearance Delivery - VOR Receiver Checkpoint (VOT) STP & NW – NE – S –

Know When to Call Communication In an emergency, too many general aviation pilots refuse to communicate. As a result, they cannot marshal resources available to them, too often with ugly consequences. Bluntly, they shut up and die. - Rick Durden – Aviation Safety Magazine – January 2009

What is the emergency frequency? Communication 121.5

What are the only two frequencies specified in the Aeronautical Information Manual for use in Air-to-Air (pilot-to-pilot) communications? Communication &

Common Frequencies Communication MHz Aviation Terminal VOR and ILS Navigation MHz Aviation VOR Navigation MHz Aviation Communication MHz Aviation Distress MHz Civil Air Patrol (Authorized use only) MHz Air Traffic Control (Towers and ARTCC's) MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Aviation Ground Control MHz Flight Service Stations MHz Flight Advisory Service MHz Balloons MHz Aviation UNICOM Uncontrolled Airports MHz Aviation UNICOM Private Airports MHz Aviation UNICOM Uncontrolled Airports MHz Aviation UNICOM Uncontrolled Airports and Search and Rescue Training MHz Aviation UNICOM Controlled Airports MHz Aviation UNICOM MHz Aviation Air to Air Communications MHz Air Shows & Air-to-air Communications MHz Aviation UNICOM/Multicom/Air Shows MHz Airplane to Airplane (high altitude airliners) MHz Helicopters Air-to-air Communications MHz Air Shows MHz Air Shows MHz Search and Rescue/Civil Air Patrol MHz NASA MHz Air Traffic Control (Towers/ARTCC's) MHz Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) MHz Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

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