Avionics Manual for Piper PA-28 Archer II

Piper PA-28 Archer II · Avionics Manual

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Overview

This document serves as the avionics manual for the Piper PA-28 Archer II, providing essential information for pilots and technicians regarding the aircraft's avionics systems. It includes detailed descriptions of the various instruments, their functions, and operational procedures. The manual is designed to assist users in understanding the avionics layout, troubleshooting common issues, and performing routine maintenance. It is an invaluable resource for ensuring safe and effective operation of the aircraft's electronic systems.

Understand the layout and function of the avionics systems in the Piper PA-28 Archer II.
Follow the operational procedures for pre-flight checks and in-flight adjustments.
Utilize the troubleshooting section to diagnose common avionics issues effectively.
Adhere to the maintenance guidelines to ensure the longevity and reliability of avionics components.
Familiarize yourself with the specifications of each avionics component for better operational knowledge.

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Pages: 330
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In this document

Introduction

The introduction section outlines the purpose of the avionics manual and provides an overview of the Piper PA-28 Archer II's avionics systems. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these systems for safe flight operations.

Avionics Overview

This section details the various avionics components installed in the Piper PA-28 Archer II, including communication radios, navigation systems, and transponders. Each component is described with its specifications and operational capabilities.

Operational Procedures

Operational procedures for using the avionics systems are outlined here. This includes step-by-step instructions for pre-flight checks, in-flight adjustments, and post-flight procedures to ensure all systems function correctly.

Troubleshooting

The troubleshooting section provides guidance on diagnosing and resolving common issues that may arise with the avionics systems. It includes flowcharts and checklists to assist pilots and technicians in identifying problems efficiently.

Maintenance Guidelines

Maintenance guidelines for the avionics systems are provided, including recommended inspection intervals, servicing procedures, and replacement schedules for various components.

Safety notes

Always perform pre-flight checks on avionics systems to ensure functionality before flight.
Refer to the troubleshooting section if any avionics system malfunctions during operation.

