T-45C TS, ADV & IUT ENG-20
Flight Instruments Malfunctions
MOTIVATION
This lesson teaches you to identify and verify flight instrument malfunctions and
to understand their ramifications on flight safety. In later lessons you will learn
the procedures for dealing with these malfunctions.
OVERVIEW
The goal of this lesson is to familiarize you with the indications of flight
instrument malfunctions and to explore some of the potential effects of these
malfunctions.
This lesson covers the following instrument malfunctions:
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Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Assembly (GINA)
and related components
- Attitude director indicator (ADI) display failure
- Horizontal situation indicator (HSI) display failure
- Vertical speed indicator readout failure
- General GINA failure
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Pitot static system
- Standby airspeed indicator failure
- Standby altimeter failure
- Standby vertical speed indicator (VSI) failure
- Pitot tube damage or icing
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Angle of attack (AOA) system
- AOA indicator failure
- AOA indexer failure
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Independent instruments
- Radar altimeter display failure
- Standby turn and slip indicator failure
- Standby attitude indicator failure
- Standby compass failure
- Clock/stopwatch failure
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