Private Pilot Oral Exam

Private Pilot Oral Exam

Your pilot certificate will be valid for what category and class aircraft, and how long is it valid?

Category: Airplane

Class: Single Engine Land

Expiration Date: Indefinite

What class medical do you have and how long is it valid?

Class: Third

Expiration Date: 5 years

What 3 personal documents must you have while flying?

• Certificate
• medical
• Picture ID issued by Govt

What 4 aircraft documents must be on board the aircraft?Air-worthiness Registration Operating-limitations Weight-and-balance Explain the considerations for accepting compensation for a flight related to your private or commercial certificate Unless it is the PIC's idea, the pilot will except no compensation Describe what must be done with non-required but inop equipment.

• Labeled INOP

Or

• Removed and reconfigure W/B

Describe what you must do to legally fly when some piece of required equipment is inop.request for a Special Flight Permit Compare ADs and Service Bulletins

Airworthiness Directives are required Service Bulletins are not required What routine maintenance inspections are required to fly at this airport, and where is the work documented?Annual Inspection VOR inspection-30 days 100 hour inspection Altimeter inspection- Transponder Inspection- 2 years ELT/Battery inspection- half life of battery (1 year) List your recency of experience requirements to fly as Pilot in Command.by yourself-flight review (24 months) with passengers-3 TO/LND within last 90 days PAX at night- 3 TO/LND to STOP at night (90 days) Pax in a tailwheel-3 TO/LND in tailwheel to STOP(90) Instruments and Equipment requirements for VFR during Day Airspeed Ind.Tachometer Oil Pressure Mag Compass Altimeter Temp gauge (Liquid cooled engine) Oil Temp gauge

Fuel Gauge Landing gear position lights Anti Collision lights Manifold pressure ELT Seatbelts Instrument and equipment requirements for VFR during Night Fuses (Spark plugs) Landing Lights Anti Collision Light Position Lights Source of Electricity Most Common used Weather sources

FSS (phone)

Duats (online: weather briefings)

Private (Information: non govt)

Non-aviation (Weather Channel) Mk-1 eyeball (visual reference) TAF

Forecast: 24-30 HR weather Predictions for a 5 mile radius

METAR

Report: Gives weather Happening

FA

Forecast: Larger Area; Area Forecast

SIGMET

SIGMETs are issued for all aircraft and may include severe icing not associated with thunderstorms, clear air turbulence, dust storms, and volcanic eruptions.

AIRMET

AIRMETs are issued for moderate icing, moderate turbulence, IFR conditions over 50% of an area, sustained surface winds of 30 kt. or greater, nonconvective low-level wind shear, and mountain obscuration.Convective SIGMET Convective SIGMETs are issued for severe thunderstorms, embedded thunderstorms, lines of thunderstorms, and tornadoes, all of which imply severe or greater turbulence, severe icing, and low- level wind shear.

PIREP

Report: Reports other pilots have given

Winds/Temps Aloft

Forecast: Get winds/temps in areas

Surface Analysis

Reports: frontal info, winds, pressures

Weather Depiction

Report: Detailed map of weather

Radar Summary

Report: Precipitation Return

SIG weather Progs

Forecast: Look like surface analysis but with 12 hr and 24 hr

FSS briefing types

1. Standard: EVERYTHING

2. Abbreviated: Specific. only what is asked for

3. Outlook: Before 6 hours of flight start

Atis/Awos/Asos Weather Reports NOTAMs

Reports: Misc info concerning flight plan

DZ Drizzle RA Rain SN Snow GR Hail BR Mist FG