ASA PRIVATE PILOT ORAL EXAM
GUIDE - MICHAEL D HAYES
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1.A.1 - What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - Correct
Answers -Be at least 17
Be able to read, write and understand english
Hold at least a Third medical certificate
Receive required ground and flight endorsements
Meet Required aeronautic experience
Pass the FAA written test
1.A.2 - What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot? - Correct Answers -
Cannot act as a pilot carrying passengers or property for hire
- Prorata
- Charitable and non profit
- Search location
- Demo flight
1.A.6 - What documents do you need for FAA ramp inspection? - Correct Answers --
Pilot's License
- Medical
- Photo ID
1.A.7 - Definition of high performance airplane. What do you need to act as PIC? -
Correct Answers -Engine > 200 HP
Need:
Received and logged ground and flight time from authorized CFI and was found
proficient
One time endorsement from CFI
1.A.8 - Other than high performance what other types of aircraft require endorsement
ASEL? - Correct Answers -High altitude airplanes > 25,000
Tailwheel
1.A.9 - What is the definition of complex airplane? - Correct Answers -- Retractable land
gear
- Flaps
- Controllable pitch propeller
,Need:
Ground and flight from CFI
One time endorsement
1.A.10 - With respect to certification, privileges and limitations of airman define:
category, class and type - Correct Answers -Category - Broad class definition of aircraft
(airplane, rotorcraft, glider)
Class - Classification within category (Single engine land, multi engine)
Type - Specific make and model (DC-9)
1.B.1 - What are the requirements to remain current as a pilot? - Correct Answers -
Flight review on the proceeding 24 months
To carry passengers:
- 2 takeoff/landings (Day)
- 3 takeoff/landing full stop night or tailwheel
1.B.5 How personal minimums reduces risks? - Correct Answers -WE live by numbers
Facilitate the go no go decision
Help with deversion
4.A.1 What are the four forces that acts on a airplane? - Correct Answers -Lift, gravity,
thrust, drag
4.A.2 What flight condition will result on all forces being equal? - Correct Answers -
straight and level unaccelerated flight
4.A.3 What is an airfoil? - Correct Answers -Device that gets a useful reaction (i.e. lift)
from moving air.
examples: wings, propellers...
4.A.4 What is the angle of incidence? - Correct Answers -The angle formed between the
longitudinal axe of the airplane and the chord of the wing
4.A.5 What is relative wind? - Correct Answers -Direction of the airflow with respect to
the wing
4.A.6 What is the angle of attack? - Correct Answers -Angle between wing chord line
and relative wind
4.a.7 What is Bernoulli's principle? - Correct Answers -the pressure in a fluid decreases
as the fluid's velocity increases
4.A.8 What are several factors which will affect both lift and drag? - Correct Answers -
Wing Area
, Shape of airfoil
Angle of attack
velocity of the air
air density
4.A.9 What is torque effect? - Correct Answers -Torque effect involves Newton's Third
Law of Physics - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Applied to the
airplane, this means that as the internal engine parts and propeller are revolving in one
direction, an equal force is trying to rotate the airplane in the opposite direction. It is
greatest when at low airspeeds with high power settings and a high angle of attack.
4.A.11 What are four factor that contributes to torque? - Correct Answers -Torque
reaction of engine and propeller
Gyroscope effect of the propeller
corkscrewing effect of the propeller slipstream
Asymetrical loading of the propeller (p-factor)
4.A.12 What is centrifugal force? - Correct Answers -Opposite force to the horizontal
component of the lift
4.A.13 What is load factor? - Correct Answers -Ration of the load divided by weight.
Also called G force or G loading.
4.A.14 For what two reasons load factor is important to pilots? - Correct Answers -
Danger to overload impose to the aircraft structure
increase on load factor increase stall speed
4.A.15 What situations may result in load factor reaching maximum or being exceeded?
