Combined Check Ride GK Guide / Smartbook Flashcards
What does a red X mean in the 781?
Grounding symbol. Indicated aircraft is unsafe or unserviceable and will not be flown until the respective condition is cleared.
Grounding
What does a red dash mean in the 781?
Non-grounding symbol. Specific equipment or system is unknown and may indicate a serious condition. Usually indicates overdue inspection.
Non-grounding
What does a red slash mean in the 781?
Indicates a discrepancy exists with one or more pieces of equipment but is not significantly urgent or dangerous enough to warrant grounding the aircraft.
How long are exceptional releases valid?
Valid for the entire day unless aircraft status changes. (When a rated PIC signs off his/her ER, it is only valid for their flight)
Who can sign off exceptional releases?
Generally senior NCOs, maintenance officers, their civilian counterparts, and a rated PIC.
How long is a pre-flight inspection valid?
PR is valid for 72 hrs (if not flown) per AETC or the flying operations day if flown
How long is a tire pressure check good for?
24 hours
When should an overdue inspection be signed off?
ASAP (overfly by only 10%)
What does an FDR “maint” light indicate? FDR “fail” light?
- FDR Maint: IDARS memory approx. 80% full and an aircraft over-G (any type)
- FDR Fail: The recorder has failed and requires maintenance
What are acceptable taxi speeds?
- Walking pace in congested areas, A/C discretion outside congested areas.
- Per 11-248: 5-7 Kts in congested areas, 15 kts outside congested areas
Who has the right of way?
- The aircraft on the others right
- Aircraft taxiing out have priority over those returning.
▪ Fuel limited: T-38s, T-6s, T-1s
Typical conflict points when taxiing on the airfield?
- Leaving the parking row (aircraft taxiing in vs. aircraft leaving)
- EOR
- Taxiway Alpha, Alpha/Juliet, Alpha/Lima, and Echo/Hotel
Wingtip clearance with and without wing walkers?
25 ft w/o and 10 ft with
Taxi spacing during day/night? Various weather conditions?
- Normal 150’ on centerline, 75’ offset
- 300’ on centerline at night/wet/icy
Starting malfunction: Bat Bus Annunciator
Bus lose power below 16.0 Volts
Starting malfunction: PMU status/fail
PMU is not monitoring the start
Starting malfunction: Hot Start
High ITT getting near to or exceeding starting limits
- 871 to 1000 for 5 sec
Starting malfunction: No start
No ITT or N1 indication for 10 seconds of FF
Starting malfunction: Hung Start
ITT rises but slows down significantly around 25% N1
Racetrack procedures
Left/right turn to 090, for 2 miles, direct racetrack; 1,200’ MSL; 200 kts; Squawk 0300; report “C/S, Racetrack,” CH4; need 1500-3 for WX (restricted ovhd or better at KCBM)
Unrestricted status
Weather and facilities permit full use of all training areas for both dual and solo missions.
Wing Solo status
- (2500-3)
- min in flight vis (5 miles)
- form solos remain clear of clouds
- contact solos must remain in the FISH.
Pattern Solo status
- (2500-3)
- min in flight vis (5 miles)
- Solo students must remain in the FISH
Dual status
- (2500-3)
- no student solos period
- all VFR pattern ops available (except maybe highkey).
Restricted Overhead status
- (1500-3) (2000-3 required for Low key)
- min ceiling and vis to enter pattern from radar term (2100-3)
- pattern entry via straight-in from radar term
- 8 aircraft max in pattern
- no breakouts (squawk emergency if required to breakout).
Contact Recoveries status
- (1500-3) (1600-3 over radar term)
- call initial w/ Tower
- Cancel IFR no later than radar term
- 4 aircraft max
- no breakouts or ELPs
- 3 VFR patterns max.
VFR Straight-In status
- (1500-3) (2100-3 to enter via radar term)
- pattern entry made via straight-in
- must be to a full stop (no complete patterns)
IFR Recoveries status
- Must have circling mins for the inside runway (600-1)
- fly published approach (RNAV E or F).
