Part 8- FARS

Question 1

What is required for a private pilot to act as pilot in command when towing a glider?

Answer 1

At least 100 hrs as PIC IN AN AIRCRAFT of the same category class and type if required that the pilot is using to tow a glider

Question 2

A private pilot may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane if that person has received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor in a high-performance airplane and has

Answer 2

an endorsement from the flight instructor in his or her logbook.

Question 3

A third-class medical certificate is issued to a 56-year-old private pilot on October 1 of this year. This medical certificate will be valid until midnight on

Answer 3

October 31st 2 years later

Question 4

If you are a private pilot under 40 years old, when will your third-class medical certificate expire?

Answer 4

At the end of the last day of the 60th month after the date of examination shown on the medical certificate

Question 5

Unless you have met your night flight recency of experience requirements, you may not carry passengers between what times?

Answer 5

From 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise

Question 6

To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers or of an aircraft certificated for more than one pilot flight crewmember, you must make at least three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding

Answer 6

90 days

Question 7

To act as pilot in command, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review in an aircraft for which that pilot is rated by an authorized instructor or one or more phases of an FAA-sponsored pilot proficiency check within the preceding

Answer 7

24 calendar months

Question 8

to meet recency of flight experience requirements, within what time frame and in what aircraft must you have made three takeoffs and landings?

Answer 8

Within the preceding 90 days and in an aircraft of the same category, class, and type (if a type rating is required)

Question 9

If you are a private pilot 40 or more years old, when will your second-class medical certificate expire?

Answer 9

At the end of the last day of the 24th month after the date of examination shown on the medical certificate

Question 10

You are preparing for a VFR flight at night in an airplane. In addition to position lights, an anticollision light, and the items required for VFR flight in the daytime, what equipment is required? (Assume that the airplane is not operated for hire.)

Answer 10

An adequate source of electrical energy for all installed electrical and radio equipment, and one spare set of fuses, or three spare fuses of each kind required

Question 11

Which of the following groups of instruments are all required for daytime flight in VFR conditions?

Answer 11

Oil pressure gauge, tachometer, magnetic direction indicator

Question 12

What incident requires immediate notification to the nearest NTSB office?

Answer 12

an inflight fire

Question 13

How soon after an aircraft is involved in an accident must the NTSB field office be notified?

Answer 13

immediately

Question 14

if maintenance records show that the last ATC transponder inspection was performed on July 28, 2008, when is the next inspection due?

Answer 14

No later than July 31, 2010

Question 15

Traffic pattern procedures at uncontrolled airports are controlled by what rule?

Answer 15

You must comply with traffic patterns established for that airport in Part 93.

Question 16

When ATC gives a pilot in command priority in an emergency, what action must the pilot take?

Answer 16

The pilot must submit a report within 48 hours to the ATC facility, upon request by that facility.

Question 17

Unless otherwise authorized or required by ATC, what is the maximum allowable airspeed at or below 2,500 feet above the surface within four nautical miles of the primary airport of a Class C or Class D airspace area?

Answer 17

200 knots (230 m.p.h.)

Question 18

Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, 250 knots (or 288 miles per hour) is the maximum indicated airspeed at what altitude?

Answer 18

Below 10,000 feet MSL

Question 19

You cannot operate an aircraft at cabin pressure altitudes above _____________ unless all occupants are provided with supplemental oxygen.

Answer 19

15,000 feet MSL

Question 20

As the pilot in command, what must you do if a person who appears to be under the influence of drugs attempts to board the aircraft?

Answer 20

If the person is not a medical patient under proper care, then you must not carry the individual in the aircraft.