Instrument Rating Flashcards
GRABCARDD
Generator/alternator, Radio, Altimeter, Ball, Clock, Attitude indicator, Rate of turn, Directional gyro, DME above 24k’
FLAPS
Fuses (spare set), Landing light (if for hire), Anticollision lights, Position/NAV lights, source of power (battery)
ATOMATOFLAMES
A - Altimeter
T - Tachometer for each engine.
O - Oil temperature indicator for each engine.
M - Manifold pressure gauge for each altitude engine.
A - Airspeed indicator.
T - Temperature gauge for each liquid cooled engine.
O - Oil pressure gauge for each engine.
F - Fuel quantity gauge for each tank.
L - Landing gear position lights (if retractable gear).
A - Anticollision lights (for aircraft certified after March
11, 1996).
M - Magnetic compass
E - ELT, if required by §91.207.
S - Safety belt / shoulder harness.
When is an instrument rating required? (5)
In class A airspace, Operations under IFR conditions, Less than vfr conditions, Special VFR between sunrise and sunset, carrying pax for hire aver 50 nm or at night
PIC instrument currency requirements
6 approaches in 6 calendar months, holds, tracking and intercepting
Safety pilot requirements
PPL, Vision, dual controls
Instrument currency expired. WYD?
You need a safety pilot now. After 6 months, you need proficiency check.
Instrument rating experience requirements
■ 50 hours X-Country PIC time
▷ Of which ,10 hours in airplanes.
■ 40 hours actual or simulated instrument time
▷ Of which, 15 hours with CFII.
□ Including one X-Country flight
□ 3 Hours instrument flight training in last 2 Calendar months prior to practical test
Overall flight currency requirements (4)
Flight review within 24 calendar months, or a proficiency check or practical test, or completion of WINGS phase, or Flight instructor Renewal
You can use a simulator as long as…
■ It is used in an approved course by a training center
under part 142
■ Represent an aircraft for which the pilot is rated
DECIDE model
■ D - Detect that a change has occurred.
■ E - Estimate the need to counter the change.
■ C - Choose a desirable outcome.
■ I - Identify solutions.
■ D - Do the necessary actions.
■ E - Evaluate the effects of the actions
Which tool for Risk Management?
PAVE
Which tool for decision making?
DECIDE
When must you have an alternate?
A destination alternate is always required, unless:
■ An instrument approach is published and
available for the destination, AND,
■ For at least 1 hour before to 1 hour after ETA:
▷ Ceiling will be at least 2000’ above airport
elevation; and
▷ Visibility will be at least 3 SM.
Minimums to list an airport as an alternate
The alternate airport minima published in the
procedure charts, or, if none:
■ Precision approach:
600 ft ceiling and 2 SM visibility.
■ Non-precision approach:
800 ft ceiling and 2 SM visibility.
■ No instrument approach available at the
alternate:
Ceiling & visibility must allow descent from MEA,
approach and landing under VFR.
How do you flight plan with a Non WAAS GPS?
You can flight plan based on GPS approaches at either the destination or the alternate, but not at both
How do you flight plan with WAAS with baro-nav?
May base the flight plan
on use of LNAV/VNAV or RNP 0.3 at both the destination and the alternate.
How do you flight plan with WAAS without baro-nav?
May base the flight
plan on use of LNAV approaches at both the destination and alternate
Flight levels above FL290, non RVSM, uncontrolled airspace
0º-179º Flight Levels at 4,000’ increments starting at
FL290 (e.g., FL 290, 330, 370)
180º-359º Flight Levels at 4,000’ increments starting at
FL310 (e.g., FL 310, 350, 390)
Takeoff minimums
No T/O minimums mandated for part 91 operations.
Part 121, 125, 129, 135:
■ Prescribed T/O minimums for the runway, or, if none:
■ 1-2 engines airplanes: 1 SM visibility
■ More than 2 engines: ½ SM visibility
Types of VOR check
Ground VOT Dual Airway Airborne
Principles of the gyro
Precession
Rigidity in space
Explain pendulous vanes
Attitude indicator has. Prevent effects of precession. Doors open and close by gravity to keep gyro in upright position
Which instrument operates in horizontal plane? Vertical?
Attitude indicator. Heading indicator
Which instrument operates on precession? Which plane?
Turn coordinator. Electric gyro. Vertical plane.
Whats an HSI?
Combo of heading indicator and VOR (CDI?)
VOR deviation. 1 dot? Half scale deflection?
