SWA B737 - Warning Systems

Question 1

(Warning Systems) What are the items that will cause the “Takeoff Configuration Warning” system to activate when you advance the Thrust Levers?

Answer 1

• Stabilizer trim (Not in the Green Band)
• SPEED BRAKE Lever is not in the DOWN position
• Spoilers are not down
• Parking Brake is set
• Leading Edge Devices are not Configured for Takeoff
• Flaps not in the Takeoff Range (1 - 25)

Question 2

(Warning Systems) How do you silence the “Takeoff Configuration Warning” Horn?

Answer 2

• Retard the Thrust Levers or

* Set the Aircraft in the correct Takeoff Configuration

Question 3

(Warning Systems) When does the Cabin Altitude Warning Horn activate?

Answer 3

When the Cabin Altitude exceeds 10,000 ft.

Question 4

(Warning Systems) How do you cancel the Cabin Altitude Warning Horn?

Answer 4

The horn can be cancelled momentarily by pushing the ALT HORN CUTOUT switch on the Cabin Altitude overhead panel.

Question 5

(Warning Systems) What is an important reminder about the difference between the Cabin Altitude Warning Horn and the Takeoff Configuration Warning Horn?

Answer 5

They both use the same horn - If the horn is heard on the ground it is the Takeoff Configuration Warning Horn; and if the horn is heard in flight it is the Cabin Altitude Warning Horn.

Question 6

(Warning Systems) What is the Warning that Vmo/Mmo is being exceeded? How do you Silence the warning?

Answer 6

Clacker Sound - only way to silence it is to slow down below Vmo/Mmo.

Question 7

(Warning Systems) How can you test the Mach Airspeed Warning System?

Answer 7

By pressing the Mach Airspeed Warning buttons on the overhead panel - test is inhibited in flight.

Question 8

Warning Systems) When is the Stall Warning System armed?

Answer 8

At all times the aircraft is in flight; it is deactivated while the aircraft is on the ground.

Question 9

(Warning Systems) How is the Stall Warning System tested?

Answer 9

By pressing the buttons on the Stall Warning Test panel located on the Overhead Panel (No. 1 activates the Captain’s stick shaker and No. 2 activates the First Officer’s stick shaker).

Question 10

(Warning Systems) The following warning occurs: WHOOP WHOOP PULL UP. What is the correct procedure?

Answer 10

• Disengage Autopilot
• Disengage Auto Throttles
• Apply Emergency Thrust
• Simultaneously Roll Wings Level and Rotate to 20 degrees Nose Up
• Retract Speed Brakes
• If terrain contact is still a threat continue rotation up to pitch limit indicator

Question 11

(Warning System) What are the Dual Channel Lights in the Aircraft?

Answer 11

GSPAM (Gps, Speed trim, Pseu, Auto slat fail, Mach trim).

Question 12

(Warning Systems) How would the crew know if a single channel of a dual channel system failed?

Answer 12

By using the Recall Function