Private Pilot Oral Exam 2025 100% Verified Questions &
Answers
Q: What documents do you need with you when you fly?
Answer:
Pilot certificate, medical certificate, and government issued ID (as student pilot need log book)
Q: How do we keep our pilot certificate current?
Answer:
Student pilot: with valid medical certificate PPL: Flight review every 24 calendar months
Q: Currency requirements for carrying passengers?
Answer:
3 takeoffs and landings within last 90 days in aircraft of same category, class and type rating. At night, the 3 landings need
to be made to a full stop.
Q: Definition of night?
Answer:
The time between evening civil twilight and morning civil twilight
Q: When can night landings be logged?
Answer:
1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Q: How long is a 1st class medical valid for?
Answer:
12 months for under 40; 6 months for over 40
Q: How long is a 2nd class medical valid for?
Answer:
12 months
Q: How long is a 3rd class medical valid for?
Answer:
60 months for under 40: 24 months for over 40
Q: What documents should be in the aircraft before flight?
Answer:
,ARROW: Airworthiness certificate, Registration, Radio License (Only for international flight), Operating limitations,
Weight and Balance equipment list
Q: When will an aircraft registration certificate expire?
Answer:
7 years
Q: Which weight and balance information must be in the aircraft, the one on the takeoff data card or the one in the
airplane flight manual?
Answer:
Updated weight and balance equipment list in the AFM
Q: With respect to the certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, what do category, class and type mean?
Answer:
Category: Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider
Q: Class
Answer:
Single Engine Land/Sea, Multi Engine Land/Sea
Q: Type
Answer:
Specific to aircraft - required for aircraft with max gross weight of 12,500 lbs, turbojet, or any aircraft specified by FAA
Q: How long does a pilot have to notify the FAA of an address change?
Answer:
30 days
Q: Does an Airworthiness Certificate ever expire?
Answer:
Not as long as inspections are kept up to date and manufacturer's original design is adhered to
Q: Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition?
Answer:
FAR 91.403 - The owner/operator
Q: What are the required inspections?
Answer:
AV1ATES Annual - every 12 calendar months
Q: VOR
, Answer:
every 30 days for IFR
Q: 100 Hour Inspection - if airplane is being operated for hire Altimeter/Pitot Static - 24 calendar months; required for
IFR flight Tr
Answer:
ponder - 24 calendar months
Q: ELT
Answer:
12 calendar months, 1 hour of cumulative use, or 1/2 of battery life Service bulletins and AD's complied with
Q: What is an airworthiness directive?
Answer:
FAA issued order to fix a known issue. It is mandatory.
Q: What different kind of AD's are there?
Answer:
Emergency One Time
Q: Recurring
Can you fly over an annual? 100 hour?
Answer:
The only way to fly over an annual is to obtain a special flight permit from the FSDO.
Q: A 100 hour inspection may be overflown by no more than 10 hours and only if enroute to the place where the
inspection will be done.
Do you need to have an ELT in the airplane today?
Answer:
Not needed for training within 50 nm of home airport
Q: When does an ELT battery have to be replaced or recharged?
Answer:
12 calendar months, or 1 hour cumulative use or half of battery life
Q: What equipment and instruments do you need to have in the airplane for today's flight? -
ATOMATOFLAMES
Answer:
Altimeter, Tachometer, Oil pressure gauge, Magnetic compass, Airspeed Indicator, Temperature gauge, Oil temp gauge,
Fuel quantity gauge, Landing gear position indicator (For retractable landing gear), Anti collision lights, Manifold
pressure gauge (For constant speed propeller), ELT, Seatbelts
Answers
Q: What documents do you need with you when you fly?
Answer:
Pilot certificate, medical certificate, and government issued ID (as student pilot need log book)
Q: How do we keep our pilot certificate current?
Answer:
Student pilot: with valid medical certificate PPL: Flight review every 24 calendar months
Q: Currency requirements for carrying passengers?
Answer:
3 takeoffs and landings within last 90 days in aircraft of same category, class and type rating. At night, the 3 landings need
to be made to a full stop.
Q: Definition of night?
Answer:
The time between evening civil twilight and morning civil twilight
Q: When can night landings be logged?
Answer:
1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
Q: How long is a 1st class medical valid for?
Answer:
12 months for under 40; 6 months for over 40
Q: How long is a 2nd class medical valid for?
Answer:
12 months
Q: How long is a 3rd class medical valid for?
Answer:
60 months for under 40: 24 months for over 40
Q: What documents should be in the aircraft before flight?
Answer:
,ARROW: Airworthiness certificate, Registration, Radio License (Only for international flight), Operating limitations,
Weight and Balance equipment list
Q: When will an aircraft registration certificate expire?
Answer:
7 years
Q: Which weight and balance information must be in the aircraft, the one on the takeoff data card or the one in the
airplane flight manual?
Answer:
Updated weight and balance equipment list in the AFM
Q: With respect to the certification, privileges, and limitations of airmen, what do category, class and type mean?
Answer:
Category: Airplane, Rotorcraft, Glider
Q: Class
Answer:
Single Engine Land/Sea, Multi Engine Land/Sea
Q: Type
Answer:
Specific to aircraft - required for aircraft with max gross weight of 12,500 lbs, turbojet, or any aircraft specified by FAA
Q: How long does a pilot have to notify the FAA of an address change?
Answer:
30 days
Q: Does an Airworthiness Certificate ever expire?
Answer:
Not as long as inspections are kept up to date and manufacturer's original design is adhered to
Q: Who is responsible for ensuring an aircraft is maintained in an airworthy condition?
Answer:
FAR 91.403 - The owner/operator
Q: What are the required inspections?
Answer:
AV1ATES Annual - every 12 calendar months
Q: VOR
, Answer:
every 30 days for IFR
Q: 100 Hour Inspection - if airplane is being operated for hire Altimeter/Pitot Static - 24 calendar months; required for
IFR flight Tr
Answer:
ponder - 24 calendar months
Q: ELT
Answer:
12 calendar months, 1 hour of cumulative use, or 1/2 of battery life Service bulletins and AD's complied with
Q: What is an airworthiness directive?
Answer:
FAA issued order to fix a known issue. It is mandatory.
Q: What different kind of AD's are there?
Answer:
Emergency One Time
Q: Recurring
Can you fly over an annual? 100 hour?
Answer:
The only way to fly over an annual is to obtain a special flight permit from the FSDO.
Q: A 100 hour inspection may be overflown by no more than 10 hours and only if enroute to the place where the
inspection will be done.
Do you need to have an ELT in the airplane today?
Answer:
Not needed for training within 50 nm of home airport
Q: When does an ELT battery have to be replaced or recharged?
Answer:
12 calendar months, or 1 hour cumulative use or half of battery life
Q: What equipment and instruments do you need to have in the airplane for today's flight? -
ATOMATOFLAMES
Answer:
Altimeter, Tachometer, Oil pressure gauge, Magnetic compass, Airspeed Indicator, Temperature gauge, Oil temp gauge,
Fuel quantity gauge, Landing gear position indicator (For retractable landing gear), Anti collision lights, Manifold
pressure gauge (For constant speed propeller), ELT, Seatbelts
