Checkride oral flight plan questions Flashcards
`weather at destination is 1,000ft ceilings and 3 sm visibility for time of arrival. What must you do?
- You must file an alternate because there is no 2000ft ceilings
- This does not meet the 0-1-2-3 rule
- We have vertical guidance from WAAS (Wide Angle Augmentation System) this allows up to file a GPS approach since we have WAAS if we lose WAAS then we cannot
- If a plane does not have WAAS you can still file a GPS approach for an airport provided that they also have a ground based navigation approach like a VOR or LOC approach.
Are all airports allowed to be alternates? and do all airport have the same minimums?
- Not all airport can be alternates and not all airports have the standard alternate minimums.
- Check the notes on the airport before you leave and file the airport as an alternate
Should you only pick one alternate?
- No, you should look and figure out different airport in other areas so that you are able to get out of the weather in different directions so that if the weather is bad and you know its better in other places you can have a working idea of where to do depending on the weather?
What is the only time that you would be required to use your alternate?
- You do not have to go to the alternate that you planned for. You are able to go to other airports if you decide they would be better
- If you lose communication while in your flight and you get to the destination airport and you cannot land you must go to your alternate because that is what they are expecting you to do.
- If you can talk with ATC you can talk to them and get clearance to any other alternate that you want to head to
What would you do if you are planning on going to an airport with no instrument approach? can you go there?
- Yes you can file to go there but no matter the weather conditions you must file an alternate incase anything happens and the weather does not allow you descend from MEA to land in VFR
What is a good thought process for finding an alternate?
- Try to select on along the route of flight so that if you cannot meet visual minimums for landing you have already flown over where your alternate is and you have an idea of the weather. if you hear that the delays are to long or traffic is to heavy or fuel is getting low you can just stop short and let ATC that you would like to change your destination airport to the alternate.
- How far away would you end up away from your destination if you’re going there for something. This needs to be considered so that you make a sound decision and not let what you are flying to attend interfere with making a safe alternate
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Recalculating fuel and timing of route. How would you know if you were fighting a stronger headwind then planned
- Our GPS gives us the wind direction and speed and out GS.
- This will allow us to know how much slower we are for in the flight
- If no GPS we would want to be tracking the time that it takes us to get to each waypoint or VOR and this would allow us to know how far off we are and this will let us know it will take more fuel to get to where we are going.
- we can use the GPS to see how far we have left to go and looking at ground speed or our time over the points then we can see how long it will take us to get to the destination and if we need to make a fuel stop
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does the 45 minute fuel reserve take into account you making an approach at the airport
- technically it does not but think about that because entering an area they might vector you around and sequence you so build that into your fuel planning
- Also think if the wx is bad you might do two approaches into the airport plus go to the alternate plus 45 minutes
If you are on your flight and the wx is worse that forecasted what should you be thinking about
- Fuel on board and if you should stop and get more fuel since the wx is worse and if your fighting a head wind that will cause you to burn more gas and then getting into your destination you want enough fuel incase you have to hold or be vectored or try a couple different approaches at your intended destination
- This will allow you to be more flexible and allow you to relax and not be stressed about fuel and getting down so you dont run out of gas
what is the PAVE checklist?
P- Pilot
A- Airplane
V- Environment
E - External pressures
Use this while flying to make sure that you are good to continue especially in bad weather so you can remain safe and make smart decisions and not let external pressures make you push forward or even try to show off to your passengers
The weather could be getting worse in your destination and you might not decide to continue
What does a brown airport mean
No instrument approach
What does a green or blue airport mean?
Instrument approach available
- Blue means it is also used by military aircraft
- Green means there is instrument approaches
How do you go about changing your flight plan while en route?
- Call up the controller and let them know that you would like to change your destination from your original destination to the airport that you are going to now and you want to make a fuel stop.
Would this cancel your IFR flight plan?
- No the center would make that changes to your IFR flight plan and this would make it as if this was your destination airport. when you land at the airport tower would close your IFR flight plan and if the airport is un-towered then you can either cancel in the air if you have the airport insight and can make it to the airport VFR or you can call Flight Service and cancel it. You can cancel with ATC on ground or an RCO. If you can make it VFR just cancel in the air so the airspace frees up
How would you close your IFR plan upon landing at an alternate?
when you land at the airport tower would close your IFR flight plan and if the airport is un-towered then you can either cancel in the air if you have the airport insight and can make it to the airport VFR or you can call Flight Service and cancel it. You can cancel with ATC on ground or an RCO. If you can make it VFR just cancel in the air so the airspace frees up
