KOAK Flyer
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I wanted to take the nav light issue that was previously discussed one step further. Let's say that, in this case, you are flying your 172RG to a remote airport for dinner (for some of the California pilots out there, we'll say Harris Ranch). The airport I am talking about has no maintenance facilities or FBOs, only a restaurant. You eat dinner and come out to do the preflight and discover that the right nav light is inoperative (by this time it will have been well after sunset). You decide to abide by the regulations and will wait until sunrise to take the aircraft back home. However, the regulations also state that, since that item is inoperative, it must be deactivated and placarded before you fly the aircraft in the morning (assume no MEL). Fine, you say, I will do just that. Page 8-10 in The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge talks about how to go about doing this and says that you can deactivate this item by pulling the circuit breaker. However, your 172RG (like the one I fly) only has a push-to-reset type of circuit breaker for the nav light. How, then, do you deactivate the equipment? And, if you can't, how would you be legal for flight without calling out a mechanic to fix the problem?
I wanted to take the nav light issue that was previously discussed one step further. Let's say that, in this case, you are flying your 172RG to a remote airport for dinner (for some of the California pilots out there, we'll say Harris Ranch). The airport I am talking about has no maintenance facilities or FBOs, only a restaurant. You eat dinner and come out to do the preflight and discover that the right nav light is inoperative (by this time it will have been well after sunset). You decide to abide by the regulations and will wait until sunrise to take the aircraft back home. However, the regulations also state that, since that item is inoperative, it must be deactivated and placarded before you fly the aircraft in the morning (assume no MEL). Fine, you say, I will do just that. Page 8-10 in The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge talks about how to go about doing this and says that you can deactivate this item by pulling the circuit breaker. However, your 172RG (like the one I fly) only has a push-to-reset type of circuit breaker for the nav light. How, then, do you deactivate the equipment? And, if you can't, how would you be legal for flight without calling out a mechanic to fix the problem?