737 taxi light

[Mach 80]

Any 737 pilots have company mandated to specificly NOT to use the nosewheel taxi light for T/O and landing due to increased odds of the filament breaking due to vibration? (The 737 taxi light is below the strut, not above, like some airplanes, thus gets more vibration)

Some FAA safety inspectors are mentioning they'd like to see them them on for t/o and landing but the operators don't like having to replace them more often. Others say the filament is actually less likely to be harmed since it would be less brittle when hot, yet one guy said the resistance along the filament is uneven when on thus actually making them more likely to break.

Also, do any of you have time limits for landing lights being on while on the ground (heating issues)?

 

[scrub]

Any 737 pilots have company mandated to specificly NOT to use the nosewheel taxi light for T/O and landing due to increased odds of the filament breaking due to vibration? (The 737 taxi light is below the strut, not above, like some airplanes, thus gets more vibration)

Some FAA safety inspectors are mentioning they'd like to see them them on for t/o and landing but the operators don't like having to replace them more often. Others say the filament is actually less likely to be harmed since it would be less brittle when hot, yet one guy said the resistance along the filament is uneven when on thus actually making them more likely to break.

Also, do any of you have time limits for landing lights being on while on the ground (heating issues)?

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[HalinTexas]

Be safe. See and be seen. Let the company worry about the cost of a taxi light. If replacing taxi lights will brake a company, they're skimping elsewhere in the safety dept. and probably shouldn't be in business anyway.

 

[SWA GUY]

Any 737 pilots have company mandated to specificly NOT to use the nosewheel taxi light for T/O and landing due to increased odds of the filament breaking due to vibration? (The 737 taxi light is below the strut, not above, like some airplanes, thus gets more vibration)

Some FAA safety inspectors are mentioning they'd like to see them them on for t/o and landing but the operators don't like having to replace them more often. Others say the filament is actually less likely to be harmed since it would be less brittle when hot, yet one guy said the resistance along the filament is uneven when on thus actually making them more likely to break.

Also, do any of you have time limits for landing lights being on while on the ground (heating issues)?

If the taxi light is ON, then the element is heated and much more pliable and fluid. It would be to a 737 operator's advantage to have it on during periods of high vibration(T/O & Landing).

 

[juan2go]

The SWA Flight Ops Manual used to say that the taxi light should be off for takeoff. Vibration and shortened life was the reason. Now the thinking has changed and it is used for t/o and landing. I agree with HalinTexas, see and be seen. Light bulbs are cheaper than airplanes.

juan

 

[Ex737Driver]

CAL teaches off for takeoff since the light will not extinguish in the wheel well unless the switch is in the off position. I think they are afraid we will go cross-country with it on.

 

[HalinTexas]

CAL teaches off for takeoff since the light will not extinguish in the wheel well unless the switch is in the off position. I think they are afraid we will go cross-country with it on.

Yeah, and if you don't look under your bed there's no boogie-man!

 

[slaquer5]

CAL teaches off for takeoff since the light will not extinguish in the wheel well unless the switch is in the off position. I think they are afraid we will go cross-country with it on.

Only 1/2 true. It will stay on on the 300 but will go out in the 700.