Whenever the helicopter descends below __________ ft radar altitude with the landing gear not down and locked, the L GEAR caution illuminates on the EICAS page and a CAWS voice alert will sound in the pilot and copilot headsets.

Whenever the helicopter descends below __________ ft radar altitude with the landing gear not down and locked, the L GEAR caution illuminates on the EICAS page and a CAWS voice alert will sound in the pilot and copilot headsets.

• A. 0 ft
• B. 200 ft
• C. 500 ft
• D. 1000 ft

Answer: (B)

The system is designed to warn you when you’re on a descent and the landing gear isn’t down and locked, using radar altitude as the trigger. As you descend through about 200 feet above the ground, if the gear is still up, the L GEAR caution will illuminate on the EICAS and a CAWS voice alert will sound for both pilots. This gives you a timely prompt to lower the gear before touchdown. So the 200 ft radar altitude threshold is the documented warning point. Descending below 0 ft would be after contact or on the ground, which isn’t useful for preventing a gear-up situation, and thresholds at 500 ft or 1000 ft would warn too early or too late for a typical approach.

The system is designed to warn you when you’re on a descent and the landing gear isn’t down and locked, using radar altitude as the trigger. As you descend through about 200 feet above the ground, if the gear is still up, the L GEAR caution will illuminate on the EICAS and a CAWS voice alert will sound for both pilots. This gives you a timely prompt to lower the gear before touchdown.

So the 200 ft radar altitude threshold is the documented warning point. Descending below 0 ft would be after contact or on the ground, which isn’t useful for preventing a gear-up situation, and thresholds at 500 ft or 1000 ft would warn too early or too late for a typical approach.