Pilot Qualifications Flashcards
What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate?
a. At least 17 years of age.
b. Be able to read, speak, write, and understand English.
c. Hold at least a third-class medical certificate.
d. Received required ground and flight training endorsements.
e. Meet minimum flight hours requirements.
f. Passed required knowledge and practical tests.
What are the privileges and limitations that apply to a private pilot?
As a private pilot you may not act as pilot in command of an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire. Nor can you, for compensation, act as pilot in command of an aircraft.
A private pilot may -
a. Act as PIC of an aircraft in connection with any business or employment if it is only incidental to that business and does not carry passengers or property for compensation or hire.
b. May not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
c. May act as PIC of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
d. May be reimbursed for aircraft operating expenses that are directly related to search and location operations. Only applies to operations sanctioned by proper authorities.
e. May demonstrate aircraft to a prospective buyer if the pilot is an aircraft salesman and has at least 200 logged flight hours.
Explain the statement “may not pay less than pro-rata share of operating expenses of a flight.”
Pro-rata means “proportional.” The pilot may not pay less than his or her proportional share of the flight’s operating expenses with the passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenses or rental fees.
The annual inspection for your aircraft is now due and you ask several friends that fly with you regularly to contribute money to help you pay for the inspection. Do regulations allow for these contributions?
No. A private pilot may not pay less than pro-rata share of the operation expenses of a flight with passengers.
This regulation does not allow for the sharing of fixed or long term operating costs of the airplane with passengers.
To act as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in his/her physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
a. A pilot certificate
b. A photo ID
c. A medical certificate.
While you are performing a preflight inspection on your aircraft, an inspector from the FAA introduces herself and says she wants to conduct a ramp inspection. What documents are you required to show to the inspector?
Every person who holds an airman certificate, medical certificate, authorization, or license required by Part 61 must present it and their photo ID for inspection upon a request from the administrator, an authorized NTSB representative , any federal, state, or local law enforcement officer, or an authorized representative of the TSA.
What is the definition of a high performance airplane, and what must you do to act as PIC in such an airplane?
It is an airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower. To act as PIC in one of these airplanes you must:
a. Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor in a high performance airplane. (Simulators count as well)
b. Received and logged a one-time endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor.
Other than high-performance and complex aircraft, what other types of aircraft (ASEL) require specific training and logbook endorsements from an appropriately rated flight instructor?
a. High altitude airplane
b. Tailwheel airplane
What is the definition of a complex airplane, and what must you do to act as PIC of such an airplane?
It is an airplane that has retractable landing gear, flaps, and controllable pitch propeller; including airplanes equipped with a “full-authority digital engine control” (FADEC). To act as PIC in such an airplane you must:
a. Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor in a complex airplane. (Simulators count as well)
b. Received and logged a one-time endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor.
With respect to certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, define the terms: category, class, and type.
Category - a broad classification of aircraft; i.e., airplane, rotorcraft, glider, etc.
Class - a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics; i.e., single engine land, multi-engine land, etc.
Type - a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications, that do not change its handling or flight characteristics; i.e., DC-9, B-737, C150, etc.
What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot?
- Within the last 24 months, you must have accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for which you are rated for by an authorized instructor and received a logbook endorsement stating that you completed the review in a satisfactory fashion.
- To carry passengers a pilot must have made within the last 90 days:
a. Three takeoffs and landings in an aircraft of the same category and class, type as well if a type rating is required.
b. For tailwheel airplanes, the landings must be made to a full stop.
c. If the planned flight is taking place during the period of 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise with passengers on board, the landings must all be made to a full stop in an aircraft of the same category and class, type as well if a type rating is required.
You have not kept up with logging each of you recent flights. Are you in violation of any regulation?
No. You’re only required to document and record the training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or flight review and flight experience needed to meet recent flight experience requirements.
You’re flying in a single-engine, high performance, complex airplane. You hold a private pilot certificate with an airplane an airplane single-engine land rating, but don’t have a high performance or complex airplane endorsement. Your friend, who has those endorsement, is acting as PIC for the flight. Can you log PIC time for the time you act as the sole manipulator of the controls?
Yes. According to 14 CPR 61.51 you may log PIC time but you may not act as PIC. To act as PIC you must be properly rated in the aircraft which you are flying.
Explain Medical Certificate class and durations.
Medical Certificates have 3 classes: 3rd class, 2nd class, and 1st class.
Expirations are the validity periods that depend on which privileges you are carrying out and differ between pilots under 40 and those over 40.
3rd Class (Private):
- (Under 40) 60 calendar months after the date of examination on certificate.
- (Over 40) 24 calendar months after the date of examination on certificate.
2nd Class (Commercial):
- (Under 40) 12 calendar months after the date of examination on the certificate.
- (Over 40) 12 calendar months after the date of examination on the certificate.
- If certificate is not renewed after expiration, certificate degrades to a 3rd class and may only exercise private pilot privileges.
1st class (ATP):
- (Under 40) 12 calendar months after the date of examination on the certificate.
- (Over 40) 6 calendar months after the date of examination on the certificate.
- If certificate is not renewed after expiration, certificate degrades to a 2nd class and may only exercise commercial pilot privileges.
What requirements must be met to fly under BasicMed?
- Hold a current and valid U.S. drivers license.
- Hold or have held a medical certificate at any point after July 14, 2006.
- Answer the health questions on the Comprehensive Medical Examination Checklist (CMEC)
- Get your physical examination by any state-licensed physician, and have that physician complete the CMEC
- Take a BasicMed online education course. Keep the course completion document.
