Private Pilot Oral Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct

Private Pilot Oral Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct What is a Special Flight Permit? Who can be on board? A special flight permit may be issued for an aircraft that may not currently meet applicable airworthiness requirements, but is capable of safe flight, for the following purposes: Flying aircraft to a point for repairs, alterations, maintenance, or storage. Delivering new aircraft to the base of a purchaser or to a storage point. Conducting production flight tests. Evacuating an aircraft from impending danger. Conducting customer demonstration flights in new production aircraft that have passed or completed production flight tests. Excess weight operations. -(Commonly called ferry flights) Crew required to complete flight can be on board. What Is an Airworthiness Directive? Who Issues it? Is it mandatory? Issued by the FAA in response to deficiencies and/or unsafe conditions found in aircraft, engines, propellers, or other aircraft parts. Compliance with an AD is mandatory. What inspections does an airplane need? How often? Annual inspection-12 calendar months VOR-30 days 100 hour-if for hire Altimeter/pitot static-24 calendar months Transponder-24 calendar months ELT-12 calendar months, replace after 1/2 of useful life or 1 hr of use. Class A VFR wx minimums Not Applicable, must be on IFR flight plan in class A airspace. (FL180-FL600) Class B WFR wx minimums Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: Clear of clouds Class C wx minimums Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class D wx minimums Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class E wx minimums (Less than 10,000 feet MSL) Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class E wx minimums (At or above 10,000 feet MSL) Visibility: 5 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 1 statute mile horizontally, 1000 feet above, 1000 feet below Class G wx minimums (1,200 feet or less above surface regardless of MSL altitude during the day) Visibility: 1 statute mile Distance from Clouds: Clear of Clouds Class G wx minimums (1,200 feet or less above surface regardless of MSL altitude during the night) Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class G wx minimums (More than 1,200 above the surface but less than 10,000 MSL during the day) Visibility: 1 statute mile Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class G wx minimums (More than 1,200 above the surface but less than 10,000 MSL during the night) Visibility: 3 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 2000 feet horizontally , 1000 feet above, 500 feet below Class G wx minimums (More than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL) Visibility: 5 statute miles Distance from Clouds: 1 statute mile horizontally, 1000 feet above, 1000 feet below What do you do for a change of address? Within 30 days, notify in writing the FAA, Airman Certification Branch, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125 Minimum Equipment Required for Day VFR FAR 91.205 T achometer O oil pressure gauge M anifold pressure gauge for each atmosphere engine A irspeed indicator T emperature gauge for each liquid cooled engine O il temperature gauge Anti-Collision Lights F uel level gauge L anding gear position indicator A ltimeter M agnetic heading indicator E mergency locator transmitter (ELT) S eat belts Minimum Equipment Required for Night VFR F uses L anding lights A nticollision lights P osition indicator lamps S ource of power What is a complex aircraft? an airplane that has a retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller. You must have received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized flight instructor in a complex airplane, or in a flight simulator or flight training device that is representative of a complex airplane as well as received a one time endorsement in your logbook. What is an operating limitation? An operating limitation is a limitation a certain airspeed, weight, level of bank, that an airplane can not exceed. Where can you find operating limitations? POH as well as in the aircraft. Define VFR Visual Flight Rules: Ceiling greater than 3,000 feet and visibility greater than 5 miles; includes skys clear MVFR Marginal Visual Flight Rules: Ceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or visibility 3 to 5 miles inclusive. IFR Instrument Flight Rules: Ceiling 500 to less than 1,000 feet and/or visibility 1-3 miles. LIFR Low Instrument Flight Rules: Ceiling less than 500 feet and/or visibility less than 1 mile. Short Range Surface Progs Portray selected weather conditions at specific times (12,24,36, and 48 hours progs). The time indicates the time at which the expected weather forecasts are to occur. Radar Summary Chart Shows areas of precipitation as well as the intensity and type of cell. Charts available hourly with a valid time of 35 minutes past each hour. Should be used with other weather products. Low-Level Significant Weather Prog Chart Day one forecast of significant weather for the conterminous U.S., pertaining to layer from surface to FL240. Two forecast periods, 12 hours and 24 hours. Composed of four panels. Two lower panels depict 12 and 24 hours surface prog. Two upper depict 12 and 24 hour significant weather progs. Shows pressure systems, fronts, weather flying categories, etc.. What is prognostic mean? (Relating to Wx) Its a