Professional Documents
Culture Documents
REGULATIONS
1. What class of medical certificate is
required for your license?
1. At least a 3rd class medical certificate which
lasts 5 years (under 40) or 2 years (over
40)
2. 2nd class medical certificate lasts 1 year (for
all ages)
3. 1st class medical certificate lasts 1 year
(under 40) or 6 months (over 40)
2. What is the duration of that class of
medical certificate?
1. *stated above*
3. Are you required to have a periodic flight
review? What kind? How often?
1. Once every two years.
o At least 1 hr of flight and 1 hr of
ground
o review of the current general
operating and flight rules in FAR Part
91
o combination of flight maneuvers
that the reviewer feels is
appropriate
4. What are the recency of flight experience
requirements to carry passengers?
1. For day flights
o Within the past 90 days (3 months),
the pilot must have completed 3
take-offs and landings (touch-andgoes are acceptable)
2. For night flights
o Within the past 90 days (3 months),
the pilot must have completed 3
take-offs and full stop landings
(NO TOUCH-AND-GOES)
5. How long after a change of address do
you have to notify the FAA?
1. 30 days to notify the FAA or the pilot
cannot exercise private pilot privileges
6. When may a private pilot accept money
for flying an aircraft?
1. NEVER can a private pilot fly for hire
o A Private Pilot cannot pay less than
an equal share of the operating
expenses of a flight with passengers
7. What fuel reserves are required (VFR)?
1. For day flight
o
At least enough to go for 30 minutes
2. For night flight
o
At least enough to go for 45 minutes
8. What documents are required to be on
your person?
1. Valid government issued photo ID
2. Private Pilots License
3. Valid (at least 3rd class) Medical Certificate
9. When is supplemental oxygen required
for the flight crew? Passengers?
1. Flight Crew
o
May not operate an airplane without
supplemental oxygen above 12,500
2.
Passengers
o
MUST be provided with
supplemental oxygen above 15,000
ft MSL
10.What equipment is required to be
installed in the aircraft for flight, VFR
day? VFR night?
1. Day
Gas gauges
Oil temperature
Oil pressure
Seatbelts
ELT
Altimeter
Compass
Airspeed Indicator
Tachometer
o
o
o
o
o
o
2.
Night
o
o
o
o
Fuses/Circuit breakers
Landing Light
Anti-collision light (beacon)
Positioning Light
Source of electricity
o
11.Can you operate an aircraft with
inoperative equipment not listed in the
previous question?
1. Only if it is not listed as required or
standard equipment items in the POH
12.What is a MEL?
1. Minimum Equipment List
o
FAA issued list of instruments and
equipment that may be inoperative
without jeopardizing safety
13.If the equipment is not required what
must be done to fly?
1. If the equipment is inoperative, an
inoperative sticker must be placed over
the inoperative equipment
2. Or the inoperative equipment must be
removed
14.What is a special flight permit?
1. It is a permit to fly an aircraft that does not
meet FAA minimum safe flight
requirements, but is capable of safe flight
o
Flying aircraft to location of repair
o
Delivering aircraft to storage or
purchaser
o
Conducting production flight tests
WEATHER
1. How do you get a preflight weather
briefing?
1. Contact a FSS
2. Duats
3. ADDS
Volcanic Ash
2. AIRMET(WA)
o Advisories of significant weather
phenomena that describe conditions at
intensities lower than that of the WS
Bulletins every 6 hours
Outlook for conditions expected after
the WA valid period
o
3. Convective SIGMET(WST)
o Implies severe or greater turbulence,
severe icing and low-level wind shear
o Issued hourly
Severe thunderstorms due to:
Surface winds greater than or equal
to 50 knots
Hail at the surface greater than or
equal to inches in diameter
Tornadoes
Embedded thunderstorms
Line of thunderstorms
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In Class A Airspace
Within class B Airspace
Within 30 nm of primary Class B Airport
Within and above class C airspace
Above 10,000 ft. except at and below 2,500
ft. AGL
2. Define the following types of airspace;
locate each on a sectional chart; describe
the VFR weather minimums for operating
in each; describe the equipment
requirements for operating in each;
describe the communications/clearances
required to operate in each: Class A /
Class B / Class C / Class D / Class E / Class
G / Warning Area / Restricted Area /
Prohibited Area / MOA / Special Flight
Rules Area / TRSA / and everything else
on the chart
1. Class A
1. Above 18,000 ft MSL
2. IFR Flights Only
3. Transponder w/ mode C
4. Not shown on maps
2. Class B
o Surface to 10,000 ft MSL
o Busy Airspace
o 3 SM Clear of Clouds
o Transponder w/ mode C
o Shown by a solid blue line
o Two way communication and must be
cleared into airspace by control tower
aircraft call sign clear to enter class
Bravo airspace
3. Class C
o Crowded Airspace
o Surface to 4,000 ft MSL
o Two way communication
o Transponder w/ mode C
o 5 nm radius is surface to 4,000 ft AGL
o 10 nm radius shelf is 1,200 ft AGL to
4,000 ft AGL
o Solid magenta line
o 3 SM; 1,000 ft above, 500 ft below, and
2,000 ft horizontally
4. Class D
o Surface to 2,500 ft AGL
o Two-way radio communication
o Dashed blue line
o 3 SM; 1,000 ft above, 500 ft below, and
2,000 ft horizontally
5. Class E
o Surface, or designated altitude, to but
not including 18,000 ft MSL
Less than 10,000 ft MSL
o 3 SM; 1,000 ft above, 500 ft
below, and 2,000 ft horizontally
Above 10,000 ft MSL
5 SM; 1,000 ft above, 1,000 ft
below, and 1SM horizontally
o Dashed magenta line
AEROMEDICAL FACTORS
1. Describe the symptoms and corrective
actions for hypoxia / hyperventilation /
SYSTEMS
Thoroughly describe the operation of
each of the following; airspeed indicator,
attitude indicator, altimeter, turn
coordinator, heading indicator, vertical
speed indicator, fuel system, engine,
electrical, and vacuum system
If you lose total vacuum (pressure) what
flight instruments do you lose?
What flight instruments would you lose
with a total electrical failure?
What does detonation and preignition
mean to you? How is this caused and how
can you prevent it?
Whats the purpose for carburetor heat?
What pilot actions are required for an
overcharge or undercharge ammeter
indication?
What would be the cause of a high oil
temp and low oil pressure, high oil temp
and high oil pressure, and high oil temp
and normal oil pressure?
What are the corrective actions?
What are the procedures for an engine
fire in-flight?