Slots status
- Lowest compatible approach mins (ILS: 200-1/2)
- Plan all approaches to a full stop.
Recall/Area Hold status
- Solo students recover first
- SOF will coordinate launches and recoveries
For area hold, all airborne aircraft not in the pattern will reference IFG pg. 57.
Gunshy Ops
- (2500-3)
- max of 6 aircraft in the pattern
- must be able to maintain VFR entering DAVSN and picking up IFR clearance leaving on desired
recovery.
Sunfish ops: Remain outside of ____ ft and ____ DME unless entering at Radar Termination.
3,500; 7
Sunfish ops: When breaking out, start turn at ____ DME and remain within ____ DME.
4.5; 6
Sunfish ops: Max of ____ Aircraft in the pattern unless status restricts otherwise.
12
Pattern alts
- High Pattern: 3200
- Highkey: 2700 - 3200 MSL
- Breakout (norm): 2200 MSL
- Lowkey: 1700 MSL
- Breakout (VFR entry): 1700 MSL
- Breakout (Perch): 1700 then 2200 MSL.
- Pattern alt: 1200 MSL
- Breakout (Straight-in): 700 MSL
- Straight-in: 700 MSL
DD Form ____ should be emailed to ____ NLT ____ prior to planned takeoff time. Call base ops within ____ of sending to ensure receipt of flight plan.
1801s; Base Ops; 1+15. 10 minutes
Solo students will takeoff after ____ and land prior to ____.
official sunrise; official sunset
Cross Country Procedures: Submit a ____ and DTS orders NLT ____ workdays prior to date of
departure.
4327A; 2
Call the command post after each sortie and provide:
- call sign
- crew members
- tail number
- contact info
- location and time departed (Zulu)
- current location
- maintenance code
- estimated time of departure from current location (Zulu)
- eta of arrival at next destination
- next destination
only place outside of the EOR where you are allowed to stagger (only in formation).
Taxiway A
Highly recommended to remain IFR to the max extent practical when outside of ____ DME from CBM.
20
Local squawk codes
Sunfish: 0000
Established in GTR pattern: 0200
Racetrack recovery: 0300
Gunshy: 1200
Sunfish airspace
- 3,500 MSL
- 7 DME arc to 13R/31L (only 3NM past departure end)
What is prioritized at sunfish
Overheads emphasized over straight-ins and ELPs
Conflict points
- Initial
- VFR entry
- inside downwind
- Final turn
- 90-to-initial
Low Approach vs. Restricted Low Approach
- Restricted low approach includes offsetting and no lower than 500’ AGL
- A normal low approach just precludes touching down
Single Rwy Ops
T6 Bingo fuel changes to 350 lbs. Solos will land ASAP
Runway Change Procedures
- 15 mins: solos w/less than 600# directed to full stop
- 10 mins: A/C w/ less than 300# (or 500# if GTR open) full stop or depart pattern
- 05 mins: No RADAR entries to VFR pattern, No pitchouts except for full stops, no high key.
- 00 mins: Sunfish directs A/C in pattern to climb to 2,200 MSL, depart pattern on turn to downwind, and reenter pattern at VFR entry for the new runway
Who to talk to in the event of a problem in the chocks?
