Private Pilot Checkride Flashcards

Flashcards containing vocabulary and definitions related to pilot qualifications, aircraft airworthiness, weather information, flight planning, national airspace, aircraft systems and human factors.

61.109 Pilot Requirements

Meet these requirements before applying for a practical test: 40 hours total, 20 hours of flight training, 3 hours xc, night and instrument flight training, and solo time.

Required Documents to Fly (61.3)

Pilot certificate, medical certificate, and government issued photo ID; student pilots need logbook with endorsements when acting as PIC.

Limitations as a student pilot (61.89)

No passengers, cannot carry property for compensation or hire, cannot fly in furtherance of a business, limited visibility.

Privileges of a Private Pilot (61.113, 91.146)

Act as PIC and carry passengers; conduct search and rescue operations; fly for charitable, non-profit, or community event; act as an aircraft salesman if you have at least 200 hours.

How to keep pilot certificate current (61.56, 61.57)

Student pilot: with valid medical certificate. PPL: Flight review every 24 calendar months.

Airworthy Condition (14 CFR 91.7)

Aircraft conforms to its type design and is in a condition for safe operation.

SPARROW (91.9, 91.203)

Supplements, 337, STC - POH/AFM, Mx Binder Placards, Airworthiness Certificate, Registration Certificate, Aircraft Radio License, Pilot Radio Operator Certificate, Operating Limitations, Weight and Balance equipment list, External Data Plate.

Aircraft Registration Certificate Expiration (PHAK 8-6)

7 years, temporary registration certificate- 1yr.

Airworthiness Directive (PHAK 8-12)

FAA issued order to fix a known issue. It is mandatory.

VOR

Each, place, bearing error, and sign the aircraft log or other record.

Wind Shear (pg.86)

Rapid change in wind direction or velocity

Airworthiness Directive

FAA issued order to fix a known issue

Dew Point (pg.38)

The temperature which air would have to be cooled (no change in air pressure or moisture content) for saturation to occur

TAF? (7-19) (AIM 7-1-31)

Issued 4 times a day (every 6 hours) Valid for 24-30 hours Forecast for area within 5sm of airport

AIRMET? (6-23) (AIM 7-1-6) (PHAK 12-12)

Issued for: Mountain obscuration and widespread IFR conditions (Sierra) [3sm, 1,000’] Moderate turbulence and surface winds greater than 30kts (Tango) Moderate Icing (Zulu)

Green Arc (DA-40 52kt-129kt) (DA-20 42kt-118kt)

Normal operating range

Rigidity in space

While spinning, a gyroscope will tend to stay fixed in its plane of rotation.

Altimeter (pg. 33)

This measures the difference between static pressure inside of the instrument case and standard pressure (29.92” Hg) sealed inside of an aneroid wafer.

How does the vacuum system operate? (PHAK 7-17) (POH 7-17)

An engine driven vacuum pump creates suction

RESIGNATION

The feeling of uselessness or inability or effect change

ANTIAUTHORITY

Disregard for regulations

IMPULSIVITY

Acting without thinking

INVULNERABILITY

The thought that "it can’t happen to me"

MACHO

An attitude that “you can do it”. This is often associated with trying to impress others or show off