Regs Flashcards
Where can you find endorsements and certs?
Advisory Circular 61-65H
How long until a student pilot would have to do a flight review?
Never need to do a flight review
Need to be re-endorsed for solo flight
How long is a temporary cert valid for after a student passes a check ride?
120 days
How long is your CFI cert valid for?
24 calendar months
Need to renew within 3 months of expiration. Will refresh for 24 more calendar months.
61.197
What records do you have to keep for your student?
All endorsements (solo, knowledge tests, etc.)
Need them for 3 years
61.189
Where can you find pilot logbooks in the FAR/AIM?
61.51
Which reg deals with medicals?
61.23
Which reg deals with flight reviews?
61.56
Which reg deals with flight recency?
61.57
Which reg discusses the proper way to fill out a students logbook?
61.51
What reg deals with student pilot initial solo authorizations and requirements?
61.87
Which reg discusses the process for retesting after a failure of a knowledge or practical test?
61.49
What reg deals with the cross country training of a student pilot?
61.93
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What reg deals with the limitations of a student pilot?
61.89
Which regs would you refer to if a client wanted to know exactly what they needed to become a Private Pilot?
Eligibility and Aeronautical Knowledge Areas
Eligibility - 61.103
Knowledge Areas - 61.105
Which reg deals with the prerequisites of any FAA knowledge test?
61.35
Which reg deals with the prerequisites for any FAA practical test?
61.39
Which reg deals with eligibility requirements to become a commercial pilot?
61.123
Which reg deals with hour requirements to become a commercial pilot?
61.129
What reg applies to an addition of a category and/or class to an existing pilot certificate?
61.63
How long is the plastic student pilot cert valid for?
Indefinitely
How long is the 61.93(c)(3) cross country flight endorsement valid for?
The specific planned flight on the planned day.
A student pilot may not act as PIC of an aircraft:
- That is carrying a passenger
- That is carrying property for compensation or hire
- For compensation or hire
- In furtherance of a business
- On an international flight
- With a flight surface visibility less than 3sm during the day and 5sm at night
- When flight cannot be made in reference to the surface
- Or in any manner contrary to any limitations placed in the pilots logbook by an authorized instructor.
Which reg deals with required flight experience for a private pilot?
61.109
Which reg deals with required flight experience for a commercial pilot?
61.129
A private pilot may not pay more than the pro rata share (proportional)
A private pilot may not pay more than the pro rata share (proportional)
What would be the minimum required flight time to accomplish a multi engine airplane private pilot rating for an additional category?
30 hours
How many hours are required for the MEA add-on to an existing airplane private pilot single engine land rating?
Train to proficiency only
Student gets their certificate, they haven’t flown in a few years. They come to you for a flight review. What do you do?
I would ask what type of flying they plan to do. Cross country? Pattern?
Cater flight review to that
61.98 - Flight Proficiency
How long will students medical be valid for? Under 40
1st class for a year, then 4 years of 3rd class privileges.
2nd class - one year as 2nd, then 4 years as 3rd class
3rd class - 60 calendar months
What does a student need with them when they solo?
Logbook with endorsements signed Student pilot certificate Photo ID Medical ARROW
What needs to be a part of the pre-solo written?
Correct the answers to 100%
Sign it off, give endorsements
61.87(b)
What do you need to train a student on before they solo?
61.87 - the bare minimum of what they need to know
Train on emergencies
Do you need a flight review to instruct?
Need a flight review to be PIC, don’t need a flight review if you’re with a PPL or better and they agree they are PIC of the flight.
Can still instruct if CFI is valid.
As an active flight instructor, what does TSA require you to do? To start training a U.S. flight student.
You need to verify citizenship
But, you can take someone on a “discovery” flight without verifying citizenship of background verification.
If you’re going to do more flight instruction…
You need to verify citizenship - passport, birth certificate
Log that as endorsement in the back of their logbook that you’ve verified citizenship
What do you have to do for a foreign student?
Go through TSA, Alien Flight Program (AFSP)
If a student comes to you with a PPL or better, do you need to verify citizenship?
No
What does TSA require a CFI to do before employment?
