SU 4: Federal Aviation Regulations Flashcards
With respect to the certification of airmen, which are categories of aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, lighter-than-air
With respect to the certification of airmen, which is a class of aircraft?
Single-engine land and sea, multiengine land and sea
The definition of nighttime is?
the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight.
With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a category of aircraft?
Normal, Utility, acrobatic.
With respect to the certification of aircraft, which is a class of aircraft
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon.
An ATC clearance provides
authorization to proceed under specified traffic conditions in controlled airspace.
Which V-speed represents maximum flap extended speed
Vfe
Which V-speed represent maximum landing gear extended speed
VLE
VNO is defined as the
Maximum structural cruising speed
Which V-speed represent maneuvering speed
Va
Which would provide the greatest gain in altitude in the shortest distance during climb after takeoff?
Vx
Vso is defined as the
stalling speed or minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration
After takeoff, which airspeed would the pilot use to gain the most altitude in a given period of time
Vy
How long does the Airworthiness Certificate of an aircraft remain valid?
As long as the aircraft is maintained and operated as required by Federal Aviation Regulations
What should an owner or operator know about Airworthiness Directives (ADs)?
They are mandatory
May a pilot operate an aircraft that is not in compliance with an Airworthiness Directive (AD)?
Yes, if allowed by the AD
What regulation allows a private pilot to perform preventive maintenance?
14 CFR 43.3
Who may perform preventive maintenance on an aircraft and approve it for return to service
Private or Commercial pilot
When preventive maintenance is performed on an aircraft, what paperwork is required?
The signature, certificate number, and kind of certificate held by the person approving the work, and a description of the work must be entered in the aircraft maintenance records
What documentation is required when a pilot has performed preventive maintenance on an aircraft?
The pilot is to make an entry in the aircraft’s maintenance records
Which operation would be described as preventive maintenance?
Servicing landing gear wheel bearings
Which operation would be described as preventive maintenance?
Replenish hydraulic fluid
Is it illegal to fly on the dealer’s registration after a buyer purchased an airplane from that dealer?
No, the airplane cannot be flown by the buyer and has to be registered
When must a current pilot certificate be in the pilot’s personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
Any time when acting as pilot in command or as a required crewmember
A recreational or private pilot acting as pilot in command, or in any other capacity as a required pilot flight crewmember, must have in his or her personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft a current
medical certificate if required and an appropriate pilot certificate
What document(s) must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
An appropriate pilot certificate and an appropriate current medical certificate if required.
Each person who holds a pilot certificate or a medical certificate shall present it for inspection upon the request of any
local law enforcement officer
How soon after the conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall it be reported to the FAA’s Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office?
No later than 60 days after the motor vehicle action
How soon after the conviction for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall it be reported to the FAA, and which department should this be reported to?
Within 60 days to the Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office
A third-class Medical Certificate is issued to a 36-year old pilot on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a Private Pilot Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on
August 31, 5 years later
A Third-class Medical Certificate is issued to a 51-year-old pilot on May 3, this year. To exercise the privleges of a Private Pilot Certificate, the medical certificate will be valid until midnight on
May 31, 2 years later
For private pilot operations, a Second-Class Medicl Certificate issued to a 42-year-old pilot on July 15, this year, will expire at midnight on
July 31, 2 years later
A Third-Class Medical Certificate was issued to a 19-year-old pilot on August 10, this year. To exercise the privileges of a recreational or private pilot certificate, the medical certificate will expire at midnight on
August 31, 5 years later
For private pilot operations, a First-Class Medical Certificate issued to a 23-year-old pilot on October 21, this year, will expire at midnight on
October 31, 5 years later
In order to qualify for BasicMed, you must have received a comprehensive examination from
A state-licensed physician within the previous 48 months
Before a person holding a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, that person must have
received ground and flight instruction from an authorized flight instructor who then endorses that person’s logbook
In order to act as pilot in command of a high-performance airplane, a pilot must have
received and logged ground and flight instruction in an airplane that has more than 200 horsepower
What is the definition of a high-performance airplane?
An airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower
The pilot in command is required to hold a type rating in which aircraft?
Aircraft having a gross weight of more than 12,500 pounds
To act as PIC of a high-performance airplane, which training or experience would meet the additional requirements
Received and logged ground and flight training in a high-performance airplane and a received a logbook endorsement
As pilot in command with a recreational certificate, you must have in your personal possession while exercising the privileges of that certificate
a current pilot and medical certificate
If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on October 30, this year, when is the next flight review required
October 31, 2 years later
Each recreational or private pilot is required to have a flight review at least once
every 24 months
If a recreational or private pilot had a flight review on August 8, this year, when is the next flight review required
August 31 2 years later
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, a pilot must show by logbook endorsement the satisfactory completion of a flight review or completion of a pilot proficiency check within the preceding
24 calendar months
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in an aircraft of the same category, class, and if a type rating is required, of the same type, within the preceding
90 days
If recency of experience requirements for night flight are not met and official sunset is 1830, the latest time passengers may be carried is
1929
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft carrying passengers, the pilot must have made three takeoffs and three landings within the preceding 90 days in an aircraft of the same
Category, class and type, if a type rating is required
The three takeoffs and landings that are required to at as pilot in command at night must be done during the time period from
1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise
To meet the recency of experience requirements to act as pilot in command carrying passengers at night, a pilot must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings to a full stop within the preceding 90 days in
the same category and class of aircraft to be used
The takeoffs and landings required to meet the recency of experience requirements for carrying passengers in a tailwheel airplane
must be to a full stop
You have accomplished 25 takeoffs and landings in multi-engine land airplanes in the previous 45 days. For a flight you plan to conduct today, this meets the PIC recency of experience requirements to carry passengers in which airplanes?
Multi-engine land airplane
Your cousin wants you to take him flying. You must have made at least three takeoffs and three landings in your aircraft within the preceding
90 days
If a certificated pilot changes permanent mailing address and fails to notify the FAA Airmen Certification Branch of the new address, the pilot is entitled to exercise the privileges of the pilot certificate for a period of only
30 days after the date of the move
A certificated private pilot may not act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider unless there is entered in the pilot’s logbook a minimum of
100 hours of pilot-in-command time in the aircraft category, class, and type, if required, that the pilot is using to tow a glider
To act as pilot in command of an aircraft towing a glider, a pilot is required to have made within the preceding 24 months
at least three actual or simulated glider tows while accompanied by a qualified pilot
If you are operating under BasicMed, you may fly an aircraft with
a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6,000 lb