11.2 Zonal And Station Identifacation

Question 1

Structural classifications

Answer 1

The fuselage, the wings, the stabilisers, the flight control, the landing gears

Question 2

ATA zone 100 is what

Answer 2

Lower half of fuselage

Question 3

ATA zone 200 is what

Answer 3

Upper half of fuselage

Question 4

ATA chapter 300 is what

Answer 4

Empennage which covers the aft fuselage and the horizontal and vertical stabilisers

Question 5

ATA chapter 400 is what

Answer 5

Power plants and struts

Question 6

ATA chapter 500 is what

Answer 6

Left wing

Question 7

ATA chapter 600 is what

Answer 7

Right wing

Question 8

ATA chapter 700 is what

Answer 8

Landing gear and the landing gear doors

Question 9

ATA chapter 800 is what

Answer 9

Doors

Question 10

First digit of ATA number is what

Answer 10

Major zones

Question 11

Second digit of ATA number is what

Answer 11

Sub-major zones

Question 12

Third digit of ATA number is what

Answer 12

Zones

Question 13

For access panel or door the first letter represents what

Answer 13

Position of panel from forward to aft, inboard to outboard and bottom to top

Question 14

For access panel or door the second letter represents what

Answer 14

Left or right side

Question 15

What are body stations or fuselage stations (BS or FS)

Answer 15

Vertical plane perpendicular to the body centreline

Question 16

What are Buttock Lines (BL)

Answer 16

Vertical planes parallel to the fuselage centreline

Question 17

The body buttock line 0 is located where

Answer 17

The body centreline

Question 18

What are Waterlines (WL)

Answer 18

The body waterlines are horizontal planes perpendicular to the body stations and buttock lines

Question 19

What are wing stations (WS)

Answer 19

Wing reference plane extend left and right and are measured from either a buttock line or wing rib 1

Question 20

Component stations (CS)

Answer 20

Various components such as controls have their own numbering system usually numbered inboard to outboard