ROTORCRAFT

FLIGHT MANUAL

Publication Code 502700600

 ROTORCRAFT
FLIGHT MANUAL

AW109SP

Document N°109G0040A018

Approved by EASA

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REVISION 17: 27 FEBRUARY 2018

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REVISION
SUBJECT APPROVAL
No.
— Issue A EASA Approval with
Type Certificate Data
Sheet (TCDS) R.005
dated 25 May 2009
— Issue B EASA Approvals N°
10028242, 10028244,
10028246, 10028248
dated 11 December 2009
1 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1 and EASA Approval
3-147. N° 10031062
dated 26 July 2010
2 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1, B-2, EASA Approvals
1-25, 2-iv, 2-64, 2-66, 2-67 thru N°10030940,10031063
2-70, 3-iv thru 3-viii, 3-74 thru 3-76, dated 26 July 2010
3-103 thru 3-108 and 3-169 thru 3-171.
Added pages 2-71 and 2-72.
3 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1, B-2, EASA Approval
1-iii, 1-25, 1-26, 2-20 thru 2-25 and N° 10032356
2-30. dated 8 November 2010
4 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1, B-2, EASA Approval
1-25, 1-30, 2-20, 2-30, 3-167, 3-168. N° 10033829
Added pages B-3 and B-4. dated 11 February 2011
Revised pages 1-31, 1-37, 1-39, 1-41, Approved under the
4-24 and 4-25. Authority of DOA
N° EASA 21J.005
5 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1 thru B-4, EASA Approval
x, 1-5, 1-26, 2-1, 3-44, 3-46, 3-51, N° 10038607
3-52, 3-65, 3-67, 3-68, 3 -137 thru dated 1 March 2012
3-141, 3-146 thru 3-151.
6 Revised Title page, A-1, B-1 thru B-4, EASA Approval
vi thru xiv, 1-iii, 1-24, 1-25, 1-27, 1-29, N° 10038391
2-24, 2-71, 3-174 and 3-176. dated 13 February 2012

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SUBJECT APPROVAL
No.
7 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru EASA Approvals N°
B-4, vii, ix, 1-iii, 1-10, 1-23, 2-4, 10039836, REV. 1 and
2-22 thru 2-26, 2-28, 2-34, 2-45, 10039837, REV. 1
2-47, 2-48, 2-53, 2-63, 3-vi, 3-vii, dated 6 June 2012
3-1, 3-12, 3-13, 3-50, 3-55, 3-56,
3-62, 3-63, 3-65, 3-66, 3-68, 3-103,
3-118, 3-121, 3-122, 3-138, 3-140,
3-156, 3-159, 3-161 and 3-162.
Added pages B-5, B-6, 3-138A,
3-138B, 3-140A and 3-140B.
Revised pages 2-47, 2-48, 2-70, Approved under the
3-iii, 3-viii, 3-ix, 3-53, 3-54, 3-59, Authority of DOA
3-60, 3-64, 3-67, 3-111, 3-134, N° EASA 21J.005
3-165, 4-2, 4-4, 4-6, 4-8, 4-10,
4-12 and 4-14.
Added pages 3-58A and 3-58B.
8 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
3-116 and 3-120. N° 10040004, REV. 1
dated 8 June 2012
9 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6 EASA Approval
1-iii and 1-23. N° 10042692
dated 13 December 2012
10 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
2-43, 3-140 and 3-140A. N° 10043541
dated 5 February 2013
11 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6 EASA Approval
and 1-18. N° 10043708
dated 19 February 2013
12 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
4-15 and 4-16. N° 10048294, REV. 1
dated 14 March 2014
13 Revised Title page, A-2, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
x, xi and 1-25. N° 10049181
dated 19 May 2014

