ATA 31 Indicating and Recording

Question 1

How many hours of data can the FDR record?

Answer 1

Last 25hrs of operation

Question 2

When is the FDR powered?

Answer 2

either engine 1 one or 2 are ON

When the plane is in the air

Question 3

What does the FDR OFF light indicate?

Answer 3

Turns ON if:
-Airplane on ground and both engines are off
-DFDAU status relay is not energized because of a fault
-FDR status signal shows a fault

Question 4

Where is the FDR system accelerometer located?

Answer 4

right main wheel well

Question 5

Flight deck warning and caution sounds are created by the_________________.

Answer 5

INCORRECT airplane system conditions:

unsafe landing warning
unsafe take off warning
cabin pressure warning
autopilot disengage
overspeed warning
fire warning
SELCAL alert
crew alert

Question 6

What is the warning sound generated for aircraft overspeed?

Answer 6

Clacker

Question 7

When will the master caution lights illuminate?

Answer 7

Gives VISUAL ALERT of system FAILURES.

12 Annunciators on P7

Question 8

What are the indications for takeoff warning?

Answer 8

-an aural warning sound (intermittent horn)
-TAKEOFF CONFIG indicator lights on the P1-3 and P3-1 panels illuminate

Question 9

List the incorrectly set controls that can cause a takeoff warning.

Answer 9

-SPDBRK lever not down
-parking brake set
-pressure to ground spoilers
-flaps and slats not extended, OR UCM
-flaps not at takeoff, or skew, asym, UCM
-stabilizer out of green band

-Airplane on Ground

Question 10

Describe the landing configuration that will allow the landing warning horn to be cancelled.

Answer 10

gear is not down and locked
flap position is from 0 to 10 units
thrust levers are set for landing
radio altitude 200-800ft

you can cut the horn switch

Question 11

A Display Processing Computer has failed, how many display units will still display data?

Answer 11

four, one computer can still display units data

Question 12

What is normally displayed on the MDS inboard display unit?

Answer 12

Navigation Data

Question 13

Describe how to access the MDS MAINT pages.

Answer 13

If the airplane is on the ground and above 10,000ft

Question 14

On which MDS page will alert messages appear?

Answer 14

Display Selection>show list

Question 15

The ______ ______ _______ function lets you power the APU controller into test mode for maintenance purposes.

Answer 15

APU MAINT POWER

Question 16

How to access TEST in the APU MAINT POWER menu that will let you access maintenance msgs from APU ECU.

Answer 16

MAINT CTRL PGS

Question 17

_____ ____ load data from the portable maintenance device (PMD) to the network file server (NFS).

Answer 17

Stage one