TSA security awareness training (conducted annually)
Need this completed 60 days before you start instructing.
What endorsements do students need prior to solo?
Endorsement for pre solo written
Endorsed saying that are competent in that make and model of aircraft for solo flight
Any endorsements needed for that particular aircraft
What are the supplemental oxygen requirements?
Above 12,500 feet - required crew use for flight over 30 minutes
14,000 and above - crew must use
15,000 and above - everyone provided
What are the BasicMed limitations?
No more than 6 occupants (5 passengers)
6,000lbs
6 seats
Less than 18,000ft MSL
Less than 250kts
When would you not need a bi annual flight review?
Within the 24 calendar months you have:
A proficiency check or practical test by approved FAA examiner
A practical test conducted by examiner for a flight instructor cert, and added rating to flight instructor cert, renewal of flight instructor cert, or reinstatement of flight instructor cert.
Completed a renewal of your flight instructor cert in 61.197, do not need the hour of ground training
What is a bi annual flight review?
1 hour of flight training, 1 hour of ground training.
Review maneuvers and procedures that are necessary for pilot to demonstrate safe exercise of the privileges of the certificate.
No person may act as PIC of an aircraft except within 24 calendar months they have accomplished a flight review, and a logbook endorsement from an authorized instructor stating they have satisfactorily completed the flight review
Flight experience for Commercial ASEL rating
At least 250 hours of flight time that consists of at least:
100 hours in powered aircraft, at least 50 in a plane
100 hours PIC which included at least 50 in airplanes, 50 hours XC of which 10 are in planes.
10 hours instrument training using view limiting device
10 hours complex planes, turbine, or TAA
One 2 hour xc flight in single engine during daytime that has a total straight line distance of more than 100 miles from departure.
2 hour xc flight in single engine at night with total straight line distance of more than 100 miles from departure.
3 hours in single engine plane with authorized instructor in prep for practical test within preceding 2 calendar months from month of test.
10 hours solo or 10 hours of flight time performing PIC with authorized instructor
One xc flight of not less than 300 miles total distance. Landings at minimum three points, one of which is at least 250 miles from original departure point.
5 hours in night VFR with 10 TOL’s in the traffic pattern with operating control tower.
Aeronautical experience for PPL
40 hours total flight time
- 20 with an instructor
- 10 hours of solo
3 hours of xc flight training in single engine
3 hours of night flight training in single engine that includes
- one xc flight over 100 miles total distance
- 10 TOL’s to full stop in traffic pattern at an airport,
3 hours of flight training in single engine on the control and maneuvering solely by reference to instruments.
3 hours with an instructor in prep for practical test, which must have been performed within 2 calendar months of practical test
10 hours solo flight time conditioning of at least:
- 5 hours solo xc
- one solo xc flight of 150nm total distance with full stop landings at 3 point. One segment of the flight consisting of straight line distance of more than 50nm between takeoff and landing locations
- 3 TOL’s to full stop in the traffic pattern with operating control tower
A commercial helicopter pilot wants his ASEL PPL. How many hours are required?
30 HOURS
You need 20 hours with instructor, 10 hours at night. The other hours will roll over
What reg deals with eligibility to become a CFI?
61.183
Eligibility requirements to become a CFI
18 years old
Read write speak English
Commercial license or ATP
Aircraft category and class rating that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought
15 hours PIC in the category and class of aircraft that is appropriate to the flight instructor rating sought
Regs to be identified before student flies
- 1552.3 (h) - (T) TSA Proof of citizenship
- 83 - Eligibility for student pilot
- 85 - (I) IACRA application
- 23 - (M) medical certificate
To be eligible for a flight instructor certificate, the applicant must:
Hold a commercial or ATP cert with an appropriate category and class that is appropriate to instructor rating sought
Hold instrument rating on pilots certificate if seeking a flight instructor with an airplane category
Has a logbook endorsement certifying the applicant has received the required ground and flight training and has been found competent to pass the practical test
Logged at least 15 hours PIC in the category and class of aircraft that is appropriate to flight instructor rating sought
Commercial: flight proficiency
61.127
