Private Pilot Oral exam Questions and answers 2024.

certification requirements at least 17, speak/write/understand english, hold US student pilot license, hold 3rd class medical, receive flight and ground training, pass exams privileges and limitations as PIC you may not carry passengers for compensation or hire Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen high performance airplane 200+ horsepower planes that need specific training and logbook endorsements: high-performance, complex, high-altitude, and tailwheel complex airplane retractible gear, flaps, variable prop requirements to remain current: with 24 calendar months... flight review given in aircraft that pilot is rated in. To carry passengers.... 3 takeoffs and landings within 90 days medical certificate expires (under age 40) 60th calendar month medical certificate expires (over the age of 40) 24th calendar month if pilot changes his/her email they have _____ days to notify FAA. 30 days documents required on board of aircraft prior to flight: Airworthiness certificate, Registration, Owners manual or operating limitations, Weight and Balance data How does pilot determine if aircraft has Mode C transponder on aircraft? by referencing the current weight and balance equipment list Does aircrafts registration expire? YES. 3 years + end of month Who is responsible for making sure plane is maintained/airworthy? The owner and operator What records/documents should be checked to determine aircraft is good for inspections and airworthy? All maintenance records and logs Airworthiness certificate: Issued by FAA after aircraft has been inspected & meets requirements, does NOT expire, must be displayed The use of MELS: allows for the deferral of inoperative items or equipment required maintenance inspections: Annual every 12 months, or every 100 hours preventative maintenance: simple or minor preservation operations and the replacement of small standard parts not involving complex assembly operations... ex) oil changes, hydraulic fluid refill special flight permits: may be issued for aircraft that doesn't currently meet airworthiness requirements but is still capable of safe flight airworthiness directives: AD's; medium the FAA uses to notify aircraft owners and other potentially interested persons of unsafe conditions that may exist because of deign defects, maintenance, or other causes under which the the product may continue to be operated. Low pressure atmosphere: inward, upward, and counterclockwise High pressure atmosphere: outward, downward, and clockwise trough: tough line; elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure. Low pressure and bad weather ridge: ridge line; elongated area of high atmospheric pressure. High pressure and good weather isobars line on a weather chart which connects areas of equal or constant barometric pressure winds aloft a forecast of specific atmospheric conditions in terms of wind and temperature at certain altitudes, typically measured in feet (ft) above mean sea level (MSL) what causes winds aloft to flow parallel to the isobars? The coriolis force what does "dew point" mean? temperature to which a sample of air must be cooled to attain the state of saturation how do you determine the stability of the atmosphere? Instability is likely when air near the surface is warm and moist 3 types of structural icing that can occur in flight: clear ice, rime ice, and mixed ice action you should take if you accidentally run into icing conditions: leave the area of visible moisture -- descending to an altitude below the cloud bases, climbing to an altitude above the cloud tops, or turn to a different course is frost dangerous? Yes, the roughness of its surface spoils the smooth flow of air, causing a slowing of airflow and loss of some lift factors that have to be present for a thunderstorm to form: sufficient water vapor, unstable lapse rate, upward boost to start the storm process in motion temperature inversion: is an increase in temperature with height, a reversal of the normal decrease with height two ways fog may form: cooling of air to dew point, adding moisture to the air near the ground what causes radiation fog to form? the ground cools the adjacent air to the dew point on calm, clear nights upslope fog: forms as a result of moist, stable air being cooled adiabatically as it moves up sloping terrain -- quite dense and extends to high altitudes wind shear: the rate of change of wind velocity (direction or speed) per unit distance conventionally expressed as vertical or horizontal why is wind shear a concern for pilots? b/c unexpected changes in wind speed and