- Correct Answers -Level Turns
Turbulence
Speed
4.A.17 What effects does an increase in load factor have on stalling speed? - Correct
Answers -As load factor increases the stall speed increases
4.A.18 Define the term maneuvering speed - Correct Answers -Maximum speed at
which the limit load can be imposed without causing structural damage
4.A.19 Discuss the effects of maneuvering speed related to weight - Correct Answers -
Maneuvering speed increases with an increase weight and decrease with a decrease in
the weight
4.A.21 what causes an airplane to stall? - Correct Answers -Excessive angle of attack
GUIDE - MICHAEL D HAYES
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1.A.1 - What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot certificate? - Correct
Answers -Be at least 17
Be able to read, write and understand english
Hold at least a Third medical certificate
Receive required ground and flight endorsements
Meet Required aeronautic experience
Pass the FAA written test
1.A.2 - What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot? - Correct Answers -
Cannot act as a pilot carrying passengers or property for hire
- Prorata
- Charitable and non profit
- Search location
- Demo flight
1.A.6 - What documents do you need for FAA ramp inspection? - Correct Answers --
Pilot's License
- Medical
- Photo ID
1.A.7 - Definition of high performance airplane. What do you need to act as PIC? -
Correct Answers -Engine > 200 HP
Need:
Received and logged ground and flight time from authorized CFI and was found
proficient
One time endorsement from CFI
1.A.8 - Other than high performance what other types of aircraft require endorsement
ASEL? - Correct Answers -High altitude airplanes > 25,000
Tailwheel
1.A.9 - What is the definition of complex airplane? - Correct Answers -- Retractable land
gear
- Flaps
- Controllable pitch propeller
,Need:
Ground and flight from CFI
One time endorsement
1.A.10 - With respect to certification, privileges and limitations of airman define:
category, class and type - Correct Answers -Category - Broad class definition of aircraft
(airplane, rotorcraft, glider)
Class - Classification within category (Single engine land, multi engine)
Type - Specific make and model (DC-9)
1.B.1 - What are the requirements to remain current as a pilot? - Correct Answers -
Flight review on the proceeding 24 months
To carry passengers:
- 2 takeoff/landings (Day)
- 3 takeoff/landing full stop night or tailwheel
1.B.5 How personal minimums reduces risks? - Correct Answers -WE live by numbers
Facilitate the go no go decision
Help with deversion
4.A.1 What are the four forces that acts on a airplane? - Correct Answers -Lift, gravity,
thrust, drag
4.A.2 What flight condition will result on all forces being equal? - Correct Answers -
straight and level unaccelerated flight
4.A.3 What is an airfoil? - Correct Answers -Device that gets a useful reaction (i.e. lift)
from moving air.
examples: wings, propellers...
4.A.4 What is the angle of incidence? - Correct Answers -The angle formed between the
longitudinal axe of the airplane and the chord of the wing
4.A.5 What is relative wind? - Correct Answers -Direction of the airflow with respect to
the wing
4.A.6 What is the angle of attack? - Correct Answers -Angle between wing chord line
and relative wind
4.a.7 What is Bernoulli's principle? - Correct Answers -the pressure in a fluid decreases
as the fluid's velocity increases
4.A.8 What are several factors which will affect both lift and drag? - Correct Answers -
Wing Area
, Shape of airfoil
Angle of attack
velocity of the air
air density
4.A.9 What is torque effect? - Correct Answers -Torque effect involves Newton's Third
Law of Physics - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Applied to the
airplane, this means that as the internal engine parts and propeller are revolving in one
direction, an equal force is trying to rotate the airplane in the opposite direction. It is
greatest when at low airspeeds with high power settings and a high angle of attack.
4.A.11 What are four factor that contributes to torque? - Correct Answers -Torque
reaction of engine and propeller
Gyroscope effect of the propeller
corkscrewing effect of the propeller slipstream
Asymetrical loading of the propeller (p-factor)
4.A.12 What is centrifugal force? - Correct Answers -Opposite force to the horizontal
component of the lift
4.A.13 What is load factor? - Correct Answers -Ration of the load divided by weight.
Also called G force or G loading.
4.A.14 For what two reasons load factor is important to pilots? - Correct Answers -
Danger to overload impose to the aircraft structure
increase on load factor increase stall speed
4.A.15 What situations may result in load factor reaching maximum or being exceeded?
- Correct Answers -Level Turns
Turbulence
Speed
4.A.17 What effects does an increase in load factor have on stalling speed? - Correct
Answers -As load factor increases the stall speed increases
4.A.18 Define the term maneuvering speed - Correct Answers -Maximum speed at
which the limit load can be imposed without causing structural damage
4.A.19 Discuss the effects of maneuvering speed related to weight - Correct Answers -
Maneuvering speed increases with an increase weight and decrease with a decrease in
the weight
4.A.21 what causes an airplane to stall? - Correct Answers -Excessive angle of attack
