Night Familiarization Flight Procedures
T-45C TS, ADV, & IUT NFamFP-01
VIII. Arrival and field entry procedures (night)
Sg 8, fr 1
NOTE: Night arrival and landing procedures are
NORMAL OPERATIONS
identical to day procedures except that poor depth
* Human factors of night flying
perception and the visual effects of field lighting
* Night visual navigation
require extra caution.
planning/procedures
* Exterior preflight inspection
A.
Arrival
* Night ground operations
* Ground personnel signals
1.
Contact Approach Control
(night)
* Takeoff and departure
2.
When you report field in sight, Approach
procedures
Control will hand you off to Tower
* Enroute procedures
* Arrival and field entry
B.
Field entry 1.1.2.2.5
procedures (night)
1.
Report feeder fix from approach end of
Sg 8, fr 2
active runway on extended runway
Arrival and Field Entry
centerline at appropriate altitude
Procedures (night)
2.
Observe maximum recovery airspeed: 250
* Approaching the home field
KIAS
area
- Contact Approach Control
inbound
3.
Descend at 4 nm to arrive at the numbers
- Report ready for recovery
with an altitude of 1,400 ft MSL and an
* Field entry
airspeed of 250 KIAS
- 10 DME initial on
centerline @ assigned
4.
Maintain 1,400 ft MSL through pattern entry
altitude
and break
- 250 KIAS
- 4 nm descent to pattern
5.
Communicate (to advise tower of position):
altitude
"Tower. Pike one seven zero, numbers"
* Break
- With interval in sight
C.
Break
1.
Execute level break within first two-thirds of
runway with proper interval when cleared by
tower
NOTE: Remember, the break is much
more gradual at night.
a.
Roll into approximately 45 degrees
AOB
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