Private Pilot Oral Exam 2025 100% Verified Questions &
Answers
Q: What is the category and class of your lisence?
Answer:
Airplane, single engine, P28A
Q: What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot (airplane) certificate?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.103
Q: be least 17 years old
be able to read, speak, write, and understand English language
hold U.S. student pilot cert/sport pilot cert/ or recreational pilot cert
Hold at least a 3rd class medical
ground/flight endorsements
pass knowledge/practical tests
meet aeronautical experience requirements
Demonstrate that your current and eligible to take the practical exam
Answer:
check endorsements, say you have the verified hours, and make sure logbooks make sense
Q: What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.113
Q: can't carry passengers or property for compensation
can't act as PIC for compensation
may fly for business if incidental
may not pay less than pro rata share of operating expenses fuel, oil, airport fees, or rental fees
may act as PIC for charitable, nonprofit, or community event
search and rescue reimbursed local, state, federal
may demonstrate aircraft to a prospective buyer if they are a salesman and have at least 200 hours
may tow glider if meet requirements (14 CFR 61.69)
light sport flight test meet requirements
What does "may not pay less than pro-rata share of the operating expenses of a flight mean"
Answer:
Pro rata mean proportional.
Q: The pilot may not pay less than his or her proportional share of the flight's operating expenses with the
passengers,(fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees)
What must a pilot have on hand? what must be on with you physically?
Answer:
,pilot certificate State/gov ID
Q: medical
students bring logbooks
What can your passengers pay?
Answer:
Pro Rata Share
Q: When can you be compensated or reimbursed?
Answer:
1. Splitting costs of flying with other people. Paying no less than the pro rata share
Q: Aircraft salesperson May demonstrate in flight to buyer (200 hours total time)
May act as PIC of an airplane in connection with business if incidental
Charitable or non-profit flights
How many hours to demo an airplane for sale?
Answer:
At least 200
Q: What is a high-performance airplane, and requirement to act as PIC of one?
Answer:
More than 200HP
Q: received and logged ground and flight training and found proficient
received endorsement in logbook from authorized instructor
Other than High-perf and complex, what other types of Aircraft require specific training and endorsements?
Answer:
High-Altitude Airplane: pressurized airplane that has a service ceiling above 25000 feet msl.
Q: Tailwheel Airplane
have to complete ground and flight training for both as well as revived an endorsement from an authorized instructor.
What is a complex airplane, and what are the req to act as PIC?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.31
Q: A complex airplane has retractable gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller. including airplanes with (FADEC)
digital engine control
You must have:
received and logged ground and flight training and found proficient
received one-time endorsement in logbook
With respect to certification, privelges, and limitations of airmen; define Category, Class, and Type. -
Category
Answer:
broad classifiction of aircraft (airplane, rotorcraft, glider)
,Q: Class
Answer:
a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics (single-engine land, multi-engine
land)
Q: Type
Answer:
a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications that do not change its hadling or flight characteristics
(DC-9, B-737, Cessna 152).
Q: Changed permanent address, must be updated...
Answer:
30 days after the date of the move.
Q: How many hours to fly for a charity?
Answer:
500 hr
Q: If you are a lawyer, can you be reimbursed to fly to see a client? can you bring your assistant with you? can you be
paid to deliver a package for your friend since you're already going?
Answer:
Q: If your not night current, what is the latest time you can land?
Answer:
One hour after sunset
Q: Where can you change the name on your license (NOT THE FSDO) Where can I find the address?
Answer:
on FAA.gov
Q: Federal Aviation Administration Airmen Certification Branch
P. O. Box 25082
Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0082
What are the requirements to keep your license current?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.56 and 61.57
Q: Flight review Logbook endorsement every 24 months
3 takeoffs and landings past 90 days to carry passengers.
Needs to be in the same category and class
Tailwheel needs to be full stop
, Must happen 1 hour after sunset/1 hour before sunrise for night time flights)
Could be done in an approved flight simulator
Who can give you a BFR?
Answer:
To keep exercising the license privileges, if you have not flown in 2 years you must complete a flight review
Q: Consists of 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight (AT LEAST)
Can be given by a CFI or a DPE
A new license can supplement a BFR
What are your recency requirements to carry passengers? at night? in a tail dragger? significance of night and day?
Answer:
3 takeoffs and landings in the previous 90 days in the same category, class, and type
Q: For night landings it must be done an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise, and a full stop
Tailwheel landings must be to a full stop
Night landings will cover day landings, but day landings do not count towards night
Does your license expire?
Answer:
No, but it has to be current
Q: What endorsements can you get? who can issue them?
Answer:
-high-performance
Q: -complex
-high-altitude
-tailwheel
authorized instructor
High performance? The piper Arrow is 200Hp, is it high preformance?
Answer:
Engine has more than 200 HP, nope
Q: If your flying with your friend in a single-engine, high-performance, complex airplane, but you don't have a HP and
Complex endorsement, and your friend does and is PIC. Can you log time for the time you act
as a sole manipulator of the controls?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.51
Q: Yes, a pilot can log in time for which the pilot is a "sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is
rated or has privileges"
What's the difference between being current and being Proficient
Answer:
Current- pilot has accomplished the minimum FAA regulatory requirements within a specific time period so they an
exercise the privileges of their certificate. (your legal but not proficient to make that flight)
Answers
Q: What is the category and class of your lisence?
