Mission 1 Flashcards

Enrollment requirements and documents review

Student pilot certificate, government photo ID, medical certificate, and any required endorsements.

Student Pilot Limitations

May not carry passengers, may not fly for compensation or hire.

Pilot Logbook / Record Keeping / Endorsements

Log all flight time (date, total time, aircraft, conditions.) Student pilots need specific CFI endorsements for solo, solo cross-country, and specific airports/airspace.

Student Pilot / Private Pilot currency, privileges, and limitations

Student: Limited to training flights with instructor or solo with endorsements; no passengers.

Private: May carry passengers, fly day/night VFR, and fly for personal reasons (not for hire). Currency: 3 takeoffs/landings in 90 days to carry passengers; night currency requires 3 full-stop night landings in 90 days.

Proficiency Vs Currency

Currency = legal minimums (3 landings in 90 days)

Proficiency = actual skill level needed to fly safely. You can be current but not proficient.

Personal documents when flying an aircraft

Pilot certificate, medical certificate (or BasicMed documents), and government-issued photo ID. (Logbook is not required to be carried, but endorsements must be available if requested.)

Medical certificates (Classes, duration, and requirements)

1st Class: 12 months under 40 / 6 months 40+

2nd Class: 12 months

3rd Class: 60 months under 40 / 24 months 40+
(Student pilots typically need at least a 3rd Class.)

Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)

A systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots.

Category and class (Airmen vs. Aircraft)

Airman: Category (Airplane) → Class (Single-engine land)

Aircraft: Category (Normal/Utility) → Class (Airplane)

Aircraft documents (A.R.R.O.W.)

Airworthiness Certificate, Registration, Radio station license (if required), Operating limitations (POH), Weight & Balance.

Inspection and airworthiness requirements (AV1ATE)

Annual, VOR (IFR), 100-hour, Altimeter/static, Transponder, ELT, and other required inspections for airworthiness.

Individuals who can perform maintenance: A&P and I.A. roles

A&P (Airframe & Powerplant) mechanic. IA (Inspection Authorization) can sign annuals and major repairs/alterations.

Pilot performing preventive maintenance

Yes — limited items listed in FAR Part 43 Appendix A (e.g., oil change, tire replacement, etc.) if the pilot holds at least a private pilot certificate.

Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

Mandatory FAA directive requiring inspection, modification, or action for continued airworthiness.

Equipment List

List of equipment installed on the specific aircraft (found in the POH or aircraft records) that defines the approved configuration.

Minimum Equipment List (MEL)

FAA-approved list that allows operation of the aircraft with certain inoperative equipment under specific conditions and limitations.

Special Flight Permit (Ferry Permit)

Authorization to fly an aircraft that is not currently airworthy for a specific purpose (usually to a repair facility).

Required equipment VFR Day/Night

TOMATO FLAMES (or equivalent mnemonic covering tachometer, oil pressure/temp, manifold pressure, airspeed, temperature, fuel gauges, landing gear, anti-collision, magnetic compass, ELT, seatbelts, etc.). Night adds lights and other items.

Aircraft placards

They provide required operating limitations, warnings, and instructions that must be visible and followed (e.g., “No Smoking,” weight limits, etc.).

Flying with Inoperative equipment (The 4-step sequence)

1.  Is it required by type certificate / equipment list / 91.205 / AD?

2.  Is there an MEL?

3.  Can it be deferred under 91.213?

4.  Placard “Inoperative,” deactivate if required, and document.

Locating maintenance records entries

Aircraft maintenance logs (airframe, engine, propeller, and required equipment logs).

Responsibility and authority of the Pilot in Command

The Pilot in Command is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.