DA 40 NG AFM

Operation

Limitations

2.5 ENGINE INSTRUMENT MARKINGS

Engine instrument markings and their color code significance are shown in the table below:

		Indi-	Red	Yellow	Green	Yellow	Red
		cation	arc/bar	arc/bar	arc/bar	arc/bar	arc/bar
			=	=	=	=	=
			lower	caution	normal	caution	upper
			prohibited	range	operating	range	prohibited
			range		range		range
		RPM	--	--	up to	2100 to	above
					2100 RPM	2300 RPM	2300 RPM
	'	Oil	below	0.9 to 2.5 bar	2.5 to 6.0 bar	6.0 to 6.5 bar	above 6.5 bar
		pressure	0.9 bar
	'
	'	Oil	below -30°C	-30° to 50°C	50° to 135°C	135° to140°C	above 140°C
		temp.
		Coolant	below -30°C	-30° to 60°C	60° to 95°C	95° to 105°C	above 105°C
		temp.
		Gearbox	below -30°C	-30° to 35°C	35° to 115°C	115° to 120°C	above 120°C
		temp.
		Load	--	--	up to 92%	92 - 100%	--
	'	Fuel	below -25°C	-25° to -20°C	-20° to 55°C	55° to 60°C	above 60°C
		temp.
		Ammeter	--	--	up to 60A	60 to 70A	above 70A
		Volt-	below 24.1V	24.1 to 25V	25 to 30V	30 to 32V	above 32V
		meter
		Fuel qty.	below	--	1 to 14	--	--
			1 US gal		US gal

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Operation

DA 40 NG AFM

Limitations

2.6 WARNING, CAUTION AND STATUS LIGHTS

The following tables show the color and significance of the warning, caution and

'advisory alert lights. There are two variants: G1000 annunciation or SED, MED and ‘White

'Wire’ annunciator panel.

Color and Significance of the Warning Lights (Red)

		Warning Alerts (Red)
	'	G1000	SED, MED,	Meaning / Cause
	'		White Wire
		installed
	'		installed
	'	WARNING	WARNING	One of the warnings listed below is being
				indicated.
	'	ENG TEMP	-	Engine coolant temperature is in the upper red
				range (too high / > 105 °C).
	'	OIL TEMP	-	Engine oil temperature is in the upper red range
				(too high / > 140 °C).
	'	OIL PRES	-	Engine oil pressure is in the lower red range
				(too low / < 0.9 bar).
	'
	'	L/R FUEL	-	Fuel temperature is in the upper red range
		TEMP		(too high / > 60 °C).
	'	GBOX TEMP	-	Engine gearbox temperature is in the upper red
				range (too high / > 120 °C).
	'	FUEL PRESS	FUELPRESS	Engine fuel pressure is low.
	'	ALTN AMPS	-	Engine alternator output is in the upper red
				range (too high / > 70 A).
	'	ALTN FAIL	ALTERNATOR	Engine alternator has failed.
	'	STARTER	START	Engine starter is engaged.

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		DA 40 NG AFM			Operation
					Limitations
		Warning Alerts (Red)
	'	G1000	SED, MED,	Meaning / Cause
	'		White Wire
		installed
	'		installed
	'	DOOR OPEN	DOORS	Canopy and/or rear door are/is not closed and
				locked.
				Display system is not receiving attitude
	'	ATTITUDE	-	reference information from the AHRS;
		FAIL		accompanied by the removal of sky/ground
				presentation and a red X over the attitude area.
		AIRSPEED	-	Display system is not receiving airspeed input
	'			from the air data computer; accompanied by a
		FAIL
				red X through the airspeed display.
		ALTITUDE		Display system is not receiving altitude input
	'		-	from the air data computer; accompanied by a
		FAIL
				red X through the altimeter display.
		VERT SPEED		Display system is not receiving vertical speed
	'		-	input from the air data computer; accompanied
		FAIL
				by a red X through the vertical speed display.
				Display system is not receiving valid heading
	'	HDG	-	input from the AHRS; accompanied by a red X
				through the digital heading display.
				A red X through any display field, such as com
	'	Red X	-	frequencies, nav frequencies, or engine data,
				indicates that display field is not receiving valid
				data.

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		Operation			DA 40 NG AFM
		Limitations
		Color and Significance of the Caution Lights (Amber)
		Caution Alerts (Amber)
	'	G1000	SED, MED,	Meaning / Cause
	'		White Wire
		installed
	'		installed
	'	CAUTION	CAUTION	One of the cautions below is being indicated.
				A fault has occurred in the engine ECU A
	'	ECU A FAIL	ECU A	or
				ECU A is being tested during FADEC-test
				procedure during the 'Before Take-Off Check'.
				A fault has occurred in the engine ECU B
	'	ECU B FAIL	ECU B	or
				ECU B is being tested during FADEC-test
				procedure during the 'Before Take-Off Check'.
	'	FUEL LOW	LOW FUEL	Left fuel quantity is low.
	'	VOLTS LOW	LOW VOLTS	Engine bus voltage is too low (< 25 V).
	'	COOL LVL	WATERLEV	Engine coolant level is low.
	'	PITOT FAIL	PITOT	Pitot heat has failed.
	'	PITOT HT	-	Pitot heat is OFF.
		OFF
	'	LOI	-	GPS integrity is insufficient for the current
				phase of flight.
		AHRS ALIGN:		The AHRS (Attitude and Heading Reference
	'	Keep Wings	-	System) is aligning.
		Level
	'	-	ENGINE	Engine limit exceeded.

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	DA 40 NG AFM			Operation
				Limitations
	Color and Significance of the Status Lights (White)
	Advisory Alerts (White)
'	G1000	SED, MED,	Meaning / Cause
'		White Wire
	installed
'		installed
'	GLOW ON	GLOW	Engine glow plug active.
'	FUEL XFER	FUEL TRANS	Fuel transfer from auxiliary to main tank is in
			progress.
'	PFD FAN FAIL	-	Cooling fan for the PFD is inoperative.
'	MFD FAN	-	Cooling fan for the MFD is inoperative.
	FAIL
'	GIA FAN FAIL	-	Cooling fan for the GIAs is inoperative.

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