Lighting

Question 1

If the airplane is being taxied at night, how is the adjoining taxiway lit when making a sharp turn?

Answer 1

The taxi lights are located on the steerable part of the nose strut

Question 2

During an emergency evacuation or ditching after dark, how are the external emergency exit lights turned on?

Answer 2

By manually selecting them ON with the emergency battery switch

Question 3

What will cause the “cat’s eye” indicator in the navigation/strobe light area to show white over black?

Answer 3

If one or both of the strobe light bulbs should fail

Question 4

What are the power sources for the NAV lights?

Answer 4

NAV LTS #1 - Left Main DC bus
NAV LTS #2 - Left ESS DC bus
If towing at night, NAV LTS can be turned on with battery without having to start the APU

Question 5

If the landing light switches are left ON during flight, when will the lights turn off automatically?

Answer 5

18,000 ft

They will change to PULSE if the switch is selected

Question 6

When will the taxi lights turn OFF automatically?

Answer 6

Gear Retraction

Question 7

How many emergency lighting batteries are installed?

Answer 7

2

Question 8

What is the limitation for ground operation of landing lights?

Answer 8

5 mins