- Texan Ops (VHF Ch. 20)
- Crew chief
Aerobatic/Stalls/Spins restrictions (WX, ALT, etc)
WX
- Greater than 6,000 AGL
- Clear of clouds
- discernible horizon
- 3SM inflight vis
ALT
- Start spin above 13,500’ MSL + 7,000’ above cloud tops
- Ensure spin stops before 10,000’ PA + 3,000’ above the clouds
- Don’t start spin above 22,000’ MSL PA
Generator
- 28 Volts
- 300 amp hr
- Provides power for both busses
- Charges battery with greater than 25V
- In flight voltage of 28.0-28.5V
- In flight amps of -2 to +50
Battery
- 24 Volts
- 42 amp hr
- Powers everything but the Air Conditioning
- 30 minutes of power to BAT bus items
Aux Battery
- 24 Volts
- 5 amp hr
- Powers Standby instruments, standby lights, UHF backup and fire 1 light (no audible warning)
Hot Bat Bus
- Bat Switch, ELT, FDR light, OBOGS, RAM Air, Emergency Flap extension, Clocks
- BEFORE Time memory jogger
- Flap position indicators will be inoperable
BAT BUS (red) CWS light
Battery Bus failure
GEN BUS (red) CWS light
Generator Bus failure
PMU FAIL (red) CWS light
- IOAT exceeds 121 degrees Celsius
- PMU failure
- PMU off (PMU STATUS)
GEN (red) CWS light
Generator failure
CKPT PX (red) CWS light
Cockpit pressure exceeds a differential of 3.9 - 4.0 psi
CANOPY (red) CWS light
- Canopy is not down and or indicating locked
- Canopy micro-switches do not indicate the canopy is in the closed and locked position
FUEL PX (red) CWS light
- Less than 10 psi detected in the motive flow/return flow supply line
OIL PX (red) CWS light
- Oil pressure below 40 psi with PCL above idle
- Oil pressure below 15 psi with PCL below idle
- Oil pressure 15-40 psi for 5 seconds
OBOGS FAIL (red) CWS light
- Low bleed air pressure upstream of the concentrator
- Low oxygen concentration leaving the concentrator
- Internal failure detected by the BIT
CHIP (red) CWS light
- Ferrous material has been detected in the oil in the reduction gearbox
- Indicates oil contamination
FUEL BAL (amber) CWS light
- Fuel imbalance is greater than 30lbs for 2 minutes, also turns off the automatic fuel balance system. Cycle fuel balance switch to turn back on and reset.
PMU STATUS (amber) CWS light
- PMU off (FAIL)
- 1 minute after landing if fault
conditions are not serious enough to
revert to manual mode during flight. - Illumination in flight indicates a fault or mismatch between WOW, and notifies the
pilot that the PMU will not revert to
ground mode upon landing (N1 will
not go to ground idle)
EHYD PX LO (amber) CWS light
Pressure in emergency accumulator drops below 2400+/-150
TAD FAIL (amber) CWS light
TAD fail
OBOGS TEMP (amber) CWS light
OBOGS ducting temperature exceeds 200 degrees F
L/R FUEL LO (amber) CWS light
Wing tank below 110lbs
DUCT TEMP (amber) CWS light
Bleed Air temperature above 300 degrees F
CKPT ALT (amber) CWS light
Cockpit pressure altitude rises above 19,000 ft
HYDR FL LO (amber) CWS light
Hydraulic fluid below 1 quart
OIL PX (amber) CWS light
- Oil pressure between 15-40 psi with PCL at idle
- Oil pressure between 40-90 psi with PCL above idle for 10 seconds
BUS TIE (amber) CWS light
Bus tie connecting bat and gen busses is open
IGN SEL (green) CWS light
- Ignition switch is on
- Engine start sequence initiated
- Indicates firing of the ignitors
M FUEL BAL (green) CWS light
Manual fuel balance has been initiated
TRIM OFF (green) CWS light
Trim disconnect switch set to off
BOOST PUMP (green) CWS light
Boost pump is on, either by switch or automatically on engine start or less than 10 psi is detected in the motive flow line
ST READY (green) CWS light
PCL is in the start ready position, will remain illuminated for 3 seconds even if PCL is moved out of position
Dual only maneuvers
- Stalls
- Stability Demonstration
- Nose high/ Nose Low/ Inverted/ OCF Recoveries
- Uncontrolled Airfield Operations
- ELPs or engine out procedures
- Flaps up Patterns and landings
- Straight ins
- Slow Flight
- Rolling Takeoffs
- Low Closed
- Low level Navigation
Primary pitot static location
right side
Final Airspeeds
Clean: 110
Flaps TO: 105
Flaps LDG: 100
Final turn airspeeds
Clean: 120
Flaps TO: 115
Flaps LDG: 110
Common conflict points
- initial
- 2 miles
- perch point
- radar termination point
- VFR entry
- radar initial
- 90/45 to initial
- crosswind
- closed/downwind