1 dot is 2 degrees. Half scale deflection 5
When VOR broken but not DME
You’ll hear one coded identification every 30 seconds
VOR limitations
Cone of confusion, line of sight, pilot error (failure to ID, reverse sensing)
How many GPs satellites? How many in view at all times? How many needed for RAIM?
- 5 or 4 with baro vnav
Whats FDE?
Fault detection and exclusion. Requires six satellites. Raim just gives you a warning
Whats waas? How does it work?
Wide area augmentation system. Uses ground reference stations to monitor GPS signal, sends out correction from master station via a satellite
ILS components
Visual:
Approach lighting system, Precision approach runway, Papi/vasi
Distance:
Marker beacons, Compass locator, DME
Lateral, vertical guidance:
Localizer, glideslope
Distance from outer middle and inner marker to threshold
Outer 4-7 mi, glideslope intercept
middle 3500’, represents DA at 200’
inner -DH for cat II ILS appch
ILS Outer marker substitutes
Compass locator, DME, VOR, GPS, Precision approach radar, airport Surveillance radar
Localizer service area?
Course width?
35°, 10 miles out. 10° 18 miles out (and up to 4500’)
course width 3 to 6°. 700 feet at threshold
Localizer full scale deflection Is how many degrees?
2.5
Usable range of glideslope
10nm
Where is the localizer located? Glideslope?
Localizer is that departure end of the runway.
Glideslope 750-1250 From approach and the runway, 400-600 to side of centerline
Glideslope full deflection is how many degrees?
0.7, course is 1.4 Deg wide
ILs errors
Reflection
False courses
What’s an SDF?
Simplified Directional facility. Localizer but 6-12 degrees wide. Maybe up to 3° off the runway centerline. No vertical guidance
Whats an LDA
Localizer Directional aid. Course is 3 to 6° like a localizer, but not aligned with runway. May be an APV If vertical guidance is provided
What’s an ODP? Where does it take you? How do they decide if an ODP should be created? How do you know if the airport has one?
Obstacle departure procedure. Takes you from airport to en route structure. Imaginary plane called the 40:1 obstacle identification surface. You’ll see the black triangle with a T in the procedures
Whats a SID
Standard instrument departure
How do you fly an ODP?
Turn no sooner than 400 AGL. Maintain 200 feet per (min?mile?)
Is an ODP mandatory?
No but you should fly it in IMC or at night
Where do you find ODP‘s?
In the Terminal procedures publication
What are low close in obstacles? Where can you find out about them?
Obstacles within 1NM that penetrate 40:1 Obstacle identification surface. Found in notes section of takeoff minimum
What’s a VCOA
Visual climb over airport.Climb while circling over airport. This is if there are obstacles over 3 miles from airport that require more than 200 foot climb. Must be conducted in VMC
Why are SIDs used?
Simplify clearances, Increased workload, increase capacity
How wide are Victor airways?
8
Does MOCA guarantee NAV reception?
Only within 22 miles of navaid
What’s an MAA?
Maximum authorized altitude. This is the max altitude that guarantees navaid treception
What’s an MTA?
Minimum turning altitude. Min altitude that you can safely turn from one leg of an airway to another
What information do you need to Include in position report to ATC
Tail number position time Altitude ETA and next reporting point name only of reporting point after that Pertinent remarks
Comms failure - route
In order: Assigned Vectored (fly to fix/route/airway last vectored to) Expected Filed
Lost comms - Altitude
Highest of expected, assigned, or minimum
Maximum holding speeds
0-6k msl: 200
6-14k msl: 230
14k msl: 265
What if the alternate you want to use doesn’t have an instrument Approach procedure?
must be able to descend From the MEA and land in VFR
What do you do if there are non-standard alternate minimum‘s?
Go to the terminal procedures to see what mins must be to use that airport as an alternate
Why are some airports not authorized as an alternate?
Unmonitored, absence of weather reporting, Inadequate NAV signal
Can you use an airport with only GPS approach as an alternate?
Yes, if you have WAAS.
What’s a TEC route?
Tower en route control. Allows pilots to travel without leaving approach-controlled airspace. Expedites traffic and reduces ATC communication
Where can you find preferred routes?
Chart supplement
Where does En route environment change to terminal? When does terminal change to approach?
30nm out from airport
2nm out from final approach waypoint
What’s a STAR?
Standard terminal arrival procedure. Brings you from enroute to a fix or Navaid to start approach.
What can be included in an initial approach segment?
Arcs, holds, course reversals. Ends in the intermediate or final approach fix
What’s an intermediate segment?
