After calling the ball on final from CCA or TACAN, if no acknowledgement is received from the Air Officer (helicopters) or LSO (fixed wing), what shall the pilot do?

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After calling the ball on final from CCA or TACAN, if no acknowledgement is received from the Air Officer (helicopters) or LSO (fixed wing), what shall the pilot do?

When you call the ball on final and there’s no acknowledgement from the Air Officer or the LSO, you’re in a no-radio situation. In carrier operations, that scenario calls for NORDO procedures—the standard actions for landing with loss of communications. These procedures let you continue the approach in a predictable, safe way using the published cues and the LSO’s non-verbal signals, rather than relying on verbal clearance. You stay aligned with the approach path, maintain proper speed and configuration, and proceed under the NORDO set of steps, prepared to execute a go-around if the signals indicate you should abort or if contact is not restored. Other options assume radio coordination or require an immediate go-around outside the NORDO sequence, so following NORDO procedures is the correct, best response.

When you call the ball on final and there’s no acknowledgement from the Air Officer or the LSO, you’re in a no-radio situation. In carrier operations, that scenario calls for NORDO procedures—the standard actions for landing with loss of communications. These procedures let you continue the approach in a predictable, safe way using the published cues and the LSO’s non-verbal signals, rather than relying on verbal clearance. You stay aligned with the approach path, maintain proper speed and configuration, and proceed under the NORDO set of steps, prepared to execute a go-around if the signals indicate you should abort or if contact is not restored. Other options assume radio coordination or require an immediate go-around outside the NORDO sequence, so following NORDO procedures is the correct, best response.

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