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b DUPLICATE ARCHER II PA-28-181 PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK AND FAA APPROVED AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL PLANE SERIAL NO.. PA-28-181 28-8090372 REPORT: VB-1120 FAA APPROVED BY: DATE OF APPROVAL: JULY 2, 1979 AIRPLANE 8245C REGIST. NO. Word Evans WARD EVANS D.O.A. NO. SO-1 PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION VERO BEACH, FLORIDA FAA APPROVED IN NORMAL AND UTILITY CATEGORIES BASED ON CAR 3. THIS HANDBOOK INCLUDES THE MATERIAL REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED TO THE PILOT BY CAR 3 AND CONSTITUTES THE APPROVED AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL AND MUST BE CARRIED IN THE AIRPLANE AT ALL TIMES. PIPE Published by PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT Piper Aircraft Corporation Issued: July 2, 1979 REPORT: VB-1120 APPLICABILITY Application of this handbook is limited to the specific Piper PA-28-181 model airplane designated by serial number and registration number on the face of the title page of this handbook. This handbook cannot be used for operational purposes unless kept in a current status. REVISIONS The information compiled in the Pilot's Operating Handbook, with the exception of the equipment list, will be kept current by revisions distributed to the airplane owners. The equipment list was current at the time the air- plane was licensed by the manufacturer and thereafter must be maintained by the owner. Revision material will consist of information necessary to update the text of the present handbook and/or to add information to cover added airplane equipment. I. Revisions Revisions will be distributed whenever necessary as complete page replacements or additions and shall be inserted into the handbook in accordance with the instructions given below. 1. Revision pages will replace only pages with the same page number. 2. Insert all additional pages in proper numerical order within each section. 3. Page numbers followed by a small letter shall be inserted in direct sequence with the same common numbered page. 11. Identification of Revised Material Revised text and illustrations shall be indicated by a black vertical line along the outside margin of the page, opposite revised, added or deleted material. A line along the outside margin of the page opposite the page number will indicate that an entire page was added. REPORT: VB-1120 i Black lines will indicate only current revisions with changes and additions to or deletions of existing text and illustrations. Changes in capitalization, spelling, punctuation or the physical location of material on a page will not be identified. ORIGINAL PAGES ISSUED The original pages issued for this handbook prior to revision are given below: Title, i through vii, 1-1 through 1-21, 2-1 through 2-10, 3-1 through 3-15, 4-1 through 4-21, 5-1 through 5-29, 6-1 through 6-43, 7-1 through 7-24, 8-1 through 8-18, 9-1 through 9-14, and 10-1 through 10-2. REPORT: VB-1120 iv PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS Current Revisions to the PA-28-181 Archer II Pilot's Operating Handbook, REPORT: VB-1120 issued July 2, 1979. Revision FAA Approval Number and Revised Description of Revision Code Pages Signature and Date Rev. 1 (PR800529) 1-3 Revised para. 1.7 (c). 2-3 Revised para. 2.7 (d) (8). 2-4 Revised para. 2.9 (a). 2-10 Added placards. 3-3 Revised wording. 3-10 Revised wording. 4-8 Corrected spelling. 4-11 Revised para 4.9. 4-20 Revised wording. 6-i Revised Table of Contents. 6-6 Revised Figure 6-5. 6-12 Revised Figure 6-15. 6-12a Added pages and added new thru info. 6-12d 6-13 Revised para, no. 6-22 Added item 97 b. 6-23 Added item 105. 6-25 Relocated items to pg. 6-26; added new item 145. 6-26 Relocated items to pg. 6-27; added new items 147, 149; re- numbered items. 6-27 Relocated items to pg. 6-28; renumbered items. 6-28 Relocated items to pg. 6-29b 6-29 6-29a and pg. 6-29a. Relocated items to pg. 6-29a. Added new pg.; relocated items from pg. 6-29 and item 203 from pg. 6-28. 6-29b Added new pg. and new items 219, 227, 229. REPORT: VB-1120 PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 1 (cont) 6-29c Added new pg. and new items 231 thru 241. 6-29d 6-30 6-31 6-32 6-33 6-34 6-35 Added new pg. and new item 243; relocated and renum- bered items from pg. 6-30. Relocated and renumbered items from pg. 6-31. Relocated items from pg. 6-32; added new items 265 and 267. Relocated item from pg. 6-33; renumbered items. Relocated and renumbered items from pg. 6-34; added new item 285. Renumbered items; added new items 289, 291, 295. Renumbered items; relocated item to pg. 6-36; added item from pg. 6-34. Renumbered items; relocated item to pg. 6-37. Renumbered items; relocated 6-36 6-37 item to pg. 6-38. 6-38 Renumbered items; relocated 6-39 6-41 6-42 item from pg. 6-37. Renumbered items. Relocated item to pg. 6-42; added new item 429. Relocated item to pg. 6-43; renumbered items; added items 431 and 433. Added item from pg. 6-42. Added para. 7.39 to Table of Contents. 6-43 7-i 7-20 Revised material. 7-24 Added para. 7.39. REPORT: VB-1120 vi PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and FAA Approval Code Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. I (cont) 7-25 8-12 Added pg.; added new info. Revised para. 8.21 (a) (b). 8-12a 8-12b 8-13 8-14 8-15 10-2 Added pg.; added new info. Added pg.; relocated mate- rial from pg. 8-12 and 8-13; added cautions and revised info. (c). Relocated info. to pg. 8-12; added info. from pg. 8-14. Relocated info. to pg. 8-13; added info. from pg. 8-15. Relocated info. to pg. 8-14. Added para. 10.3 (j). Ward Evane Ward Evans May 29, 1980 Rev. 2 (PR800822) 9-i Added supplement 5 and pages 9-15 Added supplement 5 thru (Century 21 Autopilot). 9-18 Revised warning. Revised para. 2.7 (d) (6). Rev. 3 Title Revised approval. (PR810114) 2-3 2-4 3-i 3-6 3-7 3-8 Revised para. 2.9 (c). Changed para. 3.23 title, page nos. Changed alternator failure to electrical failures; add info., moved info, to pg. 3-7. . Relocated info. from pg. 3-6; moved info, to pg. 3-8.

