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MASTER CAUTION LIGHT [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

... the pilot noted that the master caution light and the engine chip detector had illuminated, and the oil pressure was decreasing to zero.

OBS

master caution light : designation officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee(ATSC)-Flight operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

[...] le pilote remarque que le voyant d'avertissement principal ainsi que celui du détecteur de particules du moteur sont allumés tandis que la pression d'huile chute à zéro.

OBS

voyant principal avertissement : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Instruments are installed for two purposes, one to display current conditions, the other to notify of unsatisfactory conditions... Certain system failures are immediately indicated on an annunciator panel on the main instrument panel. A master caution light and a light indicating the faulting system flash on. The master light may be reset to "Off, "but the indicating light will remain "On" until the fault is corrected or the equipment concerned is shut down. By resetting, the master caution light is ready to warn of a subsequent fault even before correction of the initial fault. A press to test light is available for testing the circuits in this system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

voyant de signalisation; voyant de mise en garde : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

voyant de signalisation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Fuel transfer is normally automatic, but in this and some other flight tests the transfer was to be carried out manually, because the desired C-of-G was outside the parameters controlled by the automatic system. As the wings reached the full-forward position, the B-1 became unstable and control was lost. The CG caution light and the master caution system functioned properly...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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