weather outlook/forecast. Mid-Level Significant Weather Prog Chart Forecast and overview of significant weather en route over a rang of flight levels from 10,000 feet MSL to FL450. Its a "snapshot" of wx forecasted at specific times. Convective outlook chart depicts areas forecast to have the potential for severe and non severe convection and specific weather threats during the following three days. Constant Pressure Analysis Chart Shows air temp, wind, temp/dew point spread along a proposed route. Issued twice daily. Victor Airway 8 miles wide, VFR and IFR can fly them, but there will most likely be more IFR traffic on them than VFR. A victor airway is Class E airspace. They are 1200AGL and up to but not including FL180. Odd numbers=North/South Even numbers= East/West Define everything there is to know about an MTR. Military Training Route, VR and IR indicates the flight rules under which they will be operating, Visual and Instrument. they have 3 numbers and 4 numbers on the route which defines altitude. 4 numbers=At or Below 1500 AGL. 3 Numbers= Above 1500 AGL. These routes aren't subject to 250 kts airspeed restriction. Convective SIGMET Implies severe or greater turbulence, severe icing and low-level wind shear. May be issued for any convective situation which the forecaster feels is hazardous to all categories of aircraft. Possible Convective SIGMETS: a) Severe Thunderstorm due to: -surface winds greater than or equal to 50 knots. -hail greater than 3/4 an inch. -tornadoes. b) Embedded Thunderstorms c) A line of thunderstorms d) Thunderstorms producing greater than or equal to heavy precipitation that affects 40% or more of an area at least 3,000 square miles. SIGMET Advises of non-convective wx that is potentially hazardous to all aircraft. Max forecast period is four hours. Examples of this could be: a) Severe Icing not associated with a thunderstorm b) Severe or extreme turbulence or Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) c) A line of thunderstorms d) Volcanic Ash AIRMET Sierra IFR conditions and/or extensive mountain obscurations AIRMET Tango Describes moderate turbulence, sustained surface winds of 30 knots or greater, and/or non-convective low-level wind shear. AIRMET Zulu Moderate Icing and provides freezing level heights What factors must be present for a thunderstorm to form? a) A source of lift. (heating, fast-moving front) b) Unstable Air (non standard lapse rate) c) High moisture content (temp/dew point close) Three Types of Structural Icing 1) Clear Ice-forms after initial impact when the remaining liquid portion of the drop flows out over the aircraft surface, gradually freezing as a smooth sheet of solid ice. 2) Rime Ice-forms when drops are small, such as those in stratified clouds or light drizzle. The liquid portion remaining after initial impact freezes rapidly before the drop has time to spread out over the aircraft surface. 3) Mixed Ice-forms when drops vary in size or when liquid drops are intermingled with snow or ice particles. The ice particles become imbedded in clear ice, building very rough accumulation. Whats the worst kind of icing? Clear Ice, it can get in all the little parts of the plain weighing it down a lot. Main Type of Icing 1) Structural 2) Induction System 3) Instrument Icing Is frost hazardous to flight? Yes b/c although it doesn't change the basic aerodynamic shape of of the wing, the roughness of the surface spoils the airflow over the wings reducing in a loss of lift which could result in the airplane not becoming airborne at normal take off speeds. What are the two maintenance logbooks Airframe log book Powerplant log book How is a special flight permit obtained? FSDO (Flight Standard Districts Office) To act as the Pilot In Command, what must you have in your possession? a) valid pilot certificate b) photo identification c) current and appropriate medical certificate What is a high performance airplane? A plane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower. To act as a PIC of a high performance plane you must have received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized flight instructor in a high performance airplane and received and logged a one time endorsement. What documents are required to be on board an aircraft prior to flight? Airworthiness Certificate Registration Certificate Owners Manual or operating limitations Weight and balance data When is DME required? DME is required by the FARs for flight at or above FL240 if VOR navigation is used. What is a Mode C Veil? Mode C veil refers to a kind of airspace which surrounds most of primary Class B airports within United States. This airspace extends horizontally to a circle of 30 NM radius centered on the airport and extends vertically from the surface up to 10,000 feet MSL. The name refers to the mode of transponder operation which is required within this airspace What type of endorsements can you get? 1) Tail Dragger 2) High Altitude 3) Complex 4) High Performance What is a TRSA? Is it mandatory? Terminal Radar Service Area and it is not mandatory but its strongly encouraged or pilots. Airports within a TSRA become Class D airspace, and the remaining portion of the TRSA overlies other controlled airspace which is normally Class E beginning at 700 or 1,200 feet. When can you log PIC time? Only when you are the sole manipulator at the controls of the airplane. How far away should you fly from a thunderstorm? At least 20 miles away