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Relocated info. from pg. 3-7. Ward Evans Ward Evans Aug. 22, 1980 REPORT: VB-1120 vi-a PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 3 (cont) 3-13 Revised, retitled para. 3.23 with added info. 3-14 Added para. 3.24; moved 3-15 para. 3.25 and 3.27 to pg. 3-15, and para. 3.29 to Pg. 3-16. Relocated para. 3.25 and 3.27 from pg. 3-14; moved para. 3.31 to pg. 3-16. 3-16 New page, relocated para. 3.29 from pg. 3-14 and para. 3-17 3.31 from pg. 3-15. New page, added relocated info. 6-19 Added item 61. 6-29a Added item 204. 6-31 6-33 6-34 6-35 6-36 6-37 6-38 6-39 REPORT: VB-1120 vi-b Revised item 267. Added item 274; revised item 275; moved items 283 and 285 to pg. 6-34. Relocated items 283 and 285 from pg. 6-33; moved items 291 thru 295 to pg. 6-35. Relocated items 291 thru 295 from pg. 6-34; moved items 301 and 303 to pg. 6-36. Relocated items 301 and 303 from pg. 6-35; moved item 309 to pg. 6-37. Relocated item 309 from pg. 6-36; moved items 317 and 319 to pg. 6-38. Relocated items 317 and 319 from pg. 6-37; moved item 327 to pg. 6-39. Relocated item 327 from pg. 6-38; moved items 333 thru 337 to pg. 6-40. PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 3 (cont) 6-40 6-41 6-42 6-43 Relocated items 333 thru 337 from pg. 6-39; moved items 409 thru 417 to pg. 6-41. Relocated items 409 thru 417 from pg. 6-40; moved items 423 thru 429 to pg. 6-42. Relocated items 423 thru 429 from pg. 6-41; moved items 435 thru 441 to pg. 6-43. Relocated items 435 thru 441 from pg. 6-42; moved info, to Pg. 6-44. New page; relocated info. from pg. 6-43. 6-44 7-7 Revised para. 7.13. 7-10 Revised para. 7.15. 7-11 Revised figure 7-11. 7-12 Cont. para, 7.15 revision. 7-13 Cont. para. 7.15 revision. 7-20 Revised para. 7.25. 9-i Added supplement 6. 9-15 Retyped supplement 5. thru 9-18 9-19 Added supplement 6 (Piper thru Control Wheel Clock) Wand Frans 9-20 Ward Evans Jan. 14, 1981 Rev. 4 1-4 Revised para. 1.13. |(PR810625) 5-1 Moved info, to pg. 5-2. 5-2 6-6 Relocated info. from pg. 5-1; added Warning. Revised Figure 6-5. 6-16 Revised item 21. REPORT: VB-1120 vi-c PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Description of Revision Pages Signature and Date Rev. 4 (cont) 6-21 Revised items 85 and 87; moved item 95 to pg. 6-22. 6-22 Relocated item 95 from pg. 6-25 6-31 6-31a 6-31b 6-21. Revised item 137. Renumbered and moved item to pg. 6-31b. New page. Added items 268 and 269; re- located renumbered item from pg. 6-31. Added item 276; moved item Relocated item 281 from pg. Revised item 291. Revised items 427, 429 and 431;| 6-33 281 to pg. 6-34. 6-34 6-33. 6-35 6-42 6-43 Relocated revised item 433 from pg. 6-42. 6-44 Removed info. 7-7 Revised para. 7.11. 7-10 Revised para. 7.15. moved item 433 to pg. 6-43. Ward Evans Ward Evans June 25, 1981 Rev. 5 (PR811116) 3-i, 4-i 4-4, 4-7. 4-8 4-12 4-13 4-14 Revised Table of Contents. Revise Normal Procedure checklist. Relocated para. 4.13 info, to pg. 4-13; added Note; revised info. Relocated Note to pg. 4-14; added para. 4.13 info, from pg. 4-12. Relocated para. 4.17 info, to pg. 4-15; added Note from pg. 4-13. REPORT: VB-1120 vi-d PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code Revised Pages Description of Revision FAA Approval Signature and Date Rev. 5 (cont) 4-15 4-16 4-17 4-18. 4-19 4-20 4-21 4-22 6-i 6-13 6-33 6-34 Relocated para. 4.21 to pg. 4-16; added para. 4.17 info. from pg. 4-14. Relocated para, 4.23 and para, 4.25 to pg. 4-17; added para. 4.21 from pg. 4-15; added Note; revised info. Relocated para. 4.27 info, to pg. 4-18; added para. 4.23 and para. 4.25 from pg. 4-16. Relocated para. 4.29 info, to pg. 4-19; relocated para. 4.31 to pg. 4-19 and pg. 4-20; added para, 4.27 info, from pg. 4-17. Relocated info. to pg. 4-20; added para. 4.29 and para. 4.31 info. from pg. 4-18; revised para. 4.31. Relocated para. 4.37 and para. 4.39 to pg. 4-21; added info. from pg. 4-18 and pg. 4-19. Relocated para. 4.41 to pg. 4-22; added para. 4.37 and para. 4.39 from pg. 4-20. Added pg.; added para. 4.41 from pg. 4-21. Revised Table of Contents. Revised para. 6.11. Relocated item 279 to pg. 6-34; renumbered old item 277; added