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Pilot Certification Flashcards

1
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Regulation that lists eligibility requirements to be a private pilot

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14 CFR 61.103

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According to 14 CFR 61.103 Private Pilot Eligibility Requirements, what two tests must be passed to become a private pilot?

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Knowledge Test

Practical Test

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According to 14 CFR 61.103, what must be given by an aviation instructor before taking a knowledge test or practical test?

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Endorsement certifying you have received and logged the required training and are prepared for the knowledge test or practical test.

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What regulation lists the aeronautical knowledge areas required to be logged for your private pilot ground training?

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14 CFR 61.105 can be used like a checklist ✅. Label and bookmark this regulation in your FAR/AIM.

The ground training needs to be logged or it didn’t happen. Date/description/time/signature from Instructor.

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Private Pilot Kit

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Physical Books 📚
- FAR/AIM
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK)
- Airplane Flying Handbook (AFH)
- Aviation Weather Handbook

Equipment in Flight Bag 💼
- Logbook
- E6B Computer
- Navigation Plotter
- Foggles

Office Supplies 🖇️
- Leitner system: Cards / Markers / Boxes
- Stickies
- Pens (black/blue/red)
- Pencils
- Highlighters

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The handbooks for private pilot can be downloaded from ___

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Physical paper version are recommended for study over these digital copies.

faa.gov > Regulations > Handbooks

Search for…
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK)
- Airplane Flying Handbook (AFH)
- Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)
- Aviation Weather Handbook

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According to 14 CFR 61.3, there are three pilot documents that must in your physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft.

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Pilot Certificate
Medical Certificate
Photo ID

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61.5, How do ratings relate to certificates?

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Ratings are placed on a pilot certificate

Airplane (aircraft Category rating)
Single Engine Land (airplane Class rating)

ASEL is the common abbreviation for Airplane - Single Engine Land.

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FAA

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Federal Aviation Administration

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FAA’s Mission

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14 CFR

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Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Title 14 is Aeronautics and Space

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ECFR.gov

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electronic Code of Federal Regulations

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EFB

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“Electronic Flight Bag”

iPad with ForeFlight app, or equivalent

iPads with cellular capability has GPS; wifi only iPads don’t have GPS.

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14 CFR 61.109

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Aeronautical Experience Requirements

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14 CFR 61.107

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Required areas of operation

…receive and log ground and flight training

specifically (b)(1) is for ASEL

Bookmark this regulation and use as checklist.

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Category (pilot certification)

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61.5, there are five aircraft Categories:
Airplane
Glider
Rotorcraft
Lighter-than-air
Powered-lift

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Class (pilot certification)

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Four Airplane Classes:
ASEL - Single Engine Land
ASES - Single Engine Sea
AMEL - Multi Engine Land
AMES - Multi Engine Sea

Reference 61.5

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ASEL

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Airplane - Single Engine Land

Airplane (Category)
Single Engine Land (Class)

19
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Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Lighter-than-air, Powered-lift

A

All are examples of Category of aircraft

Reference 14 CFR 1.1 or 61.5

20
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Which Title of the Code of Federal Regulations is Aeronautics and Space?

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Title 14 is Aeronautics and Space

Abbreviated “14 CFR”

21
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Night

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1.1 end of evening civil twilight to beginning of morning civil twilight

End/beginning of Civil twilight - sun 6° below horizon.

22
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Cross-country time

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Landing more than 50 nautical miles straight-line distance from departure airport.

Reference 61.1

23
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What kind of pilot certificate is required before a private pilot certificate?

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Student Pilot Certificate

Reference 61.103

24
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14 CFR 61.87

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Student pilot solo requirements: bcn 🥓

(b) pre-solo knowledge test

(c) pre-solo flight training: (1) log training and (2) demo proficiency and safety.

(n) make and model 90-day currency

(Endorsements A3, A4, A6 & A7)

61.87(d) lists maneuvers & procedures required to be logged. Bookmark and use as checklist.

25
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Requirements before Solo

A

TIM ❤️ bcn 🥓

TSA endorsement
IACRA/Student Pilot Certificate
Medical Certificate

61.87 (b) pre-solo knowledge endorsement
(c) pre-solo flight training endorsement
(n) make and model 90-day endorsement

26
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Does a pilot certificate expire?

A

No, 61.19

but there are currency requirements, see 61.56, 61.57 and medical certificates or BasicMed expire, see 61.23.

27
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Requirements before Solo Cross-Country

A

61.93

28
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Private Pilot - Currency Regulations

A

61.56 Flight Review

61.57 Recent Flight Experience

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61.57 Recent Flight Experiences

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Before flying passengers

requires 3 takeoffs and landings in the preceding 90 days

Note:
- landings must be full-stop in tailwheel or at night
- 3 landings at night are required to fly passengers at night
- night is defined here as 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise

30
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To carry passengers at night, __ landings must have been made to a _______ within the preceding ____ days.

For the purpose of recent flight experience requirements, night means…

A

To carry passengers at night, 3 landings must have been made to a full-stop within the preceding 90 days.

For the purpose of recent flight experience requirements, night means… …one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.

31
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Medical Certificate

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Required before you fly solo.

Come in three classes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

You are expected to know the privileges and duration until they expire.

32
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Three Classes of Medical Certificates

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1st - required for Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate privileges.

2nd - required for Commercial Pilot Certificate privileges.

3rd - required for Student / Recreational / Private Pilot privileges.

33
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Duration of Medical Certificates

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Then your medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the ____ month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

Age <40 40+
1st 12th 6th
2nd 12th
3rd 60th 24th

Reference 61.23

34
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Duration of 1st Class Medical

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Under age 40, then your medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the 12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

Age 40 or older, then your medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the 6th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

35
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Duration of 2nd Class medical

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Medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the 12th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

36
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Duration of 3rd Class Medical

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Under age 40, then your medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the 60th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

Age 40 or older, then your medical certificate expires, for that operation, at the end of the last day of the 24th month after the month of the date of examination shown on the medical certificate.

37
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55 year old pilot holds a 1st Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do 1st, 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?

A

1st class medical privileges (ATP) expire End of July, 2025 (end of 6th month after).

2nd class medical privileges (Commercial Pilot) expire End of January, 2026 (end of 12th month after).

3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2027 (end of 24th month after).

38
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25 year old pilot holds a 1st Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do 1st, 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?

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1st class medical privileges (ATP) expire End of January, 2025 (end of 12th month after).

2nd class medical privileges (Commercial Pilot) expire End of January, 2026 (end of 12th month after).

3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2027 (end of 24th month after).

39
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35 year old pilot holds a 2nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do the 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?

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2nd class medical privileges (Commercial Pilot) expire End of January, 2026 (end of 12th month after).

3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2030 (end of 60th month after).

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45 year old pilot holds a 2nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do the 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?

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2nd class medical privileges (Commercial Pilot) expire End of January, 2026 (end of 12th month after).

3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2027 (end of 24th month after).

41
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25 year old pilot holds a 3nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When does it expire?

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3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2030 (end of 60th month after).

42
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61.56 Flight Review

A

No person may act as pilot in command of an aircraft unless, since the beginning of the 24th calendar month before the month in which that pilot acts as pilot in command, that person has—
(1) Accomplished a flight review…

43
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Flight Review consists of a minimum of a minimum of ___ hour of flight training and ___ hour of ground training. The review must include:

A

1 hour and 1 hour

(1) A review of the current general operating and flight rules of part 91 of this chapter; and

(2) A review of those maneuvers and procedures that, at the discretion of the person giving the review, are necessary for the pilot to demonstrate the safe exercise of the privileges of the pilot certificate.

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