#ep-boldface

T-6B EP & OP LIMITS Card · Change 2 (01 Aug 2023)

EP Boldface Trainer

Read the indication. Recite the boldface aloud from memory. Reveal to check. Step wording is verbatim from the current squadron card — verify against your unit's card and current NATOPS before evaluation.

#1 · Ground / Start

Abort Start

Indication

  • •Rapid ITT rise toward limit during start
  • •Hung start (N1 not accelerating normally)
  • •No light-off after fuel introduction
  • •ST READY light extinguishes during start sequence
  • •Smoke, fire, or abnormal noise from engine

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1 step

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#2 · Ground / Start

Emergency Engine Shutdown on the Ground

Indication

  • •Ground fire or smoke
  • •Severe vibration, prop strike
  • •Foreign-object damage or fuel leak with running engine

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3 steps

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#3 · Ground / Start

Emergency Ground Egress

Indication

  • •Fire / smoke / situation requiring immediate evacuation on the ground

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9 steps

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#4 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Abort

Indication

  • •Master warning, unsafe state, runway hazard at/below max-abort speed
  • •Fuel flow > 800 PPH at 60 KIAS (recommend abort)
  • •Failure to make computed minimum power by 60 KIAS

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2 steps

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#5 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff (Sufficient Runway Remaining Straight Ahead)

Indication

  • •Engine failure after liftoff with sufficient remaining runway to land straight ahead

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4 steps

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#6 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Engine Failure During Flight

Indication

  • •Engine failure away from the runway environment
  • •N1 reads 0% within 5 sec with ITT rapidly decreasing (VT-6 brief)

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6 steps

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#7 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Immediate Airstart (PMU NORM)

Indication

  • •Engine failure with the PMU operating normally and conditions warranting an airstart

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9 steps

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#8 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Uncommanded Power Changes / Loss of Power / Uncommanded Propeller Feather

Indication

  • •Uncommanded power excursion, partial loss of power, or uncommanded prop feather
  • •N1 ≥ 50% with ITT not decreasing — investigate Np / torque for uncommanded feather (VT-6)

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9 steps

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#9 · Takeoff / In-Flight Engine

Compressor Stalls

Indication

  • •Loud bang(s), ITT spike, N1 fluctuation, possible torque rollback

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7 steps

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#10 · Flight Control / OCF

Inadvertent Departure from Controlled Flight

Indication

  • •Uncommanded pitch-up, nose drop, wing roll-off, 'pitch bucking'
  • •Stick shaker (15.5 units AOA), aerodynamic buffet
  • •Departure during aero / stall / abnormal-attitude work

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4 steps

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#11 · Fire / Smoke

Fire in Flight

Indication

  • •Fire light AND a second corroborating indication (smoke, smell, visible flame, abnormal engine parameters)

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5 steps

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#12 · Fire / Smoke

Smoke and Fume Elimination / Electrical Fire

Indication

  • •Smoke or fumes in the cockpit
  • •Electrical fire suspected (burning smell, smoke from panels)

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1 step

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#13 · Chip / Oil / Fuel

Chip Detector Warning

Indication

  • •CHIP caution illuminates

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2 steps

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#14 · Chip / Oil / Fuel

Oil System Malfunction or Low Oil Pressure

Indication

  • •OIL PX caution (amber) or warning (red) illuminates
  • •Abnormal oil pressure or temperature

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4 steps

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#15 · Chip / Oil / Fuel

Low Fuel Pressure

Indication

  • •FUEL PX caution illuminates

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2 steps

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#16 · Chip / Oil / Fuel

High Fuel Flow

Indication

  • •Fuel flow exceeds limits

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1 step

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#17 · OBOGS / Physiological

OBOGS Failure / Overtemp / Physiological Symptoms

Indication

  • •OBOGS FAIL or OBOGS OVERTEMP annunciator
  • •Any physiological symptom — tingling, lightheadedness, vision changes, cognitive impairment, contamination smell/taste, headache

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3 steps

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#18 · Eject

Eject

Indication

  • •Aircraft uncontrollable
  • •Below ejection floor without recovery prospect
  • •Fire that will not extinguish / forced landing impractical

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1 step

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#19 · Landing

Forced Landing

Indication

  • •Engine inoperative or shutdown
  • •Continued flight not possible — committed to off-airport / engine-out landing

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4 steps

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#20 · Landing

Precautionary Emergency Landing (PEL)

Indication

  • •Any engine malfunction with the engine still running
  • •Any condition warranting precautionary landing at the nearest suitable field

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3 steps

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Study aid only. Not authoritative. Verify every number, limit, and boldface step against current T-6B NATOPS and squadron SOP before flight or evaluation.