Indicating/recording Flashcards
When does the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) operate?
º On the ground, for 5 minutes after electrical power is supplied to the aircraft
º When at least 1 engine is operating
º Continuously in flight, whether or not the engines are operating
º Stops 5 minutes after the last engine is shut down
What is the purpose of the DFDR EVENT pushbutton?
Briefly pressing this button sets an event mark on the Flight Data Recorder
What would be indicated if the altitude window changed from yellow to amber?
The aircraft has deviated from the FCU selected altitude or flight level by 250 feet
When is altitude alerting automatically inhibited in flight?
º When slats are extended with the landing gear selected down
º On approach after glide slope capture
º When the landing gear is locked down
What does it mean when the altitude digits change from green to amber?
The aircraft has descended below the MDA/DH entered into the FMGC
When is Radio Height displayed on the PFD?
Below 2,500 feet AGL
What would a flashing amber ILS indicate on the bottom of the PFD?
Flashes amber when APPR mode is armed and the LS display is not selected
Information from ILS receiver 1 is displayed where?
º Captain’s PFD
º F/O’s ND
Top of Descent and Continue Descent arrows are displayed in blue or white. What is the difference?
º Top of Descent – Always white (never armed)
º Continue Descent – Blue indicates armed, white indicates NOT armed
What color does each altitude constraint circle represent?
º White – constraint is not taken into account
º Magenta – constraint is predicted to be satisfied
º Amber – constraint is predicted to be missed
If mode range data fails what should you expect to see on the ND?
ROSE NAV mode at 80 nm range
What are the 3 levels of ECAM Failure Mode Notifications?
º Level 1 – ALERT: Associated with amber E/WD message, no aural signal, and requires crew monitoring
º Level 2 – CAUTION: Associated with the amber MASTER CAUT light, single chime, and require crew awareness
º Level 3 – WARNING: Associated with the red MASTER WARN light, CRC, and require immediate action
If simultaneous failures occur, how will they be presented to the crew?
A level 3 Warning has priority over a level 2 Caution which has priority over a level 1 Alert
What types of failures are presented to the crew?
º Independent – Failure affecting an isolated system/item without degrading other systems/items
º Primary – Failure of a system/item that affects the use of other systems/items
º Secondary – Loss of a system/item resulting from a primary failure
What indication does the E/WD provide for secondary failures?
Secondary failures are displayed on the lower right portion of the E/WD and are preceded by an *
What does the appearance of a green arrow indicate at the bottom of the E/WD screen indicate?
Information has overflowed off the screen and the pilot must scroll down using the CLR pushbutton on the
ECAM panel
What does the display of T.O. INHIBIT or LDG INHIBIT indicate?
Most warnings and cautions are inhibited to avoid unnecessary distractions during critical phases of flight
When does the Takeoff Memo appear?
º 2 minutes after the second engine is started or when the T.O. CONFIG TEST pushbutton is pressed with one
engine running
º Takeoff Memo is removed when takeoff power is applied
When does the Landing Memo appear?
º Below 2,000 feet RA
º Memo disappears after touchdown (80 knots)
º Displays at 800 feet if you never climbed above 2000 feet RA
In general, when are the system pages automatically displayed on the SD?
º Relative to the current phase of flight, or
º When a system malfunction is detected
When is a STATUS page displayed?
º After a failure is displayed on the SD and all failure items have been cleared
º STATUS will reappear when the slats are extended
What computers feed data to the six display units?
3 Display Management Computers (DMC)
What does each of the DMCs normally supply?
º DMC 1 – Captain PFD, ND, upper ECAM DU, lower DU
º DMC 2 – F/O PFD, ND
º DMC 3 – Backup
How can you tell if a DMC has failed?
º “INVALID DATA” will be displayed in the respective EFIS/ECAM display units
What happens when the upper ECAM display fails?
The E/WD automatically replaces the SD on the lower ECAM display
If both the E/WD and SD display units fail, how can you display E/WD information?
Select the ECAM/ND switch to CAPT or F/O to transfer the E/WD to either ND
With the E/WD displayed on the lower screen, how else can you view SD information?
Press and hold the appropriate system button on the ECAM Control Panel that you wish to view
What does the ALL pushbutton do?
Displays ALL the system pages successively in 1-second intervals when held down
Release the pushbutton to maintain display of the selected page
What does pressing the RCL pushbutton do?
º Allows you to recall any warning or caution messages that the activation of the CLR pushbutton or flight
phase inhibition may have suppressed
º If held longer than 3 seconds, the E/WD will show any caution messages suppressed by the EMER CANC pushbutton
If you press the STS pushbutton and the system has no STATUS messages what will be displayed?
“NORMAL” for 5 seconds
If power fails to the ECAM CONTROL panel which buttons are still functional?
º EMER CANC
º ALL
º CLR
º STS
º RCL
What does the EMER CANC do?
º Cancels the current Level 1 or 2 warning for the remainder of the flight
º Cancels the current Level 3 warning for that occurrence
What do you look for on the PRELIMINARY FLIGHT DECK PREPARATION quantity check?
º ENG – oil quantity above 9.5 quarts + 0.5 quarts per planned flight hours
º HYD – hydraulic quantity indexes in normal filling range
º DOOR – oxygen pressure - if half boxed in amber, check the MIN FLT CREW OXY CHART (PRC)
What occurs when the T.O. CONFIG pushbutton is pressed?
º The system simulates the application of T.O. power and checks certain systems for proper configuration
º A warning is displayed if and system is not configured properly
º “TO CONFIG NORMAL” is displayed in the TO MEMO section if the configuration is correct
