switches/panels

Question 1

EMER DEPRESS

Answer 1

o Located on Pressurization System Panel, top right in flight deck (guarded)
o Used to depressurize cabin during an emergency
o Pressed in, both outflow valves open fully to dump cabin pressure
o At cruise, valves dump cabin pressure to 14,250 ±750 feet
o On light (amber) illuminates when pressed in and EICAS displays EMER DEPRESS caution message

Question 2

RAM AIR

Answer 2

o Located on the Air Conditioning Panel, upper right of flight deck below the Pressurization System Panel (guarded)
o Used when both packs have failed.
o Provides ambient air to the left conditioned air (cockpit) supply duct

Question 3

IGNITION CONT

Answer 3

o Located in the Starting Ignition Panel, to the right of the Ignition switch lights, labeled CONT
o Illuminates white when pressed in manually or automatically nearing a stall
o CONT IGNITION status (white) message displayed on EICAS

Question 4

GROUND LIFT DUMPING

Answer 4

o Located above Thrust Reverser Switches
o AUTO, MAN ARM, MAN DISARM

Question 5

RTU INHIBIT

Answer 5

o Located in the Backup Tuning Unit, above transponder selector knob
o Allows a failed RTU to be cross tuned - RTU1, RTU 2

Question 6

ARINC FAN

Answer 6

o Located on the Avionic Cooling Fan Selector Panel, bottom left of flight deck. Above the Parking Brake, below the Stab Trim buttons

Question 7

POWER TRANSFER OVERRIDE

Answer 7

o located on the Auto Deploy Panel, at the bottom right of the center pedestal, to the right of the ADG manual deploy handle
o When pressed, de-energizes the AC emergency, DC emergency and 3B hydraulic contractors if the power has been restored to the main AC bus. Provided the ADG manual deploy handle has been stowed. (QRH Vol. 2 EMER 9-2)
o Used if a generator has been reset after complete AC power loss

Question 8

ADRP (Air Data Reference Panel)

Answer 8

o This is the panel where the RA test, and BARO knob are located

Question 9

DCP (Display Control Panel)

Answer 9

o This is the panel where the navigation source knob as well as the format/range knob is located

Question 10

ECP (EICAS Control Panel)

Answer 10

o The 4 mechanical buttons are PRI, STAT, CAS, STEP, located on the center pedestal

Question 11

AUDIO WARNING

Answer 11

o located on Audio Warning Panel to the right-hand side of the aircraft by the first officers right arm (guarded)
o Manually disables the selected DCU audio warning upon failure
o DISABLE light (White) illuminates when disabled

Question 12

Utilize the aural alert PowerPoint and have the applicant identify the stab trim runaway aural alert, and two others of your choice.

Answer 12

• Stab trim runaway - Clacker
• Overspeed - Chirper
• Stall condition - Warbler
• Fire bell - Fire bell
• Autopilot disengage - Cavalry charge
• Landing gear not down - Horn
• Warning message - Triple chime or voice alert
• Altitude alert - C-chord
• Caution message - Single chime