Fire or smoke

Question 1

Fires have 3 components required to be sustained

Answer 1

Oxygen, fuel, heat

Question 2

4 causes of fire in aircraft

Answer 2

Engine start
Inflight
Electrical
Post-crash

Question 3

3 memory items incase of fire

Answer 3

1. Extinguish
2. Get on the ground
3. Minimise damage to other components

Question 4

What can cause carboretor fire?

Answer 4

Over priming the engine can cause excess fuel to enter the air intake and ignite.

Question 5

If carburteor fire, what should you do

Answer 5

Continue cranking the engine (drawing the excess fuel), mixture idle cutoff, throttle open, fuel pump off, fuel selector off

Question 6

Black flames indicate

Answer 6

Oil fire

Question 7

Black flames indicate

Answer 7

Oil firef

Question 8

Orange flames indicate

Answer 8

Fuel fire

Question 9

Two techniques for engine fire descent

Answer 9

1. High speed descent (the high airflow might extinguish the fire)
2. Low speed rapid descent with a lot of drag from landing gear and flaps

Question 10

Fire classes A B. C D

Answer 10

A - solids
B - Flammable liquids
C - Electrical
D - Metals

Question 11

What can be used to put out class B fire

Answer 11

Foam or Halon. NOT WATER

Question 12

Electrical fire exingusihing

Answer 12

Halon. NOT WATER

Question 13

Halon another name

Answer 13

BCF

Question 14

Most common extinguiser in aircraft

Answer 14

Halon

Question 15

Most toxic gases within smoke for aircraft are

Answer 15

Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen Cyanide

Question 16

How long hand-held extinguiser lasts

Answer 16

8 - 25 seconds