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Maintenance and inflight decision making

So how do you know which one is in your aircraft? The best way is to read the pilot's operating handbook. Reading the handbook does several important things. First it allows you to hanger fly with the best of pilots. You can also join any argument about the type of electrical system in your aircraft. Plus when you have a problem you can talk intelligently with your maintenance technician.

But the most important reason for reading your operating manual or aircraft flight manual (AFM) is to learn how to identify and possibly handle any electrical problem in flight.

Electrical problems need to be handled correctly and promptly because they could cause an onboard electrical fire, damage other electrical gear, or cause problems with other systems.

Another reason is once you understand the electrical system in your aircraft or the aircraft you fly, you can make important decisions about what you are going to do in case you have a generator or alternator failure.

For example, by knowing and understanding your electrical system, you may decide to continue your flight by turning off non-critical electrical items such as your second radio and other redundant electrical gear or start looking for the nearest airport to land.

Equally important is knowing critical flight data such as what to do if you have electrically operated flaps or gear. More than one pilot has put him- or herself in a "box" with no way out by making the wrong decision during a "minor" incident or problem. Putting electrically operated flaps down early and not having the electrical power to raise them may mean having to fly with increased drag or minimal lift during a go around or while having to divert to another airport. The same may be said of electrically operated landing gear. Although in some aircraft the increased drag produced by the lowered landing gear may be worth the drag penalty considering the potential problems later of having to either manually lower them or forgetting to lower them. Or if the pilot is in the clouds, the pilot may decide that being able to talk and navigate is the most important use of any remaining battery power.

Because each flight is unique and the needs of each pilot is unique, it is hard to say which electrical devices should remain on and which devices should be turned off. This is why it is important that each pilot review his or her aircraft's electrical system and know and understand it to the point where the pilot can make the best decision about the aircraft's electrical system before the loss of the generator (or is it an alternator?) becomes critical to flight safety. Knowledge is power. And if your aircraft has electrically operated retractable landing gear? Please remember that you still have to lower the gear before your next landing, so you just may want to review your aircraft's emergency gear operating procedure before your next takeoff.

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1. Why should any pilot read the pilot’s operating handbook?

2. Why must electrical problems be corrected promptly?

3. How do you understand the term “ critical flight data”?

4. There are a definite set of rules for any flight, aren’t there?

5. What does flying with increased drag mean?

6. What is the main reason of flight incidents in the majority of cases?

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1. The most important reason for reading your manual is …

2. Electrical problems could cause …

3. Knowing critical flight data is also …

4. The most important use of any remaining battery power is …

5. Electrical problems need to be handled …

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Flight data, generator failure, take-off problem, drag penalty, battery power, flight safety