Currency Flashcards

1
Q

When is the only time you need a 100hr inspection on a SCAN test?

A

When it specifically states that it is a training flight with a rented aircraft

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2
Q

When is a pitot-static inspection required?

A

IFR

NEVER need it for a SCAN test

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3
Q

When is a trasponder inspection needed?

A

every 24 calendar months

Only if you are required to have it (Mode C veil, in and above C,

at or above 10000’ MSL and greater than 2500’ agl, ADIZ)

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4
Q

What are the reporting requirments for missing/inop. transponder?

A

1 hour before if it’s broken on the ground or not installed

Any time in the air

Any time when it works, but mode c inop.

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5
Q

When is an ELT inspection required?

A

every 12 calendar months

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6
Q

When is an ELT battery required

to be replaced(or recharged if rechargable)?

A

50% of useful life has expired

used for more than 1 cummulative hour

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7
Q

How long can the ELT be removed from an aircraft?

A

90 days

must be placarded “ELT not installed” in view of pilot

weight and balance must be corrected

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8
Q

When is an annual inspection required?

A

every 12 calendar months

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9
Q

Does an airworthiness certificate expire?

A

No. As long as it is maintained in an airworthy condition.

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10
Q

Within how long does the airworthiness certificate need to

reflect the current tail number?

A

10 days

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11
Q

How long is a temporary aircraft registration certificate(pink) valid for?

A

90 days

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12
Q

When does an aircraft registration certificate expire?

A

30 days after owner’s death (turn it into FAA 30 days after that)

Plane becomes registered in different country

Ownership changes

Every 3 years

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13
Q

When are leap years?

*29 days in February*

A

1980,84,88,92,96,2000,04,08,12,16 (presidential election years)

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14
Q

When does landing currency apply?

A

Only if you are carrying passengers.

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15
Q

When do you need to be night current?

A

When carrying passengers between 1 hour after sunset to

1 hour before sunrise

*You can log night time with passengers and not be night current*

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16
Q

When can you log night time?

A

You can log night time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.

Published in the Air Almanac

17
Q

What do you need to get night current?

A

3 takeoffs AND landings to a full stop between 1 hour after sunset and 1 hour before sunrise within the preceeding 90 days

18
Q

What do you need for day currency?

A

3 takeoffs AND landings within the preceeding 90 days

*do not have to be full stop*

19
Q

Do night landings count as day landings?

A

Yes, but not vise-versa

20
Q

Can tailwheel landings count for tricycle landings?

A

Yes

21
Q

What is special about tailwheel landings for currency?

A

They must be full stop.

*day or night*

22
Q

Takeoffs and landings must be in the same_______ and _______ of the aircraft being flown in the SCAN test.

A

Category and Class

ASEL

ASES

AMEL

AMES

23
Q

When is a high performance endorsement needed?

A

PIC of aircraft with MORE THAN 200hp

24
Q

When is a complex endorsement needed?

A

PIC of aircraft with

Retractable gear AND

Flaps AND

Controllable pitch propeller (not necessarily constant speed i.e cirrus)

Seaplane complex is flaps and controllable pitch prop only

25
Q

When is a high altitude endorsement required?

A

PIC of pressurized aircraft with a service ceiling or max operating altitude ABOVE 25000.

26
Q

Can you fly a pressurized aircraft that has a service ceiling of 24000’ without a high altitude endorsement?

A

Yes. Service ceiling must be above 25,000’

27
Q

Can you fly a non-pressurized aircraft with a service ceiling of 28000’ without a high altitude endorsement?

A

Yes. It is not pressurized.

28
Q

When is a tailwheel endorsement required?

A

PIC of tailwheel aircraft

29
Q

Do high perf., high alt., complex, tailwheel endorsements expire?

A

No

30
Q

First class medical duration

A

12 calendar months (less than 40 years old)

6 calendar months (40 or older)

31
Q

2nd class medical duration

A

12 calendar months

32
Q

3rd class medical duration

A

60 calendar months (less than 40 years old)

24 calendar months (40 or older)

33
Q

When is a BFR required?

A

every 24 calendar months

34
Q

What can count as a BFR other than 1 hour ground 1 hour flight?

A

Phase of wings program within 24 calendar months

New certificate (private, commercial, flight instructor)

New rating (instrument, multi-engine)

35
Q

How long is a temporary pilot certificate valid for?

A

120 days or until permanent arrives or notice of denial

36
Q

How long is a fax copy of a certificate valid for?

A

60 days

37
Q

After what date do paper certificates become invalid?

A

March 31, 2010

38
Q

What are the normal required inspections for a SCAN test?

A

ATE or ETA

Annual, Transponder, ELT