AI.XII.D.K1
KnowledgeEmergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) operations, limitations, and testing requirements.
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- Appendix C: Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements › Flight Instructor Endorsements › Sport Pilot
cause a significant delay in the issuance of an FAA certificate. Instructor Records 14 CFR part 61, section 61.189 requires the flight instructor to maintain a record that includes information on the type of endorsement, the name of the person ... endorsement. This information may be kept in a logbook or a separate document. For a knowledge or practical test endorsement, the record must include the kind of test, the date, and the results. Records of endorsements must be maintained…
- Chapter 12: Transition to Complex Airplanes › Retractable Landing Gear › Emergency Gear Extension Systems
Some airplanes have an emergency release handle in the flight deck, which is connected through a mechanical linkage to the gear uplocks. When the handle is operated, it releases the uplocks and allows the gear to free fall or extend ... uplock is accomplished using compressed gas, which is directed to uplock release cylinders. In some airplanes, design configurations make emergency extension of the landing gear by gravity and air loads alone impossible or impractical. In these airplanes, provisions are included…
- Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Aircraft Inspections › Emergency Locator Transmitter
Emergency Locator Transmitter An emergency locator transmitter (ELT) is required by 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.207, and must be inspected within 12 calendar months after the last inspection for the following: • Proper installation • Battery corrosion • Operation of the controls ... crash sensor • The presence of a sufficient signal radiated from its antenna The ELT must be attached to the airplane in such a manner that the probability of damage to the transmitter in the event of crash impact is minimized…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Emergency Approaches and Landings (Simulated)
Figure 9-29. Sample emergency checklist. Critical items to be checked include the position of the fuel tank selector, the quantity of fuel in the tank selected, the fuel pressure gauge to see if the electric fuel pump is needed ... position of the mixture control, the position of the magneto switch, and the use of carburetor heat. Many actual emergency landings have been made and later found to be the result of the fuel selector valve being positioned…
- Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment
Complex maintenance tasks require a certificated and appropriately rated maintenance person to perform the deactivation. In all cases, the item or equipment must be placarded INOPERATIVE. All small rotorcraft, non-turbine powered airplanes, gliders, or lighter-than-air aircraft operated ... eligible to use the maintenance deferral provisions of 14 CFR, part 91, section 91.213(d). However, once an operator requests an MEL, and a Letter of Authorization (LOA) is issued by the FAA, then the use of the MEL becomes…
- 14 CFR § 91.207 Emergency locator transmitters.
Emergency locator transmitters. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section, no person may operate a U.S.-registered civil airplane unless— (1) There is attached to the airplane an approved automatic type emergency locator transmitter that ... operable condition for the following operations, except that after June 21, 1995, an emergency locator transmitter that meets the requirements of TSO-C91 may not be used for new installations: (i) Those operations governed by the supplemental air carrier…