Birddog
On a mission...
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2001
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Declaring Emergencies
I only declared once, when I lost an engine in a twin. I was reasonably certain that I would land safely, however, if something else went wrong, I wanted someone ready to pull me from the flaming wreckage.
In all seriousness though, if you think you need to declare an emergency, you probably do. What constitutes an emergency for one person (or crew) may not be one for another, depending on equipment, training, experience, and conditions. Its all part of exercising good judgement. It is not just a good CYA maneuver, it also mobilizes things like crash-fire-rescue (if the airport is so equiped) and in some cases, SAR. Good luck and fly safe.
I only declared once, when I lost an engine in a twin. I was reasonably certain that I would land safely, however, if something else went wrong, I wanted someone ready to pull me from the flaming wreckage.
In all seriousness though, if you think you need to declare an emergency, you probably do. What constitutes an emergency for one person (or crew) may not be one for another, depending on equipment, training, experience, and conditions. Its all part of exercising good judgement. It is not just a good CYA maneuver, it also mobilizes things like crash-fire-rescue (if the airport is so equiped) and in some cases, SAR. Good luck and fly safe.
