Phraseology Examples

MAYDAY - Engine Fire

Strasbourg Control or any station · F-CDEF

PILOT: MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, Strasbourg Control, F-CDEF

PILOT: Engine fire, attempting to reach Metz aerodrome

PILOT: Position, 30 miles west of Strasbourg, altitude 2000 feet and descending

PILOT: Two on board, Cessna 182, aircraft blue and white

PILOT: Squawk 7700

ATC F-CDEF, Strasbourg, ROGER MAYDAY, descend to 1500 feet, heading 090, 15 miles to Metz

PILOT: Descending 1500, heading 090, 15 miles to Metz, F-CDEF

PAN-PAN - Minimum Fuel

Basel Approach · OE-GHI

PILOT: PAN-PAN PAN-PAN PAN-PAN, Basel Approach, OE-GHI

PILOT: Minimum fuel, estimating 30 minutes remaining

PILOT: Position, 20 miles south of Basel, altitude 3000 feet

PILOT: Request priority landing Basel

ATC OE-GHI, Basel Approach, ROGER PAN-PAN, expect vectors for final approach, descend 2500, squawk 3452

PILOT: Squawk 3452, descending 2500, OE-GHI

Radio Failure - Setting 7600

Zurich Control (pilot will not hear this) · HB-JKL

PILOT: Zurich Control, HB-JKL, transmitter check, unable to receive, squawk 7600 [Nobody hears this transmission. But ATC sees the target squawk 7600 on radar.]

ATC: (Does not expect a response. Issues instructions aloud for the record.) HB-JKL, squawk 7600 is observed. Vector for Zurich runway 28, descent 1500 feet. Expect green light at tower. Time 08 minutes.

Transmitting Blind

Geneva Radio · HB-JKL or similar

PILOT: Geneva Radio, any station, transmitting blind, unable to receive

PILOT: HB-JKL, Piper Seneca, currently 15 miles northeast of Geneva, altitude 2500 feet

PILOT: Inbound for Geneva, estimating aerodrome in 10 minutes

PILOT: Transmitting blind on one-two-one point five