Answer:
Airplane, single engine, P28A
Q: What are the eligibility requirements for a private pilot (airplane) certificate?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.103
Q: be least 17 years old
be able to read, speak, write, and understand English language
hold U.S. student pilot cert/sport pilot cert/ or recreational pilot cert
Hold at least a 3rd class medical
ground/flight endorsements
pass knowledge/practical tests
meet aeronautical experience requirements
Demonstrate that your current and eligible to take the practical exam
Answer:
check endorsements, say you have the verified hours, and make sure logbooks make sense
Q: What privileges and limitations apply to a private pilot?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.113
Q: can't carry passengers or property for compensation
can't act as PIC for compensation
may fly for business if incidental
may not pay less than pro rata share of operating expenses fuel, oil, airport fees, or rental fees
may act as PIC for charitable, nonprofit, or community event
search and rescue reimbursed local, state, federal
may demonstrate aircraft to a prospective buyer if they are a salesman and have at least 200 hours
may tow glider if meet requirements (14 CFR 61.69)
light sport flight test meet requirements
What does "may not pay less than pro-rata share of the operating expenses of a flight mean"
Answer:
Pro rata mean proportional.
Q: The pilot may not pay less than his or her proportional share of the flight's operating expenses with the
passengers,(fuel, oil, airport expenditures or rental fees)
What must a pilot have on hand? what must be on with you physically?
Answer:
,pilot certificate State/gov ID
Q: medical
students bring logbooks
What can your passengers pay?
Answer:
Pro Rata Share
Q: When can you be compensated or reimbursed?
Answer:
1. Splitting costs of flying with other people. Paying no less than the pro rata share
Q: Aircraft salesperson May demonstrate in flight to buyer (200 hours total time)
May act as PIC of an airplane in connection with business if incidental
Charitable or non-profit flights
How many hours to demo an airplane for sale?
Answer:
At least 200
Q: What is a high-performance airplane, and requirement to act as PIC of one?
Answer:
More than 200HP
Q: received and logged ground and flight training and found proficient
received endorsement in logbook from authorized instructor
Other than High-perf and complex, what other types of Aircraft require specific training and endorsements?
Answer:
High-Altitude Airplane: pressurized airplane that has a service ceiling above 25000 feet msl.
Q: Tailwheel Airplane
have to complete ground and flight training for both as well as revived an endorsement from an authorized instructor.
What is a complex airplane, and what are the req to act as PIC?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.31
Q: A complex airplane has retractable gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller. including airplanes with (FADEC)
digital engine control
You must have:
received and logged ground and flight training and found proficient
received one-time endorsement in logbook
With respect to certification, privelges, and limitations of airmen; define Category, Class, and Type. -
Category
Answer:
broad classifiction of aircraft (airplane, rotorcraft, glider)
,Q: Class
Answer:
a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics (single-engine land, multi-engine
land)
Q: Type
Answer:
a specific make and basic model of aircraft including modifications that do not change its hadling or flight characteristics
(DC-9, B-737, Cessna 152).
Q: Changed permanent address, must be updated...
Answer:
30 days after the date of the move.
Q: How many hours to fly for a charity?
Answer:
500 hr
Q: If you are a lawyer, can you be reimbursed to fly to see a client? can you bring your assistant with you? can you be
paid to deliver a package for your friend since you're already going?
Answer:
Q: If your not night current, what is the latest time you can land?
Answer:
One hour after sunset
Q: Where can you change the name on your license (NOT THE FSDO) Where can I find the address?
Answer:
on FAA.gov
Q: Federal Aviation Administration Airmen Certification Branch
P. O. Box 25082
Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0082
What are the requirements to keep your license current?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.56 and 61.57
Q: Flight review Logbook endorsement every 24 months
3 takeoffs and landings past 90 days to carry passengers.
Needs to be in the same category and class
Tailwheel needs to be full stop
, Must happen 1 hour after sunset/1 hour before sunrise for night time flights)
Could be done in an approved flight simulator
Who can give you a BFR?
Answer:
To keep exercising the license privileges, if you have not flown in 2 years you must complete a flight review
Q: Consists of 1 hour ground and 1 hour flight (AT LEAST)
Can be given by a CFI or a DPE
A new license can supplement a BFR
What are your recency requirements to carry passengers? at night? in a tail dragger? significance of night and day?
Answer:
3 takeoffs and landings in the previous 90 days in the same category, class, and type
Q: For night landings it must be done an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise, and a full stop
Tailwheel landings must be to a full stop
Night landings will cover day landings, but day landings do not count towards night
Does your license expire?
Answer:
No, but it has to be current
Q: What endorsements can you get? who can issue them?
Answer:
-high-performance
Q: -complex
-high-altitude
-tailwheel
authorized instructor
High performance? The piper Arrow is 200Hp, is it high preformance?
Answer:
Engine has more than 200 HP, nope
Q: If your flying with your friend in a single-engine, high-performance, complex airplane, but you don't have a HP and
Complex endorsement, and your friend does and is PIC. Can you log time for the time you act
as a sole manipulator of the controls?
Answer:
14 CFR 61.51
Q: Yes, a pilot can log in time for which the pilot is a "sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is
rated or has privileges"
What's the difference between being current and being Proficient
Answer:
Current- pilot has accomplished the minimum FAA regulatory requirements within a specific time period so they an
exercise the privileges of their certificate. (your legal but not proficient to make that flight)
