Section 7 - Airframe and Systems description - 7 - External Lights

Question 1

What do the external light system consist of?

Answer 1

• Nav Lights
• Strobe lights
• Taxi Light
• Landing Light

Question 2

What’s the NAV lights?

Answer 2

• NAV Lights: they provide, by means of three position lights, the aircraft flight direction identification.

Question 3

What’s the Strobe light?

Answer 3

• Strobe Lights: they provide aircraft identification to prevent collision. They are located, like the above mentioned NAV lights, on the winglets and on the top of the vertical fin.

Question 4

What’s the Taxi Light?

Answer 4

• Taxi Light: supports taxi maneuvering on the ground at night. It is installed on the left wing leading edge.

Question 5

What’s the Landing Light?

Answer 5

• Landing Light: provides ground reference information during final approach, touchdown, ground roll and take off and illuminates any major obstructions in the airplane approach glide path or on runway at night. It is installed on the left wing leading edge.

Question 6

How are these lights activated?

Answer 6

All mentioned lights, whose circuits arc protected by dedicated breakers, are activated by the related switches on the right instrument panel: see below.