Study guide Flashcards
How do you call a mechanic outside of the airplane?
press and hold the MECH button. It illuminates a blue light on the EXT PWR PANEL and sounds an external horn.
How do you call the forward flight attendant
Press the FWD Button on the calls panel
What happens when you press the EMER pushbutton on the calls panel
-2 pink lights flash at all area Call Panels
-Emergency call appears on all attendant indication
panels
-High-low chime sounds 3 times on all loudspeakers
What happens when the Flight Attendants initiate an emergency call?
- white EMER ON light and amber CALL lights flash
- the amber ATT lights flash on all ACP
- 3 long buzzers sound consecutively (if not inhibited)
- In the cabin EMERGENCY CALL message will appear on all attendant indications panels (ACP)
What happens when a pilot pushes the CREW SUPPLY button on the Oxygen panel?
Low pressure valve opens to supply oxygen to the masks
How does the passenger oxygen system work
Chemical Oxygen generators that can supply oxygen for approx 15 minutes
What does the illumination of the SYS ON light mean on the OXY Panel? Does it mean all the masks have deployed?
The signal has been sent to release the oxygen mask doors, but some masks may have to be deployed manually.
What causes automatic deployment of the masks
Cabin altitude reaching Appox. 14,000 feet
How is the crew oxygen mask microphone deactivated when the mask is stowed?
The reset control slide will accomplish this- it does not happen automatically
What indication would a pilot have of a crew oxygen cylinder thermal discharge?
The green disk on the lower left side of the forward fuselage would be missing.
Why is the GND CTL pushbutton selected to ON during preflight?
To record pref light activities in the cockpit.
If the GND CTL pushbutton was not selected to ON how does the system work in automatic mode
- It records for 5 minutes after electrical power is supplied to the aircraft.
- when at least one engine is operating
- Inflight
- stops 5 minutes after last engine shut down
What allows the cabin PAs to be recorded?
ACP 3 PA volume knob out and in the 12 o’clock position
What does the SYS button on the GPWS panel do?
All basic GPWS alerts are inhibited (modes 1-5)
What does an amber FAULT light on the SYS push button indicate on the GPWS panel?
Any failure of GPWS mode 1 through 5
GPWS Panel-What effect, if any, does an amber FAULT light in the SYS push button have on TERRAIN mode
No effect at all
Describe a situation when a pilot might press LDG FLAP 3
To avoid nuisance warning in case of landing CONF 3
in this case LDG MEMO displays Flaps conf 3 instead of FULL
Describe a situation when a pilot might press the FLAP MODE pushbutton
- To avoid nuisance warning in case of landing with flaps setting reduced
- FLAP SYS 1(2) Fault would require selection of FLAP MODE off.
What effect, if any, does the failure of TERR mode have on basic GPWS
No effect Whatsoever
What is the significance of the red FAULT illuminating on the RAT & EMER GEN light
AC BUS 1 and 2 are lost and the RAT is not supplying electrical power
When would the red FAULT light on the RAT & EMER GEN light normally illuminate
When the RAT is deployed and electrical power is not being supplied (about 8 seconds)
How can the RAT be deployed
-Manually by pushing the MAN ON button (on the EMER ELEC panel) or RAT MAN ON (Hyd panel)
Automatically by the loss of AC BUS 1 and 2
What is the difference between the automatic RAT deployment and the manual RAT deployment by pressing the RAT MAN ON button on the HYD panel?
RAT MAN ON supplies blue hydraulic PSI only, no electrical generation
After deploying the RAT by pressing the RAT MAN ON button on the HYD panel it becomes necessary to also extract electrical power. How can this be done?
By pressing the MAN ON button on the EMER ELECT PWR
What does the RAT supply
Blue hydraulic system and the emergency electrical generator
What buses are powered by the emergency electrical genderator
- AC ESS and AC ESS Shed
- DC ESS and DC ESS Shed
What would cause the GEN 1 LINE SMOKE light to illuminate?
Smoke detected in the avionics ventilation ducting
Aside from GEN 1 LINE Smoke light, what would be other indications of avionics smoke?
