Pre solo circuit checkride!

Fire During Ground Start (If engine starts)

1. Continue cranking

2. 1700 RPM for a few mins

3. Shutdown engine

   1. Avionics master OFF

   2. Mixture idle cutoff

   3. Master Off

   4. Magnetos Off

Fire During Ground Start (if engine does not start)

1. Continue cranking

2. Throttle full open (FULL PWR)

3. Mixture idle cut off

4. Continue cranking

5. Get fire extinguisher

6. Secure engine

   1. Master off

   2. Mags off

   3. Fuel selector off

7. Extinguish Fire

8. Inspect for damage

Engine Fire in Flight

1. Mixture idle cutoff

2. Fuel selector off

3. Master Off

4. Cabin heat and air OFF

5. Airspeed 100 KIAS

6. Forced landing w/o engine power

Electrical Fire in flight

1. Master Off

2. Avionics master Off

3. All electrics Off

4. Vents/ cabin air / heat closed

5. Extinguish fire

if fire is extinguished, and electrical power is necessary to continue the flight

6. Master on

7. Circuit breaks check to locate the faulty circuit

8. Radios OFF

9. Avionics Master on

10. Electrics on one at a time till faulty circuit is located

Cabin Fire

1. Master off

2. Vents/ Cabin Air / Heat → Closed

3. Extinguish fire

4. Land ASAP

Wing fire

1. Nav lights Off

2. Pitot heat Off

3. Strobe lights Off

4. Sideslip to keep flames away from fuel tanks and cabin

5. Land ASAP using flaps only as required on final and touchdown

Engine failure during takeoff run

• Throttle idle

• Breaks on

• Flaps up

• Mixture idle-cut off

• Mags off

• Master off

Engine failure immediately after takeoff

• Airspeed 65K (Flaps up) 60K (flaps down)

• Mixture idle cutoff

• fuel selector off

• Mags off

• flaps as required

• Master off

Engine failure during flight

• Airspeed 65k

• Carb heat on

• fuel selector both

• mixture rich

• mags both

• primer in and locked

Forced landing w/o engine power

• Airspeed 64k (w/o flaps) 60k (w/ flaps)

• Mixture idle cutoff

• Fuel selector off

• Mags off

• Flaps as required (40˚ recommended)

• Master off

• Doors unlatch

• Touchdown slightly tail low

• Breaks apply heavily

Precautionary landing w/ engine power

• flaps 20˚

• Airspeed 60K

• fly over selected field

• retract flaps when safe

• Avionics + electrical switches off

• Airspeed 60K

• Master off

• Doors unlatch before touchdown

• touchdown slightly tail low

• Mags off

• Breaks apply heavily

Ditching

• Mayday on 121.5

• Secure heavy object or jettison

• Approach -

  • high winds, heavy seas → into the wind

  • light winds, heavy swells → parallel to the swells

• flaps 20˚ - 40˚

• power appropriate for 300ft/min decent @ 55kts

• doors unlatch before touchdown

• touchdown level

• face coushion

• Evacuate + life vests/rafts

Inadvertent icing

• Pitot heat on

• Turn back or change altitude

• Cabin heat + air + defrost

• open throttle

• carb heat as required

• land at the nearest airport

Static source blockage

• Alternate static source pull on

• Airspeed → table in POH sec 5

Landing with a main flat tire

• Approach - normal

• Touchdown good tire first, hold off on the other one as long as possible

Ammeter overcharge

• Avionics off

• Master off

• master on

• Avionics master on

  • if over voltage light is still illuminated - terminate flight ASAP

Ammeter Discharge

• Alternator off

• non essential electrics off

• Flight - terminate asap

What are the documents required onboard?

AROWJIIL

• Airworthiness certificate

• Registration

• Operating handbook

• Weight and balance

• Journey log

• Insurance

• Intercept orders (for US)

• Licences (student pilot permit, radio, medical)

What are the privileges of the student pilot permit?

The SPP allows a student to act as PIC of an aircraft with VFR weather, under the supervision of a CFI, for training flights.

Vr (172M and 172N)

55 kts

Vx (172M)

64 kts

Vx (172N)

59 kts

Vy (172M)

78 kts

Vy (172N)

73 kts

Vs (172M and 172N)

47 kts

Vso (172M and 172N)

41 kts

Vfe (172M and 172N)

85 kts

Va @ 2300 ibs (172M and 172N)

97 kts

Va @ 1950 ibs (172M and 172N)

89 kts

Va @ 1600 kts (172M and 172N)

80 kts

Vno (172M and 172N)

128 kts

Vne (172M and 172N)

160 kts

Vg (172M and 172N)

65 kts

How do you troubleshoot and handle a radio failure

• Troubleshoot

  • Volume + squelch

  • headphone plugs

  • second radio

  • overhead speaker

  • handheld microphone

• Squawk 7600 + light gun signals

Light gun signals in the air and ground → Steady Green

• Air → Cleared to land

• Ground → Clear to take off

Light gun signals in the air and ground → Flashing green

• Air → circle back to land

• Ground → clear to taxi

Light gun signals in the air and ground → steady red

• Air → circle back to land

• Ground → stop

Light gun signals in the air and ground → Flashing red

• Air → airport unsafe, do not land

• Ground → taxi clear of taxiway/runway in use

Light gun signals on the ground → flashing white

• ground → Return to the starting point in the airport

How to handle a runway change (if you’re on downwind and crosswind)

• Downwind → 180˚ turn away form the runway , to join the downwind of the opposite runway

• Crosswind → 180˚ turn, and early base for opposite runway

What options do you have if ATC gives u a wake turbulence warning?

• Overfly the field

• Full stop

Procedure for overshoot

• Full power + carb heat cold

• Nose to horizon

• Flaps to 20˚ immediately

  • positive rate of climb → flaps 10˚

  • Positive rate of climb → flaps 0˚

Prodecure for simulated engine failure

• Pitch for Vg immediately

• simultaneously turn for runway threshold

• judge altitude and don’t apply flaps till landing is guaranteed