Pilot Qualifications (Chapter 1) Flashcards
6 Part Answer
What are the eligibility requirements for a Private Pilot (Airplane) Certificate?
14 CFR 61.103
Be at Least 17 years of age
Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English Language
Hold at least a current third-class medical certificate
Received the Required ground and flight traninig endorsement
Pass the required knowledge and practical tests
What are the requirements to remain current as a private pilot?
14 CFR 61.56, 61.57
Within the preceding 24 months, a pilot must have accomplished a flight review given in an aircraft for whith that pilot is rated by an authorized instructor and received a loogbook endorsement certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed the review
Is it a violation
You have not kept up with logging each of your recent flights. Are you in violation of any regulation?
14 CFR 61.51
No
You are only required to document and record the training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or flight review and the aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements.
You’re flying in a single-engine, high performance complex airplane. You hold a Private Pilot Certificate witn an airplane single-engine land rating, but you don’t have a high-performance or complex airplane endorsement.
Your friend, who has those endorsements is acting as PIC for the flight. Can you log PIC time for the time you act as sole manipulator of the controls?
Explain:
14 CFR 61.31, 31.51
Yes, 14 CFR 61.51 allows you to log PIC time, but you cannot act as PIC.
14 CFR 61.31, 31.51
Explain the difference between being current and being proficient?
FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-P-8740-36
Current: The pilot has accomplished the minimum FAA regulatory requirements within a specific time perior and can exercise the privileges of their certificate.
Proficient: Being proficient means that a pilot is capable of conducting a flight with a high degree of competence; it requires that the pilot have a wide range of knowledge and skills.
The airplane you normally rent has been grounded to an intermittent electrical problem. You ask to be scheduled in another airplane. during preflight of the new airplane, you discover that it has avionics you’re unfamiliar with. Should you go ahead and depart on your VFR flight?
FAA-H-8083-2
Pilot familiarity with all equipmen tis critical in optimizing both safety and efficiency.
Pilots should not look upon unfamiliarity with the aircraft and its systems as a risk control measure, but instead as a hazard with high-risk potential.
How will establishing a personal minimums checklist reduce risk?
FAA-H-8083-25
Professional pilots live by the numbers, ad so should you.
A written set of personal minimums also make it eaiser to explain tough cancelation or diversion decisions to passengers who are, after all, trusting their lives to your aeronautical skill and judgements.
If a pilot’s permanent mailing address changes, and the pilot fails to notify the FAA Airman Certification branch of the new address, how long may the pilot continue to exercise the privileges of a pilot certificate?
14 CFR 61.60
30 days after the date of the move
What flight time can a pilot log as second-in-command time?
14 CFR 61.51
A person may log second-in-cpmmand (SIC) time only for flight time during which that person:
Is qualified in accordance with the SIC requirements of 14 CFR 61.51 and occupies a crewmember statin in an aircraft that requires more than one pilot by the aircraft’s type certificate; or
Holds the appropriate category, class, and instrument rating for the aircraft being flown, and the type certificaiton of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted requires more than one pilot.
What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot?
14 CFR 61.113
No person who holds a private pilot certificate may act as PIC of an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire no may that person, for compensation or hire, act as PIC of an aircraft.
Explain the statement: “A private pilot may not pay less thatn pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight.”
14 CFR 61.113
Pro rata means proportional. The pilot may not pay less than a proportional share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures 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 inspecitons.
Do the regulations allow for these contributions?
14 CFR 61.113
No. A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata (proportional) share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers provided the expense involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees
To act as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in physical possession or readily accessable in the aircraft?
Three part answer
14 CFR 61.3
Pilot certificate (or special purpost pilot authorization
Photo identificaiton
Medical Certificate (with certain exceptions as provided in 14 CFR 61.3)
While you are performing a preflight inspection on your aircraft, an inspector from the FAA introduces herself and says she wasnts to conduct a ramp inspeciton.
What documents are you required to show the inspector?
14 CFR 61.3
Each person who holds a pilot certificate, medical certificate authorization or license required by part 61 must present it and their photo identification for inspection upon request
What is the definition of a high-performance airplane, and what must you do to act as a pilot-in-command of such airplane?
14 CFR 61.31
A high-performance airplane is one with an engine of more thatn 200 horsepower.
Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor in a high-performance airplane or in a flight simulator that has been found proficient in the operation and systems of that airplane
Received and logged a one-time endorsement in your logbook from an authorized instructor who certifies you are proficient to operate the high performance aircraft.