- ECAM Warning
- Amber Fault lights on the EXTRACT and BLOWER push button the the VENTILATION Panel
If the ECAM directs a pilot to select GEN 1 LINE button to OFF what will be accomplished?
- GEN 1 line contactor opens (White OFF light illuminates)
- AC BUS 1 powered by GEN 2 through the bus tie contactor
- Gen 1 powers one fuel pump directly in each wing tank
What is checked on the EVAC panel during the Preliminary cockpit prep?
CAPT & PURS switch in CAPT position
While conducting the Emergency Evacuation Checklist, the flight crew determines evacuation is required. How should the flight crew command an evacuation?
Make a PA announcement
Press the EVAC COMMAND button
What type of flight control system does the 320 family use
Fly by wire
Describe how the flight controls are controlled and activated
Electrically controlled and Hydraulically activated
How is normal law indicated on the PFD
- Green = for pitch, bank, and overspeed limits
- Amber/black (Alpha prot) airspeed tape
How is Alternate law indicated on the PFD
Amber Xs (indicating lack of normal law protections)
How is Direct Law indicated on the PFD
Amber "Use man pitch trim" Amber Xs (indicating lack of normal law protections)
How is Mechanical Backup indicated on the PFD
- Red “Man pitch trim only”
- Amber Xs (indicating lack of normal law protections)
When operating in Normal Law in “flight” mode, what does this side stick command for pitch and roll?
- Pitch is G load
- Bank is roll rate
What is the significance of the side stick priority (Red Arrow) light?
The other pilot gained side stick authority
Name the flight control computers and the number of each.
- ELAC- Elevator Aileron Computer (2)
- SEC- Spoiler Elevator Computer (3)
- FAC- Flight Augmentation Computer (2)
What are some ELAC functions
- Normal Elevator
- Normal Aileron
- Normal Pitch and Roll
- Alternate pitch
- Direct Pitch and roll
- Abnormal attitude
- Aileron Droop
- Autopilot orders
What are some functions of the SEC computers
- Normal roll
- Speed brakes
- Alternate pitch
- Direct pitch
- Direct Roll
- Abnormal attitude
What does the SEC 3 control
Spoiler Control- one flight spoiler and one ground spoiler on each wing
What are some of the FAC functions
- Rudder Trim
- Rudder travel limit
- Yaw Control
- Flight envelope protection-Vertical
- Windshear protection
- Low Energy Warning protection
- Alpha Floor Protection
- Characteristic PFD speeds
What should happen to the THS after landing?
Reset to Zero
Describe some of the protections a pilot will have in Normal law
- High Speed
- High angle of Attack (AOA Alpha Protection)
- Load factor limitation +2.5G/-1.0G +2G/0G slats/flaps)
- Pitch Attitude (30 degrees up/ 15 degrees down)
- Bank angle 67 degrees
Describe high speed protections
If VMO/MMO plus a predetermined factor is exceeded, the system induces a pitch-up input to limit aircraft speed.
What, if anything, can a pilot do to override high-speed protection pitch up?
It is not possible to over ride a protection while still in normal law. in this case the aircraft would need to be forced into Alternate law (by turning 2 ADRs off, for example)
What is ALPHA MAX
The maximum angle of attack allowed in NORMAL LAW, indicated by the top of the red strip on the airspeed scale.
How does High Angle of Attack Protection operate?
When the angle of attack exceeds ALPHA PROT, pitch trim ceases and angle of attack is not proportional to side stick deflection, not to exceed ALPHA MAX even with full aft side stick deflection.
What protections, if any, does a pilot have in Alternate law?
- Load Factor
- High-speed stability
- Low speed stability
What protections if any does a pilot have in Direct law
None
When, if at all, does flare mode activate in Alternate Law? Describe the whole process.
There is no flare mode if operating in Alternate law. The aircraft proceeds directly from Alternate Law to Direct Law when the gear is selected down, and flare mode will not be available
If in Alternate Law, when will the aircraft revert to Direct Law?
If the controls degrade to Alternate Law for any reason other than recovery from abnormal attitude, Direct Law automatically becomes activate with gear extension and autopilots not engaged. In this case, full use of autopilot is recommended until they must be disconnected.