new item 277. Relocated item 289 to pg. 6-35; added item 279 from Pg. 6-33. REPORT: VB-1120 vi-e PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 5 (cont) 6-35 6-36 6-37 6-38 6-39 6-40) 6-41 6-42 6-43 Relocated items 297 and 299 to pg. 6-36; added items 289 from pg. 6-34. Relocated item 307 to pg. 6-37; added items 297 and 299 from pg. 6-35. Relocated items 313 and 315 to pg. 6-38; added item 307 from pg. 6-36. Relocated item 325 to pg. 6-39; added items 313 and 315 from pg. 6-37. Relocated item 329 to pg. 6-40 and renumbered item; relocated item 331 to pg. 6-40); revised item 328; added new item 329. Relocated items 405 and 407 to pg. 6-41; added re- numbered items 330 and 331 from pg. 6-39. Relocated items 419 and 421 to pg. 6-42; added revised item 405 from pg. 6-40; added item 407 from pg. 6-40. Relocated item 431 to pg. 6-43; added items 419 and 421 from pg. 6-41. Relocated item 443 to pg. 6-44; added item 431 from Pg. 6-42. Added item 443 from pg. 6-44 6-43; added new item 445. 7-20 Revised info. 9-18 Revised item (c) (4). 9-19 Revised item (a). REPORT: VB-1120 vi-i Word Evans Ward Evans Nov. 16, 1981 PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 6 (PR820721) Revised handbook info. 1-i Removed para. 1.21 - con- version factor index. 1-4 17122 2-4 2-9 3-i 3-ii 4-i Added info, to para, 1.1. Revised para. 2.1. Added info, to para. 2.11. Corrected placard error. Expanded emerg, procedure index; moved info. to new pg. 3-ii. New pg.; relocated info. from pg. 3-i. Expanded normal procedure index; moved info, to new Pg. 4-ii. New pg.; relocated info, from Pg. 4-i. 4-ii 4-1 Revised para. 4.1. 6-i Revised index pg. 6-6 Revised fig. 6-5 info. 6-7 Revised fig. 6-7 info. 6-9 Added info, to fig. 6-9. 6-10 Added info, to fig. 6-11. .6-12a Revised para. 6.9. 7-20 Revised para. 7.25. 7-21 Revised para. 7.31; moved 7-22 9-i 9-13 para. 7.33 info. to pg. 7-22. New pg.; relocated info, from pg. 7-21. Updated Supplement index Pg. Revised Supplement 4 (pitch trim). REPORT: VB-1120 vi-g Revision Number and Code Revised Pages PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) FAA Approval Signature and Date Description of Revision Rev. 6(cont) 9-21 Added new Supplement 7. thru 9-40 9-41 Added new Supplement 8. Ward Evans. thru Ward Evans 9-66 July 21, 1982 Rev. 7 1-12 Deleted para. 1.21 and pages. (PR821115) thru 1-21 5-3 Revised para. 5.5. thru 5-7 7-12 Relocated info, from pg. 7-13. 7-13 Moved info, to pg. 7-12, added Caution. 8-2 Revised para. 8.3. 8-3 Revised para. 8.3 and 8.5, 8-4 8-5 relocated info, from pg. 8-4. Moved revised para. 8.5 to pg. 8-3, relocated info, from pg. 8-5. Moved info, to pg. 8-4. Ward Evans Ward Evans Nov. 15, 1982 Rev. 8 1-9 Deleted MEA. (PR830720) 1-12 Deleted pg. 1-12, para. 1:21. 2-10 pg. 2-11. 2-11 Moved fuel placards to Added new page (GAMA placard). 6-9 Revised fig. 6-9. 8-2 Revised para. 8.3. 8-3 Revised para. 8.5. 9-67 Added Supplement 9. thru Ward Evan Ward Evans 9-70 July 20, 1983 REPORT: VB-1120 vi-h PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont) Revision Number and Code FAA Approval Revised Pages Description of Revision Signature and Date Rev. 9 (PR840629) vii 1-3 Revised Table of Contents. Revised para. 1.7. 1-7, 1-8 Revised item (b). 2-3 Revised para. 2.7. 3-1 Revised para. 3.1. 4-4, 4-6 Revised procedures. 4-11 Revised para. 4.9. 4-15 Revised para. 4.19. 5-29 Revised Fig. 5-37. 6-1 Revised para. 6.1. 6-2 Revised para. 6.3. 6-5 Revised para. 6.5. 6-16 Revised item (b). 7-3 Revised para. 7.7. 7-8 Revised para. 7.13. 7-10 Revised para. 7.15. 7-14 Revised para. 7.17. 7-21 Revised para. 7.33. 8-12 Revised para. 8.21. 10-i Revised Table of Contents. 10-1, Changed Safety to Operating. 10-2 Rev. 10 4-18 Added info. to para. 4.27. Ward Evans Ward Evans June 29, 1984 (PR850705) 5-20 Revised charts. thru 5-25 7-7 Revised para. 7.11. 7-9 7-10 Relocated info. from pg. 7-10. Added info. to para. 7.15. 7-20 Added info. to para. 7.25. Rev. 11 (PR861020) thru 9-i Revised Table of Contents. 9-71 Added Supplement 10. (Aux. Vac. System) 9-76 'DH.Trompler Sept. 16, 1985 D.H. Trompler 12/3/86 Date REPORT: VB-1120 vi-i

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