FAA ATP Emergency & Survival Equipment Questions

How often must a crewmember actually operate the airplane emergency equipment, after initial training? Once every

• 6 calendar months.
• 12 calendar months.
• 24 calendar months.

Explanation: Emergency drill requirements must be accomplished during initial training and once each 24 calendar months during recurrent training.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

An air carrier airplane must have an operating public address system if it

• has a seating capacity of 19 passengers.
• has a seating capacity for more than 19 passengers.
• weighs more than 12,500 pounds.

Explanation: No person may operate an airplane with a seating capacity of more than 19 passengers unless the airplane is equipped with an operating public address system.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

How many portable battery-powered megaphones are required on an air carrier airplane with a seating capacity of 100 passengers on a trip segment when 45 passengers are carried?

• Two; one at the forward end, and the other at the most rearward location in the passenger cabin.
• Two; one at the most rearward and one in the center of the passenger cabin.
• Two; one located near or accessible to the flightcrew, and one located near the center of the passenger cabin.

Explanation: Two megaphones are required in the passenger cabin of each airplane with a seating capacity of more than 99 passengers, one installed at the forward end and the other at the rearward location where it would be readily accessible to a normal flight attendant seat.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

If there is a required emergency exit located in the flightcrew compartment, the door which separates the compartment from the passenger cabin must be

• unlocked during takeoff and landing.
• locked at all times, except during any emergency declared by the pilot in command.
• latched open during takeoff and landing.

Explanation: If it is necessary to pass through a doorway separating the passenger cabin from other areas to reach a required emergency exit, the door must have means to latch it open, and it must be latched open during each takeoff and landing.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

How many portable battery-powered megaphones are required on an air carrier airplane with a seating capacity of 150 passengers on a trip segment when 75 passengers are carried?

• Two; one located near or accessible to the flightcrew, and one located near the center of the passenger cabin.
• Two; one at the most rearward and one in the center of the passenger cabin.
• Two; one at the forward end, and the other at the most rearward location of the passenger cabin.

Explanation: Two megaphones are required in the passenger cabin of each airplane with a seating capacity of more than 99 passengers, one installed at the forward end and the other at the rearward location where it would be readily accessible to a normal flight attendant seat.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

Federal Aviation Regulations require that interior emergency lights must

• operate automatically when subjected to a negative G load.
• be operable manually from the flightcrew station and a point in the passenger compartment.
• be armed or turned on during taxiing and all flight operations.

Explanation: The emergency exit light system must be operable from both the flightcrew station and a point in the passenger compartment readily accessible to a normal flight attendant seat. The lights must operate automatically with the interruption of the airplane's normal electrical power (not a negative G load), and each emergency exit light must be armed or turned on during taxiing, takeoff, and landing only.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

An airplane operated by a flag air carrier flying over uninhabited terrain must carry which emergency equipment?

• Suitable pyrotechnic signaling devices.
• Colored smoke flares and a signal mirror.
• Survival kit for each passenger.

Explanation: Unless it has the following equipment, no flag or supplemental carrier or commercial operator may conduct an operation over an uninhabited area: suitable pyrotechnic signaling devices; a survival-type emergency locator transmitter; and enough survival kits, appropriately equipped for the route to be flown, for the number of occupants of the airplane.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements

Each crewmember shall have readily available for individual use on each flight a

• key to the flight deck door.
• certificate holder's manual.
• flashlight in good working order.

Explanation: Each crewmember shall, on each flight, have readily available for use a flashlight that is in good working order.

14 CFR Part 121 - Emergency Equipment Requirements