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How to brief an instrument approach plate

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I brief the approach in the order I will fly it.

  1. First the “check and forget” items
  2. Avionics setup
  3. Next I highlight important bits on the plate
  4. Next look at the step-down fixes
  5. Study final segment and runway “sight picture”, determine VDP
  6. Review airplane configurations needed
  1. One-time verify and forget (2 items)
    1. Verify Plate accuracy (airport, runway, published date)
    2. Verify minimums and notes (can you even fly it?)
  2. Avionics Setup (instrument panel flow clockwise)
    1. Correct altimeter settings on all altimeters
    2. Check all Garmin waypoints agree with plate
    3. Tower frequency & navaid frequency
    4. Approach course Set
  3. Highlight high alert items on plate (foreflight has highlighter built in) (4 items)
    1. Final approach course on plate
    2. MAP on diagram
    3. First segment of Missed Approach procedure (ie: climbing right to 3000')
    4. MDA/DH of category (B for SR22)
    5. *Localizer / navaid frequency on plate (*ILS ONLY)
  4. Brief the flight itself
    1. Compute gs + descent rate for all segments
    2. Brief final stepdown fix: Distance + time to MAP, MDA
    3. Brief "picture" at MAP: Distance + altitude AGL to runway threshold..
    4. Brief rwy length and % usable runway needed to land. In dark IMC this is critical to not guess.
  5. Brief 4 aircraft configurations
    1. Initial change (Flaps 50%, gears down)
    2. Descend flight (12" MP, 3' nose down, -800fpm, 100kts ias)
    3. Level flight  (20"MP, nose 1' up, 0fpm, 100kts ias)
    4. Missed Approach (altitude 7.5' up, power+mix full fw, flaps up)
  6. Brief emergencies

    1. Autopilot problem (disable, fly the plane level by attitude, then trim)
    2. Engine (cycle mags)

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