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LOST GLASSES mid-flight | Visually IMPAIRED pilot guided by ATC for Landing

#aviation #atc #N47PG On the evening of February 18, 2024, Brian Bernhardt and Jason Wilson, controllers at Philadelphia ATCT/TRACON (PHL), expertly guided a visually impaired pilot to a safe landing after he lost his glasses mid-flight. Bernhardt provided radar vectors, while Wilson coached the pilot during the critical final approach, ensuring a successful outcome. Brief Description: On the evening of Feb. 18, 2024, Brian Bernhardt, a 23-year veteran controller, was working Philadelphia Approach (PHL) whilst his colleague, Jason Wilson, worked in the tower cab. Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions prevailed which turned out to be very fortunate. Among the aircraft under Brian’s control was N47PG, a Grumman Tiger operating under VFR. Everything appeared normal when suddenly N47PG keyed his mic and said, “Philadelphia Approach, N47PG declaring an emergency…” Brian couldn’t have anticipated what the pilot said next. N47PG stated, “I just somehow knocked my glasses off my face, and I can’t find them. I’ve got pretty poor vision. I can kind of make out instruments, but I’m going to need radar vectors, I think, possibly to Philly, maybe Philadelphia International would be the best one if possible. I could definitely use some help up here.” Brian, a pilot himself, quickly worked through what the pilot’s limitations and capabilities were. He provided assistance for both vertical guidance and a series of no-gyro vectors that eventually led to N47PG being properly aligned with Runway 9R at PHL. Due to the concern that having the pilot change radio frequencies would add extra complications to an already stressful situation, it was decided that the pilot would be handed off from Brian in radar to Jason in the tower without a frequency change. Brian said, “All I had to do was point the pilot to the airport and give him to Jason, he’s the one that talked him down and really did the hard work to get him on the ground.” Jason, a veteran controller with 22 years’ experience, watched out the window for N47PG. Upon assuming the frequency he said, “I took over, started talking to the guy and just telling him what I was seeing and trying to coach him down.” Even though Jason has not flown in years, he has some pilot experience which helped him navigate the situation. Jason helped the pilot to maintain his surroundings and awareness. The pilot was able to focus on aviating and getting the plane toward the runway. Jason inquired if the pilot could distinguish Runway 9R and the pilot replied, “I see lights, but I can’t distinguish the runways from one another.” Luckily, the taxiways at PHL are 75 feet or more wide, which is more than a Tiger needs to land. Jason said, “We have the parallel taxiways also cleared for you so just find a set of parallel lights and line up for them.” Using the approach lights, Jason helped the aircraft identify 9R. As the aircraft stopped on the runway the relative deficit of vision became apparent. A follow me vehicle was dispatched, but its lights among the many other airport lights in the darkness made the pilot unable to distinguish the vehicle. The pilot was eventually able to get on a taxiway and find his eyeglasses. This save is a testament of teamwork, which was expressed well by the pair’s nominator, Nathan Hendrickson (Philadelphia ATCT, PHL), “This was an awesome display of teamwork, composure, and air traffic skill.”    • LOST GLASSES mid-flight | Visually IMPAIRE...   #atc #realatc #pilot #aviation #impairedpilot Audio source - https://liveatc.net if you like our contents please SUBSCRIBE to our channel    / @flight_follower   if not, please tell us what we are doing wrong we are still learning and trying to do better! All videos are licensed under Creative Commons or used under YT quidelines of 'Fair Use'i do not own or claim any video. credits goes to respective owners. if you have your videos used and want to make a change email me. so that we can solve the issue. Our email [email protected]