Pre-Solo Written Examination Flashcards
What is a go-around and what is the procedure?
It is a procedure to use on final when conditions are not appropriate for landing (something on the runway, miscalculated landing, when the pilot feels it isn’t right, etc) Ultimately it is the pilot’s call to make in the moment.
Full power, level the nose, build airspeed past 60
knots, start a gentle climb, retract the flaps.
What are the six flight instruments?
Attitude Indicator, Heading Indicator, Turn Coordinator, Airspeed Indicator, Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator
What does the Attitude Indicator tell you?
Bank angle and pitch angle in relation to the horizon
What does the Heading Indicator tell you?
It is the primary horizontal direction indicator.
Needs to be periodically corrected with the magnetic compass.
What does the Turn Coordinator tell you?
Provides info about the angle of the bank and coordination of the aircraft.
The aircraft is in coordinated flight when the rudder input prevents the aircraft from slipping or skidding in a turn (similar to a car) or when its tailplane is aligned with its flight path during straight flight.
Standard rate turn is 3 degrees per second.
What does the Airspeed Indicator tell you?
Measures the aircraft’s airspeed.
The green ring denotes the normal operating speed range, while the white arc denotes the flap operating speed. The yellow arc represents the caution range and should only be entered in calm air, while the red arc marks the never exceed speed.
What does the Altimeter tell you?
Indicates the aircraft’s altitude above Mean Sea Level (MSL).
When adjusted to the correct barometric pressure setting.
The short needle indicates thousands of feet, and the long needle indicates hundreds of feet.
What does the Vertical Speed Indicator tell you?
Rate of climb or rate of descent in feet per minute.
The VSI is slightly delayed and lags behind the altimeter, which should be considered when making adjustments based on the VSI.
What are the A-B-Cs of an engine out emergency?
A = Airspeed - 65 kts
B = Best place to land
C = Cockpit items:
Primer - in and locked
Magnetos - both and start
Carb heat - on
Throttle - check
Mixture - rich
Fuel - both
D = Dialog
Transmit - Mayday
Squawk - 7700
E = Emergency Procedures
Fuel - off
Mixture - off
Doors - open
Seatbelts - tight
F = Fly The Plane
What are the standard transponder codes?
1200 = VFR traffic
7500 = Hijacked
7600 = Radio Failure
7700 = Emergency
What is the Cessna 172 fuel capacity and grade?
N5350K = 42 gallons, 40 usable of 100LL (blue) or 100 (green)
What is the Cessna 172 oil capacity and grade?
8 quarts of MIL-L-6082 Aviation Grade Straight Mineral Oil during the first 25 hours through 50 hours. MIL-L-22851 Ashless Dispersant Oil after first 50 hours or when oil consumption has stabilized.
Page (RCE) frequencies
AWOS 125.05
CTAF 123.00
Wiley Post (PWA) frequencies
ATIS 128.725
Ground 121.70
Tower 126.90
Wiley Post (PWA) runways, elevation, altitude, obstacles
Runways = 17L/35R and 17R/35L, 13/31
Elevation = 1300
Altitude = 600 AGL for 17R/35L, 1000 all others
Obstacles = Note all pattern traffic is to the west to stay out of OKC approach.
