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AM.III.F.R2

Risk management

Actions in response to a warning or caution annunciator light.

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  • Chapter 10: Aircraft Systems › Warnings & Cautions › Annunciator Panels

    draw the attention of the crew to a critical situation in addition to an annunciator that describes the problem. These master caution lights are centrally wired and illuminate whenever any of the participating systems or components require attention. Once notified ... cancel the master caution, but a dedicated system or component annunciator light stays illuminated until the situation that caused the warning is rectified. Cancelling resets the master caution lights to warn of a subsequent fault event even before the initial…

  • Chapter 9: Engine Fire Protection Systems › Engine Fire Detection Systems › Continuous-Loop Detector Systems

    circuits to be arranged to give a two-level response from the same sensing element loop. The first is an overheat warning at a temperature level below the fire warning, indicating a general engine compartment temperature rise, which could ... into the engine compartment. It could be an early warning of fire and would alert the crew to appropriate action to reduce the engine compartment temperature. The second-level response would be at a level above that attainable…

  • Chapter 17: Fire Protection Systems › Continuous-Loop Systems › Kidde System

    arranged to give a two-level response from the same sensing element loop. The first is an overheat warning at a temperature level below the fire warning indicating a general engine compartment temperature rise, such as would be caused ... engine compartment. It could also be an early warning of fire and would alert the crew to appropriate action to reduce the engine compartment temperature. The second-level response is at a level above that attainable by a leaking…

  • Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Stalls

    stick shaker. Stick shakers normally activate around 107 percent of the actual stall speed. In response to a stall warning, the proper action is for the pilot to apply a nose-down input until the stall warning stops (pitch trim…