When is there a direct relationship between side stick and flight control surface deflection
- When in Direct law
- When below 100 feet
It’s common Airbus philosophy that the Airbus cannot stall in Normal Law. However, there are conditions in which it can. Describe how this can happen.
- Faulty Radio Altimeter
- A good pilot will operate under the philosophy that anything can happen. Preventative systems such as (Alpha Prot, Alpha max etc.) could interpret bad data as valid data and subsequently fail to recognize the actual angle of attack or flight path of the airplane. Therefore, it is hard to point to exact scenarios when the Airbus can stall in Normal Law. We need to understand anything is possible and we should recognize stall indications and recover regardless of the active control law.
After recovery from an unusual attitude, what control law would the aircraft likely be in?
Abnormal attitude law
How would the aircraft enter Abnormal attitude law
By exceeding approximately double the Normal Law limits.
What is the purpose of Abnormal attitude law?
Allows the aircraft to be recovered from an unusual attitude.
If the flight crew is flying at 300 knots and they happen to pull full back on the side stick, how high can they pitch up in normal law?
30 degrees up
If the flight crew selected 100 knots on the speed knob, how slow would the aircraft fly?
Vls
Describe, in detail, what would happen if the flight crew slowly pulled the thrust levers to idle.
- As airspeed decays, the THS adjusts the pitch attitude to maintain attitude.
- If the angle of attack increases to a threshold value, known as ALPHA PROT, the pitch function of the side stick changes. stick movement commands a specific angle of attack instead of a G load change
- Since auto trimming is inop, the pilot must hold continuous back pressure in order to fly slower than the speed for ALPHA PROT.
- The side stick no longer provides a “G demand.” Instead, the pilot is requesting a specific angle of attack with the side stick.
Continuing the scenario above, describe what would happen if the flight crew continued to pull back on the side stick. How slow would the aircraft go
- The speed corresponding the ALPHA MAX
- With the stick full aft, the elevators will adjust the pitch attitude to maintain a maximum safe angle of attack (ALPHA MAX). This maximum angle of attack, induced by the pilot, is slightly lower than the stall angle of attack; therefore, the aircraft theoretically cannot be stalled in NORMAL LAW.
At some point during the demonstrations the AUTOTHRUST automatically applies TOGA power. What is this protection, and how does it work?
- ALPHA FLOOR is a function of Autothrust. it will activate at any airspeed based on angle of attack and automatically apply TOGA thrust regardless of thrust lever position.
- Alpha floor is available if the autothrust is functional (does not need to be active) an engine running (not both) and the aircraft is in Normal law.
- Angle of attack protection does not depend on Alpha floor to function.
- On NEO aircraft, Alpha floor is inhibited above M0.6
Describe what would happen if a flight crew attempted to over stress the aircraft while in Normal law.
- Maneuver protection prevents a pilot from over stressing the aircraft by limiting flight control inputs
- If G load becomes greater than normal, they are displayed in amber on the lower ECAM above the digital clock
- When the side stick is pushed forward, less than 1G is commanded. A given pitch input always results in the same pitch response regardless of airspeed.
- When the stick is returned to neutral, the new pitch is held constant regardless of airspeeed changes.
What will happen if the pilot over speeds the aircraft? Are there any protections that are available to the flight crew?
- An over speed causes the flight control computers to provide a nose up input to reduce aircraft damage due to excess speed. This protection limits the mazimum airspeed by increasing the pitch attitude even if full forward stick is held.
- The speed at which this protection activates is shown on the airspeed indicator as a green = sign
- An over speed warning is generated as Vmo is exceeded (specifically at Vmo+4). This warning can only be silenced by the EMER Cancel button.
- If the stick is released, the speed will return to Vmo/Mmo. The protection will allow a momentary increase in airspeed to permit any necessary maneuvering but the speed will again slow to the limit.
- If angle of attack protection is active, and the pilot maintains full lateral deflection on the sidestick, the bank angle will not go beyond 45 degrees
- If high speed protection is active, bank angle is limited to 40 degrees
- if high speed protection is active, positive spiral stability occurs at all bank angles, and control pressure is required to hold any bank angle greater than zero.
- It is possible to over speed the aircraft. The computers merely limit the maximum attainable speed.