Federal Aviation Regulations Flashcards
What must be in your physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft when acting as PIC or as a required flight crewmember?
An appropriate pilot certificate and medical certificate, and a photo id.
Logbook endorsed with flight review or pilot proficiency check within the preceding 24 calendar months.
To whom must you present your pilot certificate or medical certificate for inspection upon request?
The administrator, the NTSB, the TSA, or any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer.
Which medical certificate must a private pilot have?
1st, 2nd or 3rd class.
Which medical certificate(s) is/are required for various commercial operations?
2nd and 3rd class.
How long are medical certificates valid?
60 calendar months if issued before age 40, 24 calendar months otherwise.
If a first class medical certificate is issued to a 23-year-old pilot on October 21, when will it expire?
October 31st, 5 years later.
For which aircraft are pilot certificates valid?
Only for the category and class of aircraft for which the pilot is rated.
To what does “category of aircraft” refer?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, and lighter-than-air.
What is a class of aircraft? What are the classes of airplanes?
Class is a subcategory of category.
Single-engine land.
Single-engine sea.
Multiengine land.
Multiengine sea.
What is aircraft “type”?
A subcategory of class. It refers to the make and model, such as Cessna 172.
When is a type rating required?
For a PIC of an aircraft with a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds, or turbojet powered.
Regarding certification, to what do category and class refer?
Category refers to normal, utility, or acrobatic.
Class refers to airplane, helicopter, powered lift, glider, and hot air balloon.
Which aircraft documents are required to be on onboard the aircraft during flight?
Airworthiness certificate.
Registration certificate.
Operating limitations.
Weight and balance.
How long does an airworthiness certificate remain valid?
As long as the aircraft is maintained and operated as required by the FARs.
What is the registration certificate? How often must it be renewed?
It shows the owner of the aircraft. It must be renewed every three years.
Where are the operating limitations found?
In the current FAA-approved flight manual, approved manual material, markings, placards, or any combination thereof.
What are the limitations on a restricted category civil aircraft?
Flight over a densely populated area is normally prohibited.
What are the limitations on operating an aircraft with an experimental certificate?
It cannot be operated along a congested airway, unless specifically authorized otherwise.
Where are the operating limitations for experimental or special light-sport airplanes located?
They are attached to the airworthiness certificate.
What is required of a pilot in order to tow gliders?
- At least 100 hours of PIC time in the same category, class, and type of aircraft.
- Within the preceding 12 months, made three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot.
What is a high-performance airplane?
An airplane with more than 200 horsepower.
What is a complex airplane?
One with retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable propeller.
What do you need to act as PIC of a complex or high-performance airplane?
- You must have received ground and flight training from an authorized flight instructor in a high-performance or complex airplane, as appropriate.
- Your flight instructor must also enter a one-time endorsement in your logbook.
- The training may be taken in an approved flight simulator.
What cost-sharing privileges does a private pilot have?
- A private pilot may share fuel, oil, airport expenses, and rental fees one a pro-rata basis with passengers.
- A private pilot may carry passengers who pay for the flight if a donation is made to a charitable organization.
What do you need to do to be able to carry passengers?
- You must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the past 90 days.
- To carry passengers in a tailwheel airplane, the takeoffs and landings must be made in a tailwheel airplane, and to a full stop.
- To carry passengers at night, the takeoffs and landings must be made to a full stop at night.
When is nighttime, for the purpose of carrying passengers? When is it otherwise defined?
- For carrying passengers, the period from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
- Otherwise, from the end of evening civil twilight to the beginning of morning civil twilight.
Who is the final authority as to the operation of the aircraft?
The pilot in command.
When can you deviate from the FARs?
During an in-flight emergency that requires immediate action, you can deviate to the extent required to meet the emergency. No written report is required to be sent to the Administrator unless requested.
What preflight actions are required by regulations?
- Becoming familiar with all available information concerning the flight.
- Determining runway lengths at airports of intended use.
- Determining an alternate course of action if the flight cannot be completed as planned.
- Review the maintenance records to determine an aircraft’s airworthiness.
What are the fuel requirements for day and night VFR flight?
Enough to fly to the first point of landing, and 30 minutes more at normal cruising speed. At night, 45 minutes.
Who is responsible for determining that an aircraft is in a condition for safe flight?
The pilot in command.
Who is responsible for ensuring that an aircraft is maintained in airworthy condition?
The owner/operator.
Who is responsible for ensuring that maintenance personnel make the appropriate entries in the aircraft maintenance records, indicating that the aircraft has been approved for return to service?
The owner/operator.
How often must all aircraft be inspected? How long is that inspection good for?
Every 12 months. Good until the end of the 12th calendar month.
What must aircraft maintenance records show?
Completion of the annual inspection, the date of the annual, and the return to service of the aircraft.
What additional inspections are required for rental aircraft?
In addition to the annual, a 100-hour inspection is also required for rental aircraft that are also used for flight instruction.
An aircraft had a 100-hour inspection when the tach read 1247.2. When is the next 100-hour inspection due?
1347.2.
Can the 100-hour inspection limit be exceeded?
Yes, by not more than 10 hours, if necessary to reach a place where the inspection can be done. The excess hours are deducted from the next inspection time.
A 100-hour inspection was due at 3301.4. It was actually done at 3501.4. When is the next inspection due?
3401.4.
