FAA Regulations Flashcards
What documents is a pilot required to have when flying?
PPM - Pilot Certificate, Photo ID, Medical Certificate
When does a Third Class Medical Certificate expire?
A third class certificate issued when the pilot is less than 40 years old expires at the end of the 60th month. A third class certificate issued when the pilot is 40 years or older expires at the end of the 24th month.
How long is a Second Class Medical Certificate good for?
12 months of Second Class privileges before it downgrades to a Third Class Medical certificate.
How long is a First Class Medical Certificate good for?
If issued before age 40, 12 months of First Class privileges before it downgrades to Third Class privileges. After 40, it provides 6 months of First Class privileges before it downgrades to a Second Class Medical Certificate for 6 months and then downgrades to a Third Class Medical certificate.
What documents must be onboard while an aircraft is operating?
AROW - Airworthiness Certificate (on display), Registration, Operating Limitations, Weight and Balance
What documents does a Student Pilot need to be legal to operate an aircraft solo within 25 nm of the airport?
Student Pilot Certificate, Medical Certificate, Solo logbook endorsement within past 90 days, and of course a photo ID.
How old does someone need to be to get a Student Pilot Certificate?
16 years old for Powered Aircraft and 14 years old for Gliders.
What does a flight instructor have to do before authorizing a student pilot to solo?
Provide instruction for all the required maneuvers and procedures, give them a written test (of your own creation, with FAA guidance, and review their results with them), and provide them a Logbook Endorsement for the specific make and model they will fly.
What does a student pilot need to fly solo cross country?
To fly solo more than 25 NM from the airport, a student pilot requires two endorsements: 1) That the student has received solo X/C training and is proficient in the make and model aircraft; 2) For each X/C flight an endorsement that the preflight planning has been reviewed and the student is prepared to make the flight safely.
Can a student pilot be signed off for repeated solo cross country flights?
Yes, if the flight is no more than 50 NM and the instructor has provided instruction for both directions of flight.
Can a student pilot be signed off to fly solo in class B airspace?
Yes, if you provide the student with ground and flight instruction in the specific airspace and provide a logbook endorsement.
How can a student pilot be authorized to fly solo at night?
The instructor must provide the student instruction at night and provide an endorsement that lasts only 90 days.
T/F - A student pilot certificate is only good for 24 months.
False - a student pilot certificate is good until replaced with a pilot certificate.
What endorsement is required for a student pilot to operate an aircraft in solo flight?
An endorsement within the preceding 90 days stating that instruction was given in the make and model aircraft to be used and the student is competent to make a safe solo flight.
What aircraft can you fly get a Recreational Pilot Certificate to fly?
Airplanes, Gyrocopters and Helicopters. You can’t get a rec. pilot cert for gliders, hot air balloons.
What are the airspace limitations for a Recreational Pilot Certificate?
Can’t fly in airspace where you have to talk with ATC unless you carry a logbook endorsement.
What are the PIC currency requirements for a Recreational Pilot?
A Recreational Pilot with less than 400 hours experience may not act as PIC unless he has logged PIC time in the last 180 days.
When does a Recreational Pilot have to carry their logbook?
On all flights when serving as PIC.
How much X/C flight training is required to get a Private (Airplane) Pilot Certificate?
3 hours of dual X/C flight training, 1 night X/C of over 100NM and 5 hours of solo X/C flight
How much night flight training does a Private Pilot (Airplane) applicant require?
3 hours of dual training at night, including 10 t/o, 10 landings to a full stop, and 1 night X/C of over 100NM
What is the minimum age to be eligible for a Commercial Pilot Certificate
18 years of age
How much flight time is required to qualify for a Commercial Pilot Certificate?
250 Total Hours, 200 of which must be Actual Flight Time (50 hours can be in a simulator). 100 hours must be as PIC and 50 hours must be X/C.
How many hours of multi-engine training time is required to add an ME rating to an SE airplane rating.
None. They only have to demonstrate proficiency.
How long is a Flight Instructor Certificate valid
24 calendar months
What are the options for keeping a Flight Instructor Certificate from expiring?
- Take another CFI checkride
- Complete a CFI refresher clinic within the 3 months prior to expiration
- Submit satisfactory record of instruction to FSDO
What can you do to renew an expired Flight Instructor Certificate?
Take another CFI checkride.
How do you add MEL to your SEL Flight Instructor Certificate?
You have to have 15 hour PIC in the MEL category and class to add that to your Flight Instructor Certificate.
What experience does an Instructor need to prepare an applicant for their CFI certificate?
You must have held your CFI certificate for at least 24 months and provided a minimum of 200 hours of flight instruction.
What experience must you have to give flight training for an MEL rating?
You must have 5 hours PIC experience in the make and model you will train in.
What is required to give flight training for an aircraft that requires a type rating?
You have to have that type rating on your Pilot certificate.
How much flight instruction can you give in a day?
8 hours in any 24 consecutive hours period.
Who is responsible for writing, administering, grading and reviewing a pre-solo knowledge test?
The student’s own flight instructor who is authorized for the category and class of aircraft to be used.
What topics must be covered by a pre-solo knowledge test?
For the make and model aircraft to be used, the:
- Applicable regulations
- Flight characteristics
- Operational limitations
How long does the CFI have to keep records of endorsements give to students?
3 years
To endorse a student pilot for solo cross country privileges, a CFI is required to do what?
Have given that student the required X/C flight training and checked the flight planning.
T/F - A practical test in a single engine airplane will renew a CFI certificate that has multiengine and instrument ratings.
True
To take an FAA practical test, how recently must you have passed the associated knowledge test?
24 months
To take an FAA practical test, what endorsement do you need?
An endorsement from a CFI that the required flight instruction was provided within the 2 calendar months preceding the application.
What are all the possible outcomes of a checkride?
Pass, Fail, or be discontinued. Credit from a discontinued checkride is good for 2 calendar months from the start of testing.
What document is the best place to find examples for student pilot endorsements?
AC 61-65
When is a proficiency flight review required?
Within the past 24 months
What is the required proficiency for carrying passengers?
For daytime, three takeoffs and landings in the same category, class, type (if a type rating is required) and gear configuration (tailwheel/tricycle) of aircraft within the past 90 days. For night time, those takeoffs and landing must have been to a full stop.
What is required for a pilot to operate a tailwheel airplane?
The pilot must receive instruction and a logbook endorsement before acting as PIC of a tailwheel aircraft.
When does night time begin for the purposes of carrying passengers?
One hour after sunset.
What flight time is required to be shown in a pilot’s logbook?
The only flight time that is required to be shown in a pilot’s logbook is what is necessary to meet recency of experience requirements.
Who may log instrument flight time?
- An instructor giving instruction in IMC
- A pilot controlling the aircraft solely by reference to flight instruments
When a flight instructor conducts a flight review, what must it consist of?
A minimum of 1 hour ground training and 1 hour flight training.