Currency

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

When is a pitot-static inspection required?

Answer 2

IFR

NEVER need it for a SCAN test

Question 3

When is a trasponder inspection needed?

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

When is an ELT inspection required?

Answer 5

every 12 calendar months

Question 6

When is an ELT battery required

to be replaced(or recharged if rechargable)?

Answer 6

50% of useful life has expired

used for more than 1 cummulative hour

Question 7

How long can the ELT be removed from an aircraft?

Answer 7

90 days

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

weight and balance must be corrected

Question 8

When is an annual inspection required?

Answer 8

every 12 calendar months

Question 9

Does an airworthiness certificate expire?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Within how long does the airworthiness certificate need to

reflect the current tail number?

Answer 10

10 days

Question 11

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

Answer 11

90 days

Update Jan 23rd 2023: they expire upon receipt of the permanent registration

Question 12

When does an aircraft registration certificate expire?

Answer 12

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

Plane becomes registered in different country

Ownership changes

Every 7 years

Question 13

When are leap years?

*29 days in February*

Answer 13

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

Question 14

When does landing currency apply?

Answer 14

Only if you are carrying passengers.

Question 15

When do you need to be night current?

Answer 15

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*

Question 16

When can you log night time?

Answer 16

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

Published in the Air Almanac

Question 17

What do you need to get night current?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What do you need for day currency?

Answer 18

3 takeoffs AND landings within the preceeding 90 days

*do not have to be full stop*

Question 19

Do night landings count as day landings?

Answer 19

Yes, but not vise-versa

Question 20

Can tailwheel landings count for tricycle landings?

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

What is special about tailwheel landings for currency?

Answer 21

They must be full stop.

*day or night*

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Category and Class

ASEL

ASES

AMEL

AMES

Question 23

When is a high performance endorsement needed?

Answer 23

PIC of aircraft with MORE THAN 200hp

Question 24

When is a complex endorsement needed?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

When is a high altitude endorsement required?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Yes. Service ceiling must be above 25,000’

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Yes. It is not pressurized.

Question 28

When is a tailwheel endorsement required?

Answer 28

PIC of tailwheel aircraft

Question 29

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

Answer 29

No

Question 30

First class medical duration

Answer 30

12 calendar months (less than 40 years old)

6 calendar months (40 or older)

Question 31

2nd class medical duration

Answer 31

12 calendar months

Question 32

3rd class medical duration

Answer 32

60 calendar months (less than 40 years old)

24 calendar months (40 or older)

Question 33

When is a BFR required?

Answer 33

every 24 calendar months

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Phase of wings program within 24 calendar months

New certificate (private, commercial, flight instructor)

New rating (instrument, multi-engine)

Question 35

How long is a temporary pilot certificate valid for?

Answer 35

120 days or until permanent arrives or notice of denial

Question 36

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

Answer 36

60 days

Question 37

After what date do paper certificates become invalid?

Answer 37

March 31, 2010

Question 38

What are the normal required inspections for a SCAN test?

Answer 38

ATE or ETA

Annual, Transponder, ELT