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Steve’s Know List Flashcards

1
Q

GO or NO-GO decision

A

PAVE

Pilot skills and capability
Airplane
EnVironment (wx)
External (emotion / sick / stress)

IMSAFE pilot assessment
Illness
Medication
Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Eating / Emotion

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2
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Best way to clear fouled plugs in run up?

A

Throttle 2200 (fullish) to run air through
Lean mixture - slowly rotate out to starve fuel
Wait 15-20 seconds (blows carbon off plugs)

*more common in older engines / 152s

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3
Q

How many spark plugs?

A

4 cylinders
2 spark plugs per cylinder

= 8 spark plugs

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4
Q

Cold engine start

A

3 shots prime (fuel to cylinders)

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5
Q

Warm engine start

A

1/2 shot prime and one throttle pump

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6
Q

Flooded engine start

A

Mixture - idle cut off
Full power throttle
(This pushes excess fuel out exhaust)
Crank!
When fuel / air ratio balanced and engine begins firing, mixture rich and pull throttle back to idle

*caused by overpriming or after successive start attempts in cold weather

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7
Q

Required plane documents

A

Plane documents: AROW

Airworthiness certificate
Registration
Operating limitations (POH)
Weight and balance (binder)

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8
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Required Pilot docs

A

Photo ID
Pilot Certificate
Log book
Medical

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9
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TFR

A

Temporary flight restrictions:
Fire fighting ops / dignitaries / large sporting events and air shows

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10
Q

5Ws of radio communication

A

Who am I calling?
Who am I? (Call sign)
Where am I?
What information do I have?
What do I want?

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11
Q

At KTTD: Non-movement areas? Movement areas?

A

movement (no tower clearance necessary): ramp and run up area / boundary road
Non- Movement areas (need tower clearance): taxiway / runway

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12
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Altitude limitations heading south of KTTD?

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At or below 1200 until outside D ring (3 miles / blue dash line)
At or below 1700’ (pdx class c shelf floor)

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13
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Altitude limitations heading north of KTTD?

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1500’ until past Lacamas lake
Lacamas lake to BTG (Class c shelf floor at 2000’)

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14
Q

LGS steady red

A

Continué circling at 1200’ abeam tower, just outside pattern

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15
Q

LGS flashing red

A

Unsafe to land - go to a different airport

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16
Q

No radio landing procedure

A

Squawk 7600
Use cell to call tower
Turn on all lights
Stay at 1200’ outside pattern and circle abeam tower
Watch for LGS
Green- clear to land
Rock wings to acknowledge
No flaps landing

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17
Q

Solo maneuvers

A

T/O and L
go-arounds
ground reference maneuvers
slips and crabs

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18
Q

High risk maneuvers

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Stalls and emergency procedures

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19
Q

Side slip

A

Banked wing- dip into crosswind
Opposite Rudder keeps nose on centerline
Ball NOT centered

20
Q

Forward slip

A

Aggressive side slip
Lose altitude
Creates drag and sinks

21
Q

Light and variable winds (knts?)

A

Below 5 knots

22
Q

Crab

A

Wings level
Rudder to point nose into wind
Ball centered

23
Q

Ground reference maneuvers

A

Circle about a point
S-turns
Rectangle

24
Q

How high to be above airport pattern when I intend to visit and want to check it out?

A

1000’ above the pattern altitude

25
Q

7600

A

Lost radio

26
Q

7700

27
Q

Why clearing turns?

A

Traffic check prior to maneuvers

28
Q

Climb and level off (3 Ps)

A

Pitch
Power
Trim

29
Q

Descent

A

Power
Pitch
Trim

30
Q

Heading to get back to KTTD from south practice area?

A

330 (mt st Helens)

31
Q

Heading to get back to Kttd from north practice area?

32
Q

Fuel grade for my plane? Capacity?

A

100 low lead / 40gallons

33
Q

Oil grade? Capacity?

A

50 weight aero shell / 8qts

34
Q

Issue in flight and need to land at grove, but not signed off, what do I do?

A

Fly over and check it out. I Can land anywhere if I have a problem in flight.

35
Q

Discharge on ammeter. What do you do?

A

Check alt / alt field circuit breaker
Turn off master
Turn off lights / unnecessarily electric
Toggle alt (left side of master) on and off
If alt reboots ammeter shows +
If shows flicker (-) must do a no flap / no radio landing

36
Q

Flap malfunction. What do you do?

A

Land asap without flaps

37
Q

3 Fs of Engine out procedure

A

Fly (best glide 75)
Field (choose a suitable field based on wind and distance)
Flow (landing checklist)

38
Q

Airspeed indicator malfunction. What do you do?

A

Takeoff- horizon on the dash (80)
Cruise- power setting
Landing- watch VSI, use eyes, ears, butt to feel pitch and use familiar power settings

39
Q

Tower says “make short approach”. What do you do?

A

Comfortable? Do it. Drop power on downwind and flap 10/20/30
Uncomfortable? “Unable” and they will extend my downwind

40
Q

Tower is rushing you to exit runway and you landed long. What do you do?

41
Q

Go-Around

A

POWER!
Carb heat off
Control pitch- horizon on dash
Flaps up slowly

*sloppy approach (too high or too fast) / someone on the runway

42
Q

destination airport is too busy and chaotic. What do you do?

A

Stay out of pattern
Maneuvers in practice area
Listen to radio and assess intentions
Go somewhere else

43
Q

Flight performance - how do temp and elevation affect it?

A

👆temp and 👆elevation = reduced performance (longer takeoff and reduced climb rate)

44
Q

Takeoff distance (sea level / standard temp)

A

400-800’ depending on wind / weight

45
Q

Landing distance (sea level / standard temp)

46
Q

Airport runway lengths for:
KTTD
KSPB
4S9

A

KTTD 5400
Skappoose 5100
Mulino 3400

47
Q

Landed and no call from tower. What do you do?

A

Cross the line
Complete checklist
Call tower for taxi clearance

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