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No.
14 Revised Title page, B-1 thru B-6 and Approved with
C-2. NDC 109G3110-001
Added A-3 and A-4. dated 21 December 2015
NDC 109G9700-001
dated 24 December 2015
under the authority of
DOA ref EASA.21J.005
15 Revised Title page, A-3, B-1 thru B-6, Approved with
viii, xii, 2-68, 3-viii, 3-157, 3-167, 3- NDC 109G0257-018
170 thru 3-172, 3-175, 3-177 thru 3- dated 9 March 2016
180, 3-182 thru 3-185. under the authority of
DOA ref EASA.21J.005
16 Revised Title page, A-3, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 4-6 thru 4-10, 4-17 thru N° 10062498
4-25, 4-27 thru 4-29, 4-31, 4-33 thru dated 4 July 2017
4-35, 4-37 and 4-39 thru 4-54.
17 Revised Title page, A-3, B-1 thru B-6, EASA Approval
1-iii, 1-24 thru 1-26, 2-ii, 2-iv, 2-59, N° 10064717 REV. 1
2-62 thru 2-76, 3-vii, 3-viii, 3-68, dated 27 February 2018
3-165, 3-169 thru 3-176, 3-179 thru
3-183 and 3-185.
Added pages 1-24A, 1-24B, 3-168A
and 3-168B.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
LIST OF REVISIONS...................................................................... A-1
LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES ........................................................ B-1
TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................... I
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ II

PART I
Section
LIMITATIONS ...................................................................................... 1
NORMAL PROCEDURES .................................................................. 2
EMERGENCY AND MALFUNCTION PROCEDURES ....................... 3
PERFORMANCE DATA ..................................................................... 4
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLEMENTS....................................... 5

PART II - MANUFACTURER’S DATA

Page
LIST OF REVISIONS...................................................................... C-1
Section
WEIGHT AND BALANCE ................................................................... 6
SYSTEMS DESCRIPTION ................................................................ 7
HANDLING, SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE ................................ 8
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION......................... 9

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INTRODUCTION

GENERAL
It is responsibility of the flight crew to be familiar with the contents of
this manual.

REVISIONS (REISSUES)
This manual is subject to revisions (reissues) which will be automati-
cally distributed to all holders of the manual. It is the responsibility of
the operator to assure that the revisions (reissues) are incorporated
into the manual upon receipt.
At the beginning of the manual there is the “List of Revisions” table
that shows all pages of the manual which have been revised as well
as number and approval reference of each revision.

REVISION SYMBOL
Revised text is indicated by a black vertical line on the outer margin of
the page, adjacent to the affected text and the revision is printed in the
lower inner margin. The revision symbol identifies the addition of new
information, a change of procedure, the correction of an error, or a
rewording of the previous information.

TEMPORARY REVISIONS
Temporary Revisions are issued when immediate data is to be
included in the manual. The Temporary Revision data can add to or
cancel the initial data in the manual. They are numbered progressively
for each section of the manual. Temporary Revision pages are not
written in the “List of Effective Pages”. A complete list of active and
inactive Temporary Revision are written in the “List of Temporary
Revisions” page.

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TERMINOLOGY

WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND NOTES

WARNING
An operating procedure, practice, etc.,
which, if not correctly followed, could result
in personal injury or loss of life.

CAUTION

An operating procedure, practice, etc.,

which, if not strictly observed, could result in
damage to, or destruction of, equipment.

Note
An operating procedure, condition, etc.,
which is essential to highlight.

USE OF PROCEDURAL WORDS

The concept of procedural word usage and intended meaning which
has been adhered to in preparing this RFM is as follows:
“Shall” or “Must” have been used only when application of a proce-
dure is mandatory.
“Should” has been used only when application of a procedure is rec-
ommended.
“May” has been used only when application of a procedure is optional.
“Will” has been used only to indicate futurity, never to indicate a man-
datory procedure.
“Condition” has been used to determine if the item under examination
presents external damage which could jeopardize its safe operation.
“Secured” has been used to determine if the item under examination
is correctly locked; mainly referred to doors and disconnectable items.
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“Security” has been used to determine if the item under examination

is correctly positioned and installed.
“Fly Attentive” has been used when the pilot needs to maintain close
control of the flight path using hands-on when required.
“Fly Manually” has been used when the pilot needs to directly control
the flight path using hands-on.