Get you lined up for final within 30° of the final approach course
What’s the last approach segment?
Missed
What is a Precision approach?
Meets standards in ICAO index 10. Lateral and vertical guidance.
What is a non-Precision approach?
Lateral guidance only
Whats an APV?
What are the types?
“Approach with vertical guidance” (and course guidance).Doesn’t meet ICAO annex 10
▷ RNAV / GNSS (i.e, LNAV/VNAV and
LPV minima)
▷ LDA with Glide Slope
Visual approach requires what visual reference? Visibility and ceiling? Is radar service continued?
1000’ ceiling and 3sm. Pilot must have runway in sight. Radar service terminated. Pilot responsible for traffic and obstacle avoidance
Contact approach Visibility requirements. Visual reference to the runway required? IAP required? Radar service terminated?
Must be requested. Must have IAP. 1sm, clear of clouds. Pilot must see and avoid but retains IFR clearance
RVR stands for
Rwy visual range
Whats baro-VNAV
Uses barometric information to compute glide path
How do winds flow compared to isobars at the surface? Due to what?
Winds flow at an angle to isobars due to surface friction
How do winds flow compared to isobars away from the surface?
Whens flow parallel due to the Coriolis force
Rising air rotates in which direction?
Counterclockwise (low pressure)
What is windshear?
A dramatic change in wind direction or velocity. Causes turbulence and large changes in indicated airspeed
Explain precipitation fog
Warm rain falls through cool air. Evaporation from the rain saturates the cool air and condenses
What is induction icing
Icing that Impedes air from entering the intake manifold to mix with fuel
What causes carb ice?
Incomplete vaporization of fuel combined with low pressure in the Venturi
Whats EFAS
En route flight advisory service. Flight watch that provides up-to-date weather advisories for pilots while in route
How often is TAF issued?
Every six hours
In TAF:
FROM
BECMG
TEMPO
Rapid change taking place within an hour
Gradual change taking place over an hour
Weather occurring for less than one hour
Area forecast issued how often? What are the three components And how long are they valid
Every 6 hours
Synopsis 18hrs location and movement of pressure sys
VFR clouds and weather 12hrs general description of clouds and weather significant to VFR ops
Outlook 6hrs describes prevailing condition
Name and describe three AIRMETS. How long are they valid?
Sierra - mountain obscuration and widespread IFR
Tango - Moderate turbulence, surface winds over 30, LLWS
Zulu - mod icing
6 hrs
Whats a SIGMET and how long is it valid
Significant weather information such as Severe turbulence not associated with thunderstorms, Severe icing, or widespread dust storms or volcanic ash. 4hrs
What’s a convective SIGMET? How long is it valid?
Issued for convective thunderstorm activity. Hail greater than 3/4 inch, wind more than 50, 2 hours
How often are winds and temperature aloft forecast issued?
Every 6 hours
How often is the surface Analysis issued? What is it?
Generated from surface station
reports. Shows pressure systems, isobars, fronts, airmass boundaries (e.g,: dry lines and outflow boundaries) and station information (e.g,: wind, temperature/dew point, sky coverage, and precipitation). Issued every 3 hours
What is the Weather depiction chart? How often is it is it issued?
Graphical depiction of METARs. Every three hours
What is a Sigwx?
How often is it issued?
What does it show?
How long is it valid?
Significant weather prognostic chart. Hazards including Icing, freezing levels, turbulence. Released 4 times a day. 12 and 24 hour forecasts
What’s a radar summary chart? When is it issued?
Depicts precipitation type, intensity, coverage, movement, echoes, and maximum tops.
Issued 35 minutes past the hour
What causes sensation of motion we feel with our body? Which system is that?
Somatosensory. Nerves in our skin cells
What equalizes pressure in the inner ear?
Eustachian tube
What are the four types of hypoxia?
What are the symptoms? (5)
Hypoxic hypemic histotoxic stagnant.
Poor memory, judgment, alertness, vision, Coordination
Symptoms of hyperventilation
Lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness
Name 7 vestibular illusions
The leans (abrupt recovery from roll) Graveyard spin Graveyard spiral Elevator (up/downdraft) Coriolis (abrupt head movement) Somatogravic (acceleration/deceleration) Inversion (climb to level)
Whats ADM
Aeronautical decision making. A systematic approach to risk assessment and stress Management
IMSAFE stands for
Illness medication stress alcohol fatigue emotions/eating
5 p’s
Pilot passengers plane programming plan
What is the decide model?
It’s used to detect risk in flight.
Detect estimate choose identify do evaluate