Weather
Technology
Standard situations
Non-standard situations
Miscellaneous
100
The separation between the surface of the tyre and the road created by a layer of water.
What is aquaplaning?
100
A system used to reduce the undesirable tendencies of an aircraft to oscillate in a repetitive motion.
What is a yaw damper?
100
The process of setting wedges/blocks in front of or behind aircraft wheels in order to prevent any unwanted movement.
What is chocking?
100
Any unauthorised vertical deviation of more than 300 feet (200 feet within RVSM airspace) from an ATC flight clearance.
What is a level bust?
100
A piece that seals the gap between the floor and a door.
What is a door sill?
200
A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.
What is a phenomenon?
200
The slowing or stopping of an engine/a local disruption of the airflow through the compressor.
What is an engine stall?
200
The restriction of flight crew member activity to that which is operationally essential during busy phases of flight.
What is the sterile cockpit rule?
200
Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft.
What is a runway incursion?
200
Any object found in an inappropriate location at an aerodeome.
What is FOD (foreign object debris)?
300
A light snowfall that results in little or no snow accumulation.
What is a snow flurry?
300
The main source of AC electrical power on the aircraft; it is a combination of a constant speed drive and an electrical generator driven by the engine.
What is an IDG (integrated drive generaor)?
300
Step-by-step guidance from ATC to an aircraft moving from one location to another on the airfield.
What are progressive taxi instructions?
300
The sound that can occur when there's a loose wire, an overloaded wire, or an improperly grounded wire.
What is humming?
300
These instructions may instruct the pilot to descend, climb, or adjust vertical speed in order to avoid a collision. (0.75 for English+0.25 for Estonian)
What is a TCAS RA (resolution advisory, tegutsemisjuhis)?
400
The precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes. (0.75 for English+0.25 for Estonian)
What is snow graupel/pellets (lumekruubid)?
400
A single, fault tolerant source of navigational data for both pilots of an aircraft.
What is an ADIRU (air data initial reference unit)?
400
Verifying the task of another crew member or using another method of calculation in order to make sure nothing has been missed.
What is cross-checking?
400
A situation where the engine isn’t getting the fuel and air mixture it needs to initiate combustion and power the aircraft.
What is a fuel pump fault?
400
Starting to fly in a holding pattern.
What is entering the stack?
500
Growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
What is accretion?
500
A momentary burst of energy induced upon power, data, or communication lines.
What is a power transient?
500
Reducing the power of an aircraft. (There are 2 similar terms: 0,5 for each.)
What is throttling back/retarding the thrust lever?
500
Continuous uncommanded movement of stabiliser trim.
What is a stabiliser trim runaway?
500
An aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of "tail-wagging" (yaw) and rocking from side to side (roll).
What is a Dutch roll?