ABBREVIATION
The use of capitol letters in the text, apart from normal grammatical
usage indicates the actual wording or marking of indicators, controls
or control positions on the helicopters.
Abbreviations and acronyms used throughout this RFM are defined as
follows:
— a.c : Alternating current
— ADC : Air Data Computer
— ADU : Air Data Unit
— ADF : Automatic Direction Finder
— ADI : Attitude Data Indicator
— ADL : Airborne Data Loader
— ADLCP : Airborne Data Loader Control Panel
— ADS : Air Data System
— AEO : All Engines Operating
— A/F : Airframe
— AFCS : Automatic Flight Control System
— AFDS : Automatic Flight Director System
— AGL : Above Ground Level
— AHRS : Attitude and Heading Reference
System
— ALS : Above Landing Surface
— ALT : Baro - ALTitude mode
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— AM : Amplitude Modulation
— ANP : Actual Navigation Performance
— AP : Automatic Pilot
— APCP : AutoPilot Control Panel
— APD : Actuator Position Display
— API : Actuator Position Indicator
— APMS : Automatic Pilot Management System
— APV : APproach with Vertical guidance
— ATH : Approach To Hover
— ATTD : ATTituDe
— AWG : Aural Warning Generator
— BC : Back Course mode
— BCD : Binary Coded Data
— BIT : Built In Test
— BRG : BeaRinG
— BRT : BRighTness
— CAS : Calibrated AirSpeed
— CCW : CounterClockWise
— CDS : Cockpit Display System
— CG : Center of Gravity
— CHS : Core Helivionics System
— CLB : CLimB mode
— CLR : CLeaR
— CMS : CoMmunication System
— CMU : Communication Management Unit
— COLL : COLLective mode
— COM : COMmunication
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— CPL : CouPLing
— CRS : CouRSe
— CS : Certification Specifications
— CST : ContraST
— CVDR : Cockpit Voice Data Recorder
— CVR : Cockpit Voice Recorder
— CW : ClockWise
— d.c : Direct current
— DAU : Data Acquisition Unit
— DF : Direction Finder
— DH : Decision Height
— DIS : DIStance
— DME : Distance Measuring Equipment
— DMG : Digital Map Generator
— DP IFR : Dual Pilot IFR
— DR : Dead Reckoning mode
— DTK : Desired TracK
— DTM : Data Transfer Module
— DTO : Direct TO
— DU : Display Unit
— DVS : Doppler Velocity System
— EADI : Electronic Attitude Direction
Indicator
— ECU : Engine Control Unit
— EDU : Electronic Display Unit
— EECU : Engine Electronic Control Unit
— EEPROM : Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read Only Memory

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— EFIS : Electronic Flight Instrument System

— ELEC : ELECtrical
— ELT : Electronic Locator Transmitter
— EMM : Engine Maintenance Manual
— ENT : ENTer
— EOP : Engine Oil Pressure
— EOT : Engine Oil Temperature
— ESIS : Electronic Standby Instrument
System
— ETA : Estimated Time of Arrival
— F() : Function of

— F-1() : Inverse Function of

— FADEC : Full Authority Digital Engine Control
— FAF : Final Approach Fix
— FAR : Federal Airworthiness Regulation
— FAS : Final Approach Segment
— FCC : Flight Control Computer
— FCU : Fuel Computer Unit
— FD : Flight Director
— FDCP : Flight Director and Control Panel
— FDE : Flight Deck Effect
— FDR : Flight Data Recorder
— FLI : First Limit Indicator
— FLIR : Forward Looking Infra-Red
— FM : Frequency Modulation
— FMEA : Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
— FMS : Flight Management System
— FP : Fuel Pressure

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— FPAP : Flight Path Alignment Point

— FPLN : Flight PLaN
— FPS : Flight Planning System
— FTR : Force Trim Release
— FTP : Fictitious Threshold Point
— GNSS : Global Navigation Satellite System
— GPA : Glide Path Angle
— GPS : Global Positioning System
— G/S : Glide Slope
— Hd : Density altitude
— HDG : HeaDinG
— HDG SEL : HeaDinG SELect
— HF : High Frequency
— HOV : HOVer
— Hp : Pressure Altitude
— HTAWS : Helicopter Terrain Awareness and
Warning System
— HUMS : Health and Usage Monitoring
System
— HYD : HYDraulic
— IAS : Indicated AirSpeed
— ICS : InterCommunication System
— IDS : Integrated Display System
(DAU + EDUs)
— IGE : In Ground Effect
— IF : Intermediate Fix
— IFR : Instrument Flight Rules
— IGRF : International Geomagnetic
Reference Field
— ILS : Instrument Landing System

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— IMC : Instrument Meteorological

