Exam Questions Flashcards
Name the aircraft documents you must carry on an Air Operation
Flight Manual
Airworthiness Certi.
Radio Approvals
Tech Log
Weight & Balance
NOTAM’s
Met Info
VNC’s
Aerodrome plates
Dangerous Goods documentation
What is a Certificate of Airworthiness and what would make it invalid?
Documentation confirming an aircrafts airworthiness being conducive for safe flight and compliance with CAA rules.
Aircraft no longer meeting approved design
Document out of date
Flight outside parameters stated in flight manual
What is the Technical Log and what would make it invalid?
Document recording an aircrafts hours as well as maintenance due/upcoming.
Any defects that are unsigned or not being released for service.
Are the hours on a tech log engine or airframe hours?
Airframe hours
Do you have to carry a VNC on your training flights?
Not if you have sufficient knowledge of the local area
What are the minimum legal requirements for fuel on a VFR Air Operation?
20min fuel reserve for flights greater than 20min
Less than 20min, flight time + that time in reserve
What emergency equipment must be carried on air operations?
ELT
Fire Extinghuisher
1st Aid Kit
Axe
10nm offshore -> Life rafts, radio, pyrotechnics, water + food
What time and how many times a day are TAF’s and METAR’s issued?
TAF - Issued every 6 hours, updated every 3 hours
METAR - Hourly on the hour during aerodrome operation
What is a SIGMET and why is it issued?
Significant Meteorological Information
Info on observed or hazardous weather conditions
What are the Met Minima for an Air Operation in control zone airspace?
1500ft ceiling
5km vis
500ft vertical separation from cloud
2km horizontally from cloud
List the requirements you must have before you start work as a commercial pilot on Air Operations.
CPL (H)
Class 1 Medical
Type rating on machine being used
Current - 5 T/O & LDS
FCCC
ICUS
You need to refuel with JetA1, do you need to shut down your engines to do so?
No. Allowed to refuel Class 3.1C and D with engines running
What are the first three classes of Dangerous Goods?
Class 1 - Explosives
Class 2 - Flammable Gases
Class 3 - Flammable Liquids
A television crew have asked you to fly over CHCH for a photo shoot. What part of the law is this under and what safety considerations are there?
Part 135 - CTO
Height velocity graph
Minimum heights
Performance graphs - OGE Hover
What is an ARA and where can you find out if its due?
Annual Review of Airworthiness
Tech Log
Where would you find the times remaining on specific components?
Engine or Airframe logbooks
How would you find out if your AIP’s are current?
AIP Supplements
AIP Vol1 - GEN 3.1-16
What is required to start up your own scenic flight operation?
Airworthiness certificate
Air Operators Certificate
Type rating
Maintenance Schedule
Part 91, 135, 21, 43, 119
Civil Aviation Act 1990
You go diving for Crays in Haast, how long until you can fly again?
If possible 24 hours after last dive
10m or less - 12 hours
10m or more or multiple dives - 24 hours
35m+ or planning to fly above 8000ft - 48 hours
Your pax wish to do a local scenic across water. What must be carried for an ATO over the water more than 10nm from Autorotational distance?
Life jackets worn
Life rafts carried
Floats or Immersion suits worn
Can you fly an ATO 100nm beyond shore? If so what flight rules apply?
Yes - IFR only
Can a single engine Air Operation flight with pax fly above scattered cloud?
No
How often must you have a competency check within a business?
Every 12 months
How many days off do you get off in a 14 day and 30 day period whilst flying 135 operations?
14 days - No less than 2 days off
30 days - No less than 2 consecutive days off
CTO met minima by night?
2000ft ceiling
5km visibility
ATO met minima by day?
600ft ceiling
1500m vis
Uncontrolled aerodrome met minima by night?
1500ft ceiling
8km vis
Can you fly in a danger area?
Yes - considering PiC deems no safety risk to flight
What is a CFZ?
Common Frequency Zone
Areas of airspace on same frequency where pilots are encouraged to perform position reports
What is a GAA? and what are the types of GAA?
General Aviation Areas
Permanently by day
Active by notification to ATC
Active by pilot activation with approval from ATC
Requirements for SVFR?
600ft ceiling
1500m vis
Day only
Clear of cloud
ATC approval
2-way radio comms
Helicopter less than minima if flown at speeds to actively see and avoid obstacles and traffic.
Requirements to perform CTO at night?
