Alerting System Introduction Flashcards
What does the safe operation of any aircraft require?
Awareness of the presence of non-normal situations
What does the alerting require?
Provides both visual and audio indications to the pilot if there is a malfunction so that appropriate action can be taken.
What is the color coding of the visual indications?
1) Red lights for warnings
2) Amber lights for cautions
What are the glare shield “attention getter” lights called? When will they illuminate?
- Master Warning and Caution Lights
- Alerting system detects a system malfunction
Where are individual warnings and cautions located?
Single CWP
How long does the warning or caution light remain illuminated?
Until the malfunction has been resolved.
What are the two different types of aural alerts?
1) Aural Warnings
2) Aural Cautions
What are the 4 types of aural warnings?
1) A bell
2) A computerized voice
3) A siren
4) A wailer
What should the pilot prioritize with alerts?
- Warnings
- Cautions
- Advisories
What is a crucial thing the pilot must do before each flight relating to alerts?
Test them with self test button.
Where is alert testing buttons found on the PC-21?
ENGINE console
What does the FIRE TEST switch do?
Tests the fire alert system, specifically:
- Engine hot section fire wire
- Attention getters
- Amber EIRCAS caution on the MFD and DWP
- Grey FIRE 1 ALRT advisory
- Grey FIRE 2 ALRT advisory
- Repeated warning gong audio tone
What does the LAMPS TEST pushbutton do?
- All DWP captions
- Landing gear position position indicators and red handle warning lamp
- AOA indexer lamps
- FMS annunciator lamps
- ELT test lamp
- All green, red, amber and cyan panel switch annunciators
- Caution chime audio tone
- LAMPS TESTS advisory is also displayed on the MFD
What design philosophy is used for aircraft related to fire?
- To prevent it
2. Provide adequate fire protection
What does a basic Fire Detection and Protection System consist of?
- Visual and aural warnings
- Series of heat or smoke sensors
- An extinguishing system