Checks Flashcards
AP test
- AP power on 1 min
- Turn knob detent
- Engage roll and pitch
- Turn knob left right - ctrl moves
- Pitch knob up down
- Pilot disengage: red AP «AP AP»
- Engage
- Any trim switch - cuts out + warn
- Engage - copilot yoke in/out - cuts out + warn
- Center controls, ROLL PITCH
- Self test - up down left right trim up trim down panel lights itch and roll off
- Valid / inval 20s, press
- Test controls full and free
Radio checks
FD1 GND 2 long range clearance on request , then to ATIS
FD2 ATIS then GND 2 - request start Own discretion
FD 4 - FMS unilink - voice - test then back to data
FD 7 - nav cxd? Listen in. 311 Raymond
ADF
VOR (MMR)
TACAN - tune and check Green
ALT setting report to P and N
TACAN test
Failed indications?
Tune, ident, adjust volume
Check 1 and 2 point similar and pfd mfd agree
Set CDI 180
Press test: miles not displayed,
no pointers for 7 seconds
Range 0.0 +- 0.1
Bearing 180+- 3
CDI within 1/2 fsd
Test light overhead goes out.
If test light remains on after 20 secs there’s an error. Try REC only (DME inoperative)
Safety check ground
(HYD Quantity)
Landing gear- down 3 greens, handle light ON
Fuel panel - all off
Manifold valve - FLT
Throttles - Cut off
Starter Switches - OFF
All hydraulic pressure switches - off
Wheel well light - ON
Nav lights - bright flashing
(FMS Config - Databases
LOx Quantities)
Preflight overhead panel
Preflight centre console to rudder
Preflight Pilot side across
Preflight APC
Config
OFP version
Status
Chart C W&B
Crew and cargo loading
Check and Record fuel, CG
TO data
LD data
Fuel data
Fuel tgts
FUEL pg must wait until FMS sync’d
Flight director preflight
- Heading set for departure
- Cmd bars wings level -2.5 (Syn Vision)
- TO Max top right ADI
- S1 displayed
- TO max FDD
- ENG out annunciation on
Annunciators (preflight)
Annunciators (taxi)
OVHD PANEL LIGHTS annunciator - OUT
EID - no flags
PFD - no flags
MFD - no flags
DOOR WARN - ON
Taxi:
PFD no comparators or flags
Overhead panel light out
Door warn light out
Mission Area HEFOM checks plus briefing items
Emergency divert: Weather, Altimeter, TOLD, Approaches 1&2, NOTAMs/C2 updates
Current operational limits for GW and ALT (bank angle)
Operational limitations (aircraft, airspace, airfield) for recovery.
EFAS test
1) interior inspection self test
2) Starting engines and before taxi
1) flick to test, then to on within 3 seconds. Engage system / EFAS failed and ASM THRUST lights on then out within 60 seconds and switch remains ON
2) “ready EFAS check”
flaps to TO config
+10% N1 approx 31%
correct rudder command bar and observed movement (push up 1, left) then recentres correctly
No rudder pedal movement!
SYD self test
Rudder power on
Flaps extended greater than 5 degrees
Test on (within 3 sec)
SYD FAIL light on then out within 35sec
Switch remains ON
TAWS preflight
Terrain terrain pull up pull up + PULL UP (red)
Caution terrain - TERRAIN (yellow)
Too low terrain - TERRAIN (yellow)
500 - none
Too low gear - TERRAIN (yellow)
Too low flaps - TERRAIN (yellow)
Sink rate - TERRAIN (yellow)
Don’t sink - TERRAIN (yellow)
Glide slope - Below G/S (yellow)
Bank angle - none
Terrain Inop Resets after approx 60s no annunciators
ECDU - Configure (preflight)
PFD MFD BARO ASEL HDG NAV SRCS N1 RPM
SOPs
Home/Home/System status
Home/L5/Start up (UK)
PFD: set HDG bug, 360hsi, 10nm, ASEL, BARO, clock, SVS, track pointer, FPM, insets, decluttered 10nm map tcas+ext ID and vectors
MFD: airports ON, insets off, SVS terrain, track up, TCAS+EXT, airspace ON, auto range off, compass ON, airways OFF, HDG line ON, track line ON, navaids ON, fixes off.
