Pre-Flight Flashcards
Information needed for IFR flight?
Weather (ATIS, AWOS, ASOS)
Fuel Requirements
Alternative Airports in case flight planned cannot be completed
Any Known Traffic delays
Information needed for any flight? Including IFR and VFR.
Runway lengths
Aircraft performance for the airport elevation and runway slope, gross weight, wind and temperature.
Takeoff and Landing distances
What does A.V.1.A.T.E.S stand for with respect to inspections?
Annual inspection
VOR Check: Navigation equipment every 30 days (IFR only)
100-Hour inspection
Airworthiness Directives
Transponder Check: Every 24 months for Radar Visibility
ELT Inspection: Every 12 months, replace battery at 50% life
Static System & Altimeter: Every 24 months (IFR only)
What is the required documentation?
AROW: Airworthiness, Registration, Operation Limitations, Weight & Balance
What are Squawks?
Report written in the aircraft logbook in regards to a malfunction or defect.
Airworthiness Directives (AD), what are they ?
Issued by Law by the FAA for a particular aircraft, part, or procedure no longer considered safe.
Must be met, recorded and signed off by approved mechanic.
What is the required Equipment/Preflight Aircraft Check?
Use a checklist,
What inspections are needed for VFR flights in controlled Class B for student pilot?
Annual
100 hour
Transponder
ELT
How does the PIC verify the inspections have been completed?
Look in the official maintenance log book specific to the airplane.
What can happen if a lower fuel grade than specified for the engine is used?
Detonation and damage to the engine.
How is water purged from the fuel system?
Darin fuel from the fuel strainer drain and the fuel tank sumps.
What can happen if the ground wire between the magneto and the ignition switch happens to become disconnected?
The engine could accidentally start if the propeller is moved with fuel in cylinder.
What is PAVE Checklist?
Pilot- IMSAFE
Aircraft- Inspection, documents, preflight inspection (Arrow, AV1ATE)
Environment: Weather, NOTAMS, runway lengths and takeoff/landing distance
External Pressures- Don’t fall into the “Get-There-Itis” Trap
What inspections are needed for VFR flights uncontrolled airspace for student pilot and instructor?
Annual, 100 hr, ELT
What inspections are needed for VFR flights in controlled Class B airspace for a private pilot?
Annual
VOR
Altimeter/Static System
Transponder
ELT
What is required for a plane to be airworthy?
Airworthiness Directives (ADs),
Documentation
Squawks
Equipment
Preflight Check
What type of information concerning the flight should the PIC have?
All available information concerning he flight.
One preflight action is… if flying away from vicinity of home airport.
Include an alternate course of action if the flight cannot be completed as planned.
