Pilot Certification Flashcards
Regulation that lists eligibility requirements to be a private pilot
14 CFR 61.103
According to 14 CFR 61.103 Private Pilot Eligibility Requirements, what two tests must be passed to become a private pilot?
Knowledge Test
Practical Test
According to 14 CFR 61.103, what must be given by an aviation instructor before taking a knowledge test or practical test?
Endorsement certifying you have received and logged the required training and are prepared for the knowledge test or practical test.
What regulation lists the aeronautical knowledge areas required to be logged for your private pilot ground training?
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.
Private Pilot Kit
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
The handbooks for private pilot can be downloaded from ___
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
According to 14 CFR 61.3, there are three pilot documents that must in your physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft.
Pilot Certificate
Medical Certificate
Photo ID
61.5, How do ratings relate to certificates?
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.
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA’s Mission
14 CFR
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 14 is Aeronautics and Space
ECFR.gov
electronic Code of Federal Regulations
EFB
“Electronic Flight Bag”
iPad with ForeFlight app, or equivalent
iPads with cellular capability has GPS; wifi only iPads don’t have GPS.
14 CFR 61.109
Aeronautical Experience Requirements
14 CFR 61.107
Required areas of operation
…receive and log ground and flight training
specifically (b)(1) is for ASEL
Bookmark this regulation and use as checklist.
Category (pilot certification)
61.5, there are five aircraft Categories:
Airplane
Glider
Rotorcraft
Lighter-than-air
Powered-lift
Class (pilot certification)
Four Airplane Classes:
ASEL - Single Engine Land
ASES - Single Engine Sea
AMEL - Multi Engine Land
AMES - Multi Engine Sea
Reference 61.5
ASEL
Airplane - Single Engine Land
Airplane (Category)
Single Engine Land (Class)
Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider, Lighter-than-air, Powered-lift
All are examples of Category of aircraft
Reference 14 CFR 1.1 or 61.5
Which Title of the Code of Federal Regulations is Aeronautics and Space?
Title 14 is Aeronautics and Space
Abbreviated “14 CFR”
Night
1.1 end of evening civil twilight to beginning of morning civil twilight
End/beginning of Civil twilight - sun 6° below horizon.
Cross-country time
Landing more than 50 nautical miles straight-line distance from departure airport.
Reference 61.1
What kind of pilot certificate is required before a private pilot certificate?
Student Pilot Certificate
Reference 61.103
14 CFR 61.87
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.
Requirements before Solo
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
Does a pilot certificate expire?
No, 61.19
but there are currency requirements, see 61.56, 61.57 and medical certificates or BasicMed expire, see 61.23.
Requirements before Solo Cross-Country
61.93
Private Pilot - Currency Regulations
61.56 Flight Review
61.57 Recent Flight Experience
61.57 Recent Flight Experiences
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
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…
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.
Medical Certificate
Required before you fly solo.
Come in three classes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
You are expected to know the privileges and duration until they expire.
Three Classes of Medical Certificates
1st - required for Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate privileges.
2nd - required for Commercial Pilot Certificate privileges.
3rd - required for Student / Recreational / Private Pilot privileges.
Duration of Medical Certificates
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
Duration of 1st Class Medical
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.
Duration of 2nd Class medical
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.
Duration of 3rd Class Medical
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.
55 year old pilot holds a 1st Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do 1st, 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?
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).
25 year old pilot holds a 1st Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do 1st, 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?
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).
35 year old pilot holds a 2nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do the 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?
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).
45 year old pilot holds a 2nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When do the 2nd, & 3rd class privileges expire?
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).
25 year old pilot holds a 3nd Class Medical Certificate issued on January 15, 2025. When does it expire?
3rd class medical privileges (Private Pilot) expire End of January, 2030 (end of 60th month after).
61.56 Flight Review
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…
Flight Review consists of a minimum of a minimum of ___ hour of flight training and ___ hour of ground training. The review must include:
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.