CPL (H)
Class 1 medical
Type rating
Current by night (5 T/O & LNDS)
FCCC
Night rating
ICUS (40hrs on type for night + 10 take off and landings)
What is the aircraft designator for a Cabri G2? Where would you find this information?
G2CA
IFIS - Airways website
What are your privileges and limitations as a CPL (H) holder?
All relevant PPL privileges and limitations
PiC for single pilot operations
Co-Pilot for multicrew ATO
PiC for multicrew operations not ATO
All for hire, reward or remuneration
What is an MBZ and when do you need to make radio calls in them?
Mandatory Broadcast Zone
Upon entry into one
When joining aerodrome traffic circuit
Prior to entering runway
At listed intervals for that MBZ
Wake turbulence time separation minima for a Light aircraft following a Medium and Heavy aircraft.
Both 2 minutes
Requirements to fly in Low Fly Zones?
Obtain briefing by designated authority
Boundaries outlined
Day only
No pax - dual instruction only
Radio prior to entry - maintain listening watch
Requirements to enter / operate in Transponder Mandatory Airspace
Operation transponder that includes ADS-B
To operate without an operable transponder, ATC approval and sometimes CAA approval is required.
Exceptions to ELT Requirements?
Aircraft being ferried to get ELT installed - no pax
Aircraft being ferried to get inoperative ELT fixed/repairs
Aircraft with no more than 1 seat if PiC has portable ELT
Aircraft with inoperative ELT may be operated for a period of 7 days if equipped with portable ELT that is accessible to all on board
Glider not required if one person in glider has portable ELT
Glider or microlight operating no more than 10nm from departure aerodrome
Manned free balloons
AAW Issue Times
1100 + 2100
135, CTO Flight Crew Limitations
160 hrs - 30 days
2 days free any 14 day period
2 consecutive days any 30 day period
“Fatigue of Flight Crew”
Limitations of Flight Time
8 hours in any 1 duty period
35 hrs - 7 days
100 hrs - 28 days
300 hrs - 90 days
Fatigue of Flight Crew
Rest Management
If flown more than 8hrs or 11hrs on duty, rest period not less than 12 consecutive hrs incl. midnight-6am
Or extended to incl. that period
Maintenance requirements for external load equipment
Visually inspected every 50hrs
Proof loaded 1.25 times rating within 12 months or 500hrs of service
Human Suspension - 3.75 times rating
Occasions when supplementary crew member can be carried on 133 op.
Operate the winch
Observe the load
Release the load
Observe clearances
Emplane or deplane persons
3 types of transponders
Mode A - squawk code
Mode C - Code, altitude info
Mode S - Code, altitude info, rego, speed
Equipment requiring 24 month maintenance
Compass
Altimeter + Pitot static
Radios
Transponders
Equipment requiring 12 month maintenance requirements
ELT
Fire extinguisher
1st aid kit
Floatation equipment
Minimum Instruments by Day
Airspeed
Altimeter
Carbon Monoxide detector
Clock
Compass
Cylinder head temp (250+hp)
Engine RPM
Electrical power
Fuel level
Oil pressure
Oil temp
Additional instruments for VFR by night
Turn & slip indicator
Position lights
Anti-collision lights
Illumination for each required instruments
Torch/headlight for each crew member
Class C Airspace Separations
IFR from
IFR, VFR, SVFR
VFR from IFR
SVFR from SVFR
What is / Define a TEMPO
Temporary changes each lasting less than 60min during the specified time frame & where conditions are less dominant than the original forecast.
What is / define a PROB
Probability that a phenomenon will occur. Used if phenomenon has a 30% or 40% chance of occurring
Colour and Shape of Cold Front
Blue
Triangles
Colour and Shape of Warm Front
Red
Semi Circles
Colour and Shape of Occluded Front
Purple
Alternating Ovals/Semi Circles and Triangles
Colour and Shape of Stationary Front
Green
Semi Circle on one side then Triangles on other side of line.
Difference between SKC and NCD
SKC - No cloud at all
NCD - No cloud detected below 10,000ft
GRAFOR Heights AGL or AMSL
AMSL
State the requirements for the completion of a BFR
Conducted by appropriately qualified flight instructor
Consist of maneuvers & procedures applicable to license
How many Naitical Miles are covered when traveling at the following speeds
30kts
60kts
90kts
120kts
30kts - .5nm/min
60kts - 1nm/min
90kts - 1.5nm/min
120kts - 2nm/min