Aircraft General

Question 1

Length of A319/20/21

Diameter of fuselage

Answer 1

33.9 m
37.6 m
44.6 m

3.95 m

Question 2

Wingspan fence/sharklet

Engine nacelle clearance ceo/neo

Answer 2

34.1 m / 35.8 m

0.6 m / 0.46 m

Question 3

Wheelbase distance?

Distance between spinners?

Aircraft height?

Answer 3

7.6 m

11.5 m

11.6 m

Question 4

Minimum theoretical pavement width for 180ºturn?

What is assumed during the manoeuvre for thrust/braking/surface?

Which way should we turn and by how much when doing a backtrack?

Answer 4

A319 20.5 m
A320 22.8 m
A321 28.3 m

Continuous slow turn
Symmetrical thrust
No differential braking
Dry surface

Towards PF side at 25ºuntil sat over runway edge

Question 5

Ground clearance (take off / landing)

Pitch- oleo depressed? (A319/20/21)

Roll- oleo depressed? (ceo/neo)

What is the stable approach criteria for roll?

Answer 5

A319 14º
A320 11º
A321 9º

assuming no roll
+2ºfor fully extended

CEO 14º bank
NEO 16º bank

assuming 6ºpitch up

15º bankstable approach

Question 6

Assuming 3º ILS in CONF FULL and no flare, how far will MLG touch down after 50RA call ?

Answer 6

200 m

Question 7

Why is the minimum theoretical RVR 103 m, assuming a 60 m visual segment is required?

Answer 7

As 43m of it is obscured below the pilot’s view

Question 8

Limitations

Mean runway slope
Max runway altitude
Minimum runway width

Answer 8

±2º
9200 ft
30m

Question 9

Limitations

Max TW/XW/HW for Cat III
Max wind for pax door operation
Max wind for cargo door operation

Max crosswinds per RWYCC

Answer 9

10 / 20 / 30 kt
65kt
40kt (50 if nose into wind / leeward)
* Must be closed before 65kt

CC 6/5: 38kt
29, 25, 20, 15

Question 10

Limitations

Max speed cockpit window
Max speed wipers
Max speed overall
Max speed Landing gear
Min VMCL (approach)
Min VMCG (CONF 1 @ MSL)

Answer 10

200 kt
230 kt
350 kt / 0.82
280 VLE, 220 VLO (ret), 250 VLO (ext)
VMCL 113 kt (116 neo)
VMCG 111 (116 neo)- see table