Condition
— INS : Inertial Navigation System
— ISA : International Standard Atmosphere
— ITT : Inter-Turbine Temperature
— IVSI : Instantaneous Vertical Speed
Indicator
— JAR : Joint Aviation Regulations
— KCAS : Knots Calibrated AirSpeed
— LCD : Liquid Crystal Display
— LCF : Low Cycle Fatigue
— LH : Left Hand
— LNAV : Lateral NAVigation
— LOC : LOCalizer
— LP : Localizer Performance (without
vertical guidance)
— LPV : Localizer Performance with Vertical
guidance
— LTP : Landing Threshold Point
— LX : Stormscope / Lightning detector
— MAINT : MAINTenance
— MCDU : Multifunction Control and Display Unit
— MAP : Missed Approach Point
— MCL : Master Caution Light
— MCP : Maximum Continuous Power
— MDA : Minimum Descent Altitude
— MER : Modular Electronic Rack
— MFD : Multi Function Display

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— MFR : ManuFactureR
— MGB : Main Gear Box
— MISS : MISSion
— MMEL : Master Minimum Equipment List
— MON : MONitoring
— MSG : MeSsaGe
— MSM : Mission System Management
module
— MTR : MoniToR
— MWL : Master Warning Light
— NAVM : NAVigation Module
— ND : Navigation Display
— NF : Free turbine speed (= N2)
— NG : Gas generator speed (= N1)
— NM : Nautical Miles
— NR : Rotor speed
— NVM : Non Volatile Memory
— NVG : Night Vision Goggles
— OAT : Outside Air Temperature
— OEI : One Engine Inoperative
— OGE : Out of Ground Effect
— OTS : Observation Targeting System
— PAM : Power Assurance Margin
— PAX : Passenger(s)
— PCP : PFD Control Panel
— PERF : PERFormance
— PFD : Primary Flight Display
— PFT : Pre Flight Test

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— PLA : Power Lever Angle (alias engine

power lever)
— PMS : Power Management Switch (alias
engine mode switch)
— PROG : PROGress
— PSSA : Preliminary System Safety Analysis
— QTY : QuantiTY
— R ALT : Radar Altimeter mode
— R.A : Radar Altimeter
— RAM : Random Access Memory
— RCP : Reconfiguration Control Panel
— REC : RECording
— RF : Radio Frequency
— RFI : Radio Frequency Indicator
— RFM : Rotorcraft Flight Manual
— RH : Right Hand
— RNAV : aRea NA Vigation
— RNG : RaNGe
— RNP : Required Navigation Performance
— ROC : Rate Of Climb
— RPM : Revolutions Per Minute
— SAS : Stabilization Augmentation System
— SBAS : Satellite-Based Augmentation
System
— SCC : System Configuration Card
— SCP : System Control Panel
— SCRL : SCRolL
— SID : Standard International Departure
— SOE : Set Of Sensors

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— SPIFR : Single Pilot IFR

— STAR : STandard ARrival
— STD : STandarD
— SYS : SYStem
— TAS : True AirSpeed
— TAWS : Terrain Awareness and Warning
System
— TCA : Track Change Alert
— TKE : TracK angle Error
— TOC : Top Of Climb
— TOP : Take Off Power
— TQ : TorQue
— TRQ : ToRQue
— TNG : TraiNinG
— TST : TeST
— TTD : Time To the end of Destination
— TTG : Time To Go to the way point
— UHF : Ultra High Frequency
— UTC : Coordinated Universal Time
— UTM : Universal Transverse Mercator
— VFR : Visual Flight Rules
— VHF : Very High Frequency
— VID : Video
— VLE : Maximum landing gear extended
speed
— VLO : Maximum landing gear operating
speed
— VMM : Vehicle Monitoring Module

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— VMS : Vehicle Monitoring Systems

— VMINI : Minimum airspeed for flight under
Instrument Flight Rules
— VNE : Velocity Never Exceed
— VNEI : VNE for IFR operations
— VNAV : Vertical NAVigation
— VOR : VHF Omni-directional Range
— VS : Vertical Speed
— Vy : Best Rates of Climb Speed
— WCA : Warning Caution Advisory
— WOW : Weight On Wheels
— WX : Weather Radar
— WxR : Weather Radar
— XTK : Cross TracK Distance

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