Q400 Speeds & Operating Limitations

Question 1

Max Ramp Weight

Answer 1

65,400 pounds

Question 2

Max Take-Off Weight

Answer 2

65,200 pounds

Question 3

Max Landing Weight

Answer 3

62,000 pounds

Question 4

Max Zero Fuel Weight

Answer 4

58,000 pounds

Question 5

Max Cargo Compartment #1

Max Cargo Compartment #2

Max Cargo Compartment #1 & #2

Answer 5

2,800 pounds

1,000 pounds

2,800 pounds

Question 6

Max Forward Cargo Compartment #3

Max Wardrobe

Answer 6

910 pounds

160 pounds

Question 7

Max Operating Altitude

Max Take-off / Landing Altitude

Answer 7

25,000 feet

10,000 feet

Question 8

Max altitude with gear and/or flap extended

Max altitude for airstart

Answer 8

15,000 feet

20,000 feet

Question 9

Max runway slope for take-off or landing

Answer 9

Plus/minus 2%

Question 10

Max tailwind for take-off and landing dry/wet/contaminated without any of the 12restrictions

Answer 10

10 kts

Question 11

*Takeoff and/or landing with tailwinds between 10 to 20 KIAS maximum may be conducted provided:

Answer 11

• Nosewheel steering is operative
• Antiskid is operative
• Flight Spoilers are operative in ground and flight modes
• Bleed air is selected OFF prior to takeoff or landing
• Runways are not contaminated
• Takeoff are conducted with Flaps 10 or 15
• NTOP takeoff power rating is used
• Takeoff is not conducted in icing conditions
• Appropriate takeoff performance is provided in the Takeoff Landing Report (TLR)
• Appropriate landing performance is provided in the TLR
• Landings are conducted with Flaps 35° with propellers at 1020/max (850 rpm is not approved)
• CAT II operations are not authorized

Question 12

Max Temperature Limits - Flight & Ground

Answer 12

Max 50C or ISA+35C

Min -54C

Question 13

Can you fire up if plane has been shut down for greater than 3 hours at -15C?

Answer 13

Nope. Ramp Servicing Manual PSM 1-84-2S must be observed prior to starting.

Question 14

Max crosswind for take-off and Landing on a dry or wet runway including gust factor is…

Answer 14

32 KTS, and wind gusts are included

Question 15

CAT II Crosswind limitations for dry or wet runway is…

Answer 15

18 KTS, and wind gusts are included

Question 16

Max Crosswind limitations for a WED greater than 3mm contaminated runway for take-off, landing, and CAT II is…

Answer 16

14 KTS, and wind gusts are included

• Take-off with reduced power prohibited

Question 17

Max Crosswind limitations for compact snow contaminated runway for take-off, landing, and CAT II is…

Answer 17

20 KTS, and wind gusts are included

• Take-off with reduced power prohibited

CAT II, 18 KTS, and wind gusts are included

Question 18

The 2 common restrictions for Contaminated runway operations are…

Answer 18

Max altitude for take-off and landing is 6,000 ASL

Max Contaminant depth is 6cm, 2.4 inches

Question 19

Can you select power levers aft of Disc when landing on WED contaminated runways?

Answer 19

Nope.

Question 20

Max headwind component for CAT II landings is…

Answer 20

24 KTS

Question 21

Minimum Runway width is…

Turning radius is…

Answer 21

98 feet

85 feet for a 180 on pavement

Question 22

VFE Flap 5

VFE. Flap 10

VFE Flap 15

VFE Flap 35

Answer 22

200 KTS

181 KTS

172 KTS

158 KTS

Question 23

VMO’s

0-8,000 feet

18,000 feet

20,000 feet

25,000 feet

Answer 23

245 KTS

282 KTS

275 KTS

248 KTS

Question 24

VA (Maneuvering)

VR (Rough Air - severe turbulence)

Answer 24

204 KTS

210 KTS

Question 25

VLO (Max speed safe to extend or retract gear) VLE (Max speed with gear extended) Alternate Gear Extension Max tire ground speed

Answer 25

200 KTS 215 KTS 185 KTS 182 KTS

Question 26

Max altitude for airstart MIN SAT for a restart

Answer 26

20,000 feet -40C

Question 27

MTOP is limited to ... Minutes

Answer 27

10 minutes

Question 28

Transient conditions limited to ... Seconds Transient Torque Transient ITT Transient NL & NH Transient RPM

Answer 28

Limited to 20 seconds 135% 920C 102.3 & 101.2 1173

Question 29

Starter Cranking Limitations 1st try 2nd try 3rd try

Answer 29

70 seconds ON, 2 minutes OFF 70 seconds ON, 2 minutes OFF 70 seconds ON, 30 minutes OFF

Question 30

Reduced power take-off prohibited if: | There's 4 reasons

Answer 30

FIRST FLIGHT of the day TAILWIND component exceeds 10 KTS WINDSHEAR is present or suspected Take-off is conducted off of a CONTAMINATED runway

Question 31

Reduced NP landings are prohibited when: | There's 6 reasons

Answer 31

Landings are at VREF ICE TAILWIND exceeds 10 KTS ANTI-SKID INOP CAT II approaches SPOILERS are in ground mode Runways are CONTAMINATED

Question 32

With engine intake bypass doors open, MTOP and MCP are limited to an ambient temp of ...

Answer 32

ISA +25C

Question 33

Take off with BLEEDS - ON prohibited when... Landings with BLEEDS - ON prohibited when...

Answer 33

Operations with MTOP and uptrim disabled Tailwind component exceeds 10 KTS

Question 34

AOM APU Starter Limitations APU temperature for starting limitation APU limited to what temp with Louvres instaleed

Answer 34

Start 1, 1 minute ON, 5 minutes OFF Start 2, 1 minute ON, 30 minutes OFF (Maintenance action is required) -35C and APU shut down for over an hour, it must be pre-heated in accordance with maintenance standards +21C with Louvres installed

Question 35

Usable fuel per tank is...

Answer 35

5,862 pounds per tank

Question 36

Fuel heater limitations

Answer 36

Outside of 0C - 71C, operations prohibited

Question 37

Max wind speed for ground ops with nose of the aircraft more than 30 degrees out of the wind is ...

Answer 37

50 KTS

Question 38

ICING conditions exist on the ground at... ICING conditions exist in the air at... ICING does not exist below...

Answer 38

10C and below with visible moisture 5C and below with visible moisture -40C