Cessna Citation XLS - Lighting

INTERIOR LIGHTING
Interior lighting is provided for the flight compartment and cabin through a series of direct, indirect,
fluorescent and incandescent lighting arrangements.

Cockpit lighting includes electroluminescent panels, glare shield lighting, flood lighting and back lit
instrument lighting. Most cockpit lights are controlled from the PANEL LIGHT sub panel, located
below the pilot’s primary flight display. It contains rheostats for the left, right and center instrument
panel (LEFT, CTR PNL and RIGHT), the electroluminescent panels (EL), and the cockpit flood lights
(FLOOD). In addition, the sub-panel contains the ON / OFF switch for panel lighting.

Two individually controlled map lights are located in the overhead panel above the pilot and copilot.
Intensity controls are located at the forward end of each side console. Cabin lighting includes
overhead fluorescent lighting, individually controlled overhead reading lights for each passenger and
in the aft lavatory area, and two additional lights in the aft compartment. An illuminated switch on the
forward door post turns on exit lights over the main and emergency doors and one aft baggage
compartment light. These lights are powered by the hot battery bus and are available any time the
battery is installed and serviceable.

In addition to this cabin lighting, a passenger advisory message light is installed in the cabin. This
advisory is controlled by a three-position switch on the tilt panel labeled PASS SAFETY ON / OFF /
SEAT BELT ON.

Provisions are made to power certain lighting systems in emergency conditions. Refer to Emergency
Lighting for a description.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Exterior lighting consists of landing lights, position/anti-collision lights, wing inspection lights, tail
flood lights and a ground recognition beacon.

The pulse lighting system consists of a controller in the tailcone and a control switch in the pedestal.
With both the landing/recognition light switches in the recognition position and the control switch
selected on, the controller pulsates both the belly fairing lights and the recognition wingtip lights.

The landing lights are located under the belly fairing (2) and in the outer left and right wingtips (4).
The landing lights are controlled by separate left and right LANDING LIGHT toggle switches located
on the pedestal. When set to the ON position, all six lights are powered. When set to REC (which
also serves as the taxi position), both belly lights and a single light at each wing tip are powered.

The position lights are located in each wingtip and on the aft end of the vertical tail. The position
system includes red and green wingtip lights, and a white vertical tail light. Selecting the nav switch
to the NAV ON position powers the position lights.

The wing inspection lights are mounted on each side of the fuselage just above each wing’s leading
edge and are used to detect the presence of ice on the wing. Selecting the tilt panel mounted switch
to the WING INSP ON position powers both lights.

The tail flood lights are installed on the upper surface of the horizontal stabilizer. Selecting the tilt
panel mounted switch to the TAIL FLOOD position powers lights which illuminate both sides of the
vertical stabilizer.

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A ground recognition light is mounted on top of the vertical tail for optimum line of sight visibility and
is used during ground taxi operation. The anti-collision light system includes strobes at each wingtip.
Selecting the tilt panel mounted switch to the GND REC ON position powers the beacon. Selecting
the switch in the GND REC / ANTI-COLL ON position powers the ground recognition and anti-
collision lights.

TAILCONE LIGHTING
Detachable lights located in the tailcone inspection and baggage areas provide interior lighting for
tailcone inspection. Power is from the hot battery bus. The OFF/ON switch is mounted on the access
door frame and is wired through the door-closed microswitch. Closing the tailcone compartment door
will extinguish the respective light, regardless of OFF/ON switch position.

EMERGENCY LIGHTING
Emergency lighting is a separate and independent system which uses battery packs to provide
illumination in case of a hard landing situation or in a primary electrical power failure when the
airplane battery voltage level is lower than the voltage level of the emergency battery packs. The
emergency lighting system uses two emergency battery packs (with 5G inertia switch control), five
illuminated emergency exit marking and locating signs, four overhead lights for illumination of exit
areas, two strips of floor proximity escape path lighting along the cabin dropped aisle, six cabin door
step lights, and three exterior lights for overwing illumination during night evacuation.

The emergency lights are normally powered from the main DC power system, with the emergency
battery packs being trickle charged by the DC power system. In the event of power failure, and the
aircraft battery voltage level is lower than the voltage level of the emergency battery packs, the 2.5
amp, 18 cell battery powers the following items:

FORWARD BATTERY - The forward battery provides power to illuminate the exit indicators on either
side of the cabin door, an exit sign over the cabin door, six lights on the cabin door steps, an
overhead light opposite the cabin door, an overhead light aft of the cabin door, and floor proximity
lights along one side of the cabin’s dropped aisle.

AFT BATTERY - The aft emergency battery pack provides power to illuminate an exit sign above the
rear escape hatch, an exit sign on the cabin’s aft divider, an overhead light above the escape hatch,
an overhead light forward of the cabin’s aft divider, three exterior lights for overwing escape, and
floor proximity lights along the other side of the cabin’s dropped aisle.

The lights are controlled by a three position EMER LTS switch located at the bottom of the left
instrument panel. When the switch is in the OFF position, none of the emergency lights are
illuminated. With normal DC power on and the switch in the OFF position, an amber light adjacent to
the switch is illuminated to remind the pilot to place the switch to either the ON or ARM position
before flight.

In the ARM position (normal flight mode), the amber light next to the switch extinguishes, but the
emergency lights do not illuminate unless either the passenger safety switch is placed in the PASS
SAFETY ON position, normal airplane power is lost, or a 5G impact is sustained to the airplane.

In the ON position, the amber light adjacent to the switch extinguishes and all emergency lights are
illuminated. These lights will be powered from either the main power bus or, if not available, from the
emergency battery packs.

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