Q400 Speeds & Operating Limitations Flashcards
Max Ramp Weight
65,400 pounds
Max Take-Off Weight
65,200 pounds
Max Landing Weight
62,000 pounds
Max Zero Fuel Weight
58,000 pounds
Max Cargo Compartment #1
Max Cargo Compartment #2
Max Cargo Compartment #1 & #2
2,800 pounds
1,000 pounds
2,800 pounds
Max Forward Cargo Compartment #3
Max Wardrobe
910 pounds
160 pounds
Max Operating Altitude
Max Take-off / Landing Altitude
25,000 feet
10,000 feet
Max altitude with gear and/or flap extended
Max altitude for airstart
15,000 feet
20,000 feet
Max runway slope for take-off or landing
Plus/minus 2%
Max tailwind for take-off and landing dry/wet/contaminated without any of the 12restrictions
10 kts
*Takeoff and/or landing with tailwinds between 10 to 20 KIAS maximum may be conducted provided:
- 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
Max Temperature Limits - Flight & Ground
Max 50C or ISA+35C
Min -54C
Can you fire up if plane has been shut down for greater than 3 hours at -15C?
Nope. Ramp Servicing Manual PSM 1-84-2S must be observed prior to starting.
Max crosswind for take-off and Landing on a dry or wet runway including gust factor is…
32 KTS, and wind gusts are included
CAT II Crosswind limitations for dry or wet runway is…
18 KTS, and wind gusts are included
Max Crosswind limitations for a WED greater than 3mm contaminated runway for take-off, landing, and CAT II is…
14 KTS, and wind gusts are included
- Take-off with reduced power prohibited
Max Crosswind limitations for compact snow contaminated runway for take-off, landing, and CAT II is…
20 KTS, and wind gusts are included
- Take-off with reduced power prohibited
CAT II, 18 KTS, and wind gusts are included
The 2 common restrictions for Contaminated runway operations are…
Max altitude for take-off and landing is 6,000 ASL
Max Contaminant depth is 6cm, 2.4 inches
Can you select power levers aft of Disc when landing on WED contaminated runways?
Nope.
Max headwind component for CAT II landings is…
24 KTS
Minimum Runway width is…
Turning radius is…
98 feet
85 feet for a 180 on pavement
VFE Flap 5
VFE. Flap 10
VFE Flap 15
VFE Flap 35
200 KTS
181 KTS
172 KTS
158 KTS
VMO’s
0-8,000 feet
18,000 feet
20,000 feet
25,000 feet
245 KTS
282 KTS
275 KTS
248 KTS
VA (Maneuvering)
VR (Rough Air - severe turbulence)
204 KTS
210 KTS
VLO (Max speed safe to extend or retract gear)
VLE (Max speed with gear extended)
Alternate Gear Extension
Max tire ground speed
200 KTS
215 KTS
185 KTS
182 KTS
Max altitude for airstart
MIN SAT for a restart
20,000 feet
-40C
MTOP is limited to … Minutes
10 minutes
Transient conditions limited to … Seconds
Transient Torque
Transient ITT
Transient NL & NH
Transient RPM
Limited to 20 seconds
135%
920C
102.3 & 101.2
1173
Starter Cranking Limitations
1st try
2nd try
3rd try
70 seconds ON, 2 minutes OFF
70 seconds ON, 2 minutes OFF
70 seconds ON, 30 minutes OFF
Reduced power take-off prohibited if:
There’s 4 reasons
FIRST FLIGHT of the day
TAILWIND component exceeds 10 KTS
WINDSHEAR is present or suspected
Take-off is conducted off of a CONTAMINATED runway
Reduced NP landings are prohibited when:
There’s 6 reasons
Landings are at VREF ICE
TAILWIND exceeds 10 KTS
ANTI-SKID INOP
CAT II approaches
SPOILERS are in ground mode
Runways are CONTAMINATED
With engine intake bypass doors open, MTOP and MCP are limited to an ambient temp of …
ISA +25C
Take off with BLEEDS - ON prohibited when…
Landings with BLEEDS - ON prohibited when…
Operations with MTOP and uptrim disabled
Tailwind component exceeds 10 KTS
AOM APU Starter Limitations
APU temperature for starting limitation
APU limited to what temp with Louvres instaleed
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
Usable fuel per tank is…
5,862 pounds per tank
Fuel heater limitations
Outside of 0C - 71C, operations prohibited
Max wind speed for ground ops with nose of the aircraft more than 30 degrees out of the wind is …
50 KTS
ICING conditions exist on the ground at…
ICING conditions exist in the air at…
ICING does not exist below…
10C and below with visible moisture
5C and below with visible moisture
-40C
