Certificates, Documents, and Flight Instructor Responsibilities Flashcards
What are the TSA requirements for US flight students?
Verify student is citizen or national of United States
What are the TSA requirements for foreign students?
Submit background information
Receive clearance from TSA
Who is required to complete Security Awareness Training?
Ground and flight instructors
Chief instructor (Part 141)
Director of training (Part 142)
Any person employed by flight school who has contact with students
When must initial Security Awareness Training be completed?
Within 60 days of hire
How often does recurrent Security Awareness Training need to be accomplished?
Every 12 months
What training does not require citizenship verification?
Flight reviews
IPC’s
Aircraft checkouts
What citizenship verification records are flight instructors required to keep?
Documentation of citizenship (kept 5 years)
Endorsement in student’s and instructor’s logbooks
What is contained in 14 CFR Part 61?
Requirements for issuing pilot, flight instructor, and ground instructor certificates and ratings
Privileges and limitations
Which certificates are issued under Part 61?
Pilot certificates (student, sport, recreational, private, commercial, ATP) Flight instructor certificates Ground instructor certificates
What ratings may be placed on a pilot certificate?
Aircraft category-airplane, rotorcraft, glider Airplane class-SEL, MEL, SES, MES Rotorcraft class-helicopter, gyroplane Lighter-than-air class-airship, balloon Weight-shift-control class-land, sea Powered parachute class-land, sea Aircraft type ratings-large aircraft, or required by type certificate Instrument ratings
What ratings may be placed on flight instructor certificate?
Aircraft category-airplane, rotorcraft, glider, powered lift
Airplane class-single engine, multi-engine
Rotorcraft class-helicopter, gyroplane
Instrument rating
How long is a temporary pilot certificate valid?
120 days
What is the duration of a flight instructor certificate?
24 calendar months
Who needs a first class medical certificate?
ATP’s
Who needs a second class medical certificate?
Commercial pilots
Who needs a third class medical certificate or BasicMed?
Student, recreational, or private pilots
Flight instructor acting as PIC or required crewmember
Applicant taking a practical test
Examiner administering a practical test
Which operations do not require a medical certificate?
Flight instructor, when not acting as PIC
Ground instructor
Examiner conducting practical test in glider, balloon, or simulator
Applicant taking practical test in glider, balloon, or simulator
What is the procedure if an airman certificate is lost or destroyed?
Apply in writing to FAA for replacement
Carry letter from FAA stating certificate was issued (60 days)
When is a type rating required?
Large aircraft
Turbo-jet powered aircraft
Aircraft specified by type certificate
What are the requirements to act as PIC in a complex aircraft?
Received and logged flight and ground training
Logbook endorsement from instructor
What are the requirements to act as PIC in a high performance (+200HP) aircraft?
Received and logged flight and ground training
Logbook endorsement from instructor
What instruction is required to transition to tailwheel aircraft?
Received and logged flight and ground training
Proficient in normal/crosswind takeoffs/landings, wheel landings, go-arounds
Logbook endorsement from instructor
What are the requirements to take an FAA knowledge test?
Instructor endorsement
Photo ID with address and date of birth
What are the methods for showing ground school/home study completion?
Graduation from FAA-certificated pilot school
Endorsement from flight or ground instructor
Graduation from ground school course
What are the eligibility requirements for practical tests?
Pass knowledge test within preceding 24 months
Complete required training/aeronautical experience
Hold third class medical or basic med
Meet age requirement
Logbook endorsement showing training for practical test within preceding 2 months
What are the requirements for reapplying after a failed knowledge or practical test?
Necessary training from an instructor
Endorsement from that instructor
What flight time must be logged?
Experience used to meet requirements for a certificate, rating, flight review
Experience used to meet Part 61 requirements
What are the guidelines for logging instrument time?
When operated solely by reference to instruments
Instructor may log when conducting instrument instructions in IMC
Flight conducted with a safety pilot for currency
Flight conducted in a simulator with for a rating or currency, with an instructor
What are the minimum requirements of a Flight Review?
1 hour ground, 1 hour flight
How do you log unsatisfactory performance during a Flight Review?
Log instruction given and recommendations for further training
Do NOT log unsatisfactory performance or failed review
What are some considerations before conducting a Flight Review?
Type of aircraft flown
Nature of flight operations
Amount and recency of experience
When is a Flight Review not required?
Pilot proficiency check/practical test within preceding 24 months
Completion of 1 or more phases of FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency program
What recency of experience is required to act as PIC carrying passengers?
3 takeoffs and landings in the same category, class, and type of aircraft in the preceding 90 days
What recency of experience is required to act as PIC carrying passengers at night?
3 takeoffs and landings in the same category, class, and type of aircraft in the preceding 90 days
Between 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise
What are the requirements for adding a category rating to a certificate?
Completed training/aeronautical experience
Logbook endorsement from instructor
Pass practical test
What is the minimum aeronautical experience for an instrument rating (Part 61)?
50 hours cross country PIC (10 in airplanes)
40 hours simulated/actual instrument (15 hours with instructor)
3 hours instrument training within prior 2 months
Instrument cross country flight of 250nm, with 3 different approaches at 3 different airports
What are the aeronautical knowledge areas for an instrument rating?
FARs pertaining to IFR operations Information from AIM relating to IFR operations ATC system and procedures IFR navigation and approaches IFR charts and approach plates Aviation weather reports and forecasts Recognition of critical weather/wind shear Crew resource management
What are the eligibility requirements for student pilots?
16 years old (14 for glider or balloon)
Read, speak, write, understand English
What aeronautical knowledge is to be demonstrated before solo flight?
Applicable sections of 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91
Rules and procedures for airport where solo is to be flown
Flight characteristics and limitations for aircraft to be flown
Administration and review of pre-solo written test