Checkrides and EFIS

Checkrides and EFIS

Description

The following guidance for conducting practical tests in technically advanced aircraft (TAA) has been coordinated with and approved by the General Aviation and Commercial Division (AFS-800).

Computer technology and modern display media are rapidly encroaching into the aviation community replacing air as the primary source of flight instrument power. Are we, in the certification field, able to keep up the pace? It won’t be long before “needle, ball, and airspeed” will be an obsolete term in the aviation community to describe emergencies involving flight instrument malfunctions or “partial panel instrument flying.”

Tags: EFIS, check ride, checkrides, TAA, Technically Advanced Aircraft, instrumentrating, PvtLP, InstLP, ComLP, CFILP, CFIILP, MultiLP, MEILP, SeaplaneLP, MiscLP
Detailed Information
Detailed Description
It is the examiner’s responsibility to test the applicant’s ability to handle both normal and abnormal situations in the aircraft. Some technically advanced aircraft have as many as three or more electronic displays and flight instrument data that can be move to another display if the primary flight instrument display becomes inoperative. They may also have the ability to switch data source to another data display. For instance, if the data source for the pilots display fails the display may be reverted to the co-pilot’s data source. Even though this is an abnormal situation that should be tested it does not replace the responsibility for the applicant to be able to fly the aircraft using only standby instruments.
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