Aircraft Performance Flashcards
What FAR part are the FlightStar aircraft certified under?
FAR Part 25, Transport Category (gross takeoff weight of greater than 12,500 lbs)
***Pilots must ensure that their aircraft will meet at least minimum certification performance requirements to _________________.
comply with the AFM and be legal
***AFM certification performance limitations ensure we can also meet FAR Part 91 and 135 operational regulatory requirements.
False
Accelerate Stop Distance Available
Is the runway length plus stopway length that is suitable for use by an airplane aborting a takeoff.
Takeoff Run Available
Is the runway length declared available and suitable for the ground run of an airplane taking off.
Takeoff Distance Available
Is the length of the takeoff runway available plus the length of the clearway, if provided.
Landing Distance Available
Is the length of runway available for the ground run of an airplane for landing.
***_____________________ is the runway plus or minus stopway length available and suitable for an airplane aborting a takeoff.
Accelerate Stop Distance Available (ASDA)
***__________________ is the runway length declared available and suitable for the ground run of an airplane taking off.
Takeoff Run Available (TORA)
***Which of the following reasons may cause declared runway distances to be shorter than the usable length of a runway?
Vehicle Traffic, Obstacles, and Other Airplanes are all correct.
Jeppesen charts publish _______________ runway distance information.
usable length
What airports must publish declared distances?
Airports that serve part 139 carriers (scheduled air carriers)
***Declared distance runway information is for _________________________.
performance planning only
You had to divert to a small airport that has very little jet traffic. It has flexible pavement on the ramp, but a rigid pavement runway. What is most likely to happen if you fueled the airplane to maximum ramp weight?
Nothing dramatic, but the pavement’s service life would be decreased.
***The Embraer Phenom 300 has a single-wheel main gear configuration with an “S” code. The Maximum Ramp Weight is 18,078 lbs and Maximum Landing Weight is 16,865 lbs. The runway capacities are listed as “S-15, D-19.” Which of the following is true?
The aircraft may be restricted by the airport authority as it exceeds the S-15 rating.
ACN
Aircraft Classification Number
PCN
Pavement Classification Number
***You calculate the ACN of your airplane at MTOW to be 21 for a Flexible pavement with a Low subgrade and High tire pressure. Your destination, KXYZ, is 20 F/C/X/T. Can you go?
Contact the airport authority first. You might have to operate on KXYZ, with less than MTOW.
What are four things that can influence takeoff performance?
1) AFM maximum structural weight
2) Brake energy
3) Runway length
4) Climb
***Which of the following can influence takeoff performance for a FAR Part 25 aircraft?
Runway length, brake energy, AFM maximum structural weight.
Takeoff performance limitations are what four things?
1) Structural weight
2) Brake energy
3) Runway length
4) Climb
The first segment climb is what?
From liftoff while the gear is retracting and accelerating to V2
The second segment climb is what?
The minimum climb gradient is 2.4%. This segment is from gear retraction until the aircraft’s published level off (acceleration) height.
***FAR 135.379 requires limiting the takeoff weight to meet obstacle clearance requirements. The net flight path must clear obstacles by at least _______ feet vertical clearance or 300 feet lateral clearance after passing the airport boundary.
35 feet
