Recovery Procedures

Question 1

What must you do prior to exiting your operating VATA/GH X block for recovery?

Answer 1

Establish 2-way contact with Valley Approach (#5) and receive clearance to exit for recovery.

Question 2

If free-calling VAL APP, or if the WAM is U/S, what must you include in your initial call?

Answer 2

Position report (normally range/bearing).

Question 3

By what distance should all recovering aircraft contact Valley Approach?

Answer 3

15 DME

Aircraft recovering from the A5 pass should contact approach as soon as practicable.

Question 4

Above what height can Valley ATC not provide a service?

Answer 4

FL260

Question 5

Within 10nm of Valley you request a Radar to Initial descent to penetrate through cloud. Valley ATC descend you iaw the Final Approach Vectoring Altitude (FAVA) as per the Surveillance Minimum Approach Chart (SMAC).

However, you are still not visual, but the cloud base is reported to only be a couple of hundred feet below you, what action can you take?

Answer 5

You can “request further descent”.

ATC will downgrade you to a Traffic Service and descend you no lower than 500ft below the SMAC.

Under such circumstances, aircrew are responsible for their own terrain clearance.

Question 6

Within 10nm, what are the lowest heights for each runway that you can expect to be descended to during a Radar to Initial/Visual recovery whilst in receipt of a TS?

Answer 6

Val 13: 1200ft
Val 31: 800ft
Val 01: 700ft
Val 19: 1000ft
Mona 04: 1000ft
Mona 22: 1300ft

Question 7

Where is the normal radar pattern and at what height is it flown? What is the exception?

Answer 7

South and West of the airfield

2000ft QFE

Exception = Short pattern GCA, flown at 1500ft QFE

Question 8

For what runway is a short pattern GCA the normal instrument approach procedure due to the proximity of the Caernarfon ATZ?

Answer 8

Rwy 31

Question 9

What speed should Texan pilots fly the TACAN arc?

Answer 9

180 kts

Question 10

From where may an ILS be flown to Valley against the stream, and at what height should the aircraft commence the approach?

Answer 10

Point X (VYL 320/16)

4000ft QFE

Question 11

At what point should an ILS approach against the stream be discontinued?

Answer 11

2300ft QFE or 6 DME, whichever is reached FIRST

Question 12

You are flying an ILS against the stream from Point X and have reached 2300ft/6 DME, what should your next actions be?

Answer 12

Break off the approach and avoid the Valley visual circuit. Expect ATC to restrict all departing traffic on climbout 1800ft QFE.

Question 13

To what rwy can an ILS approach be flown against the stream?

Answer 13

Rwy 13

Note - The approach end barrier will be selected to the down position, but will not be isolated. The ILS shall be monitored by Talkdown.

Question 14

What are the minima to join the visual circuit from a radar approach?

Answer 14

5000m vis, 1000ft cloud base - and the circuit must not have been closed by ATC.

Circuit should be declared closed below these minima.

Question 15

What approach category is Texan?

Answer 15

CAT B

Question 16

What should you request from Approach is wishing to conduct a VFR recovery?

Answer 16

“Request Own Navigation”

Note - If a transit over the top of the MATZ is planned, be aware that traffic can operate up to approx. 7